<s>
Mindjet	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
mind	O
mapping	O
and	O
innovation	O
management	B-Application
software	I-Application
company	O
headquartered	O
in	O
San	O
Francisco	O
,	O
California	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mindjet	B-Protocol
's	O
software	O
products	O
,	O
including	O
its	O
flagship	O
product	O
MindManager	B-Protocol
and	O
SpigitEngage	O
,	O
are	O
designed	O
to	O
visually	O
and	O
collaboratively	O
manage	O
information	O
and	O
tasks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
Mindjet	B-Protocol
had	O
approximately	O
sixteen	O
million	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mindjet	B-Protocol
was	O
founded	O
in	O
1998	O
by	O
computer	O
programmer	O
Mike	O
Jetter	O
and	O
his	O
wife	O
,	O
Bettina	O
Jetter	O
,	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
support	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
their	O
mind	O
mapping	O
software	O
,	O
MindManager	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2001	O
,	O
Mindjet	B-Protocol
received	O
approximately	O
$5	O
million	O
in	O
venture	O
capital	O
from	O
London-based	O
investment	O
group	O
3i	O
,	O
which	O
the	O
company	O
used	O
to	O
market	O
MindManager	B-Protocol
in	O
the	O
U.S.	O
and	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scott	O
Raskin	O
,	O
the	O
former	O
chief	O
operating	O
officer	O
for	O
Telelogic	B-Language
,	O
was	O
named	O
CEO	O
of	O
Mindjet	B-Protocol
in	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
acquired	O
Thinking	O
Space	O
,	O
an	O
Android-based	B-Application
information	O
mapping	O
application	O
,	O
and	O
Cohuman	O
,	O
a	O
social	O
task	O
management	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Cohuman	O
enabled	O
Mindjet	B-Protocol
to	O
launch	O
a	O
new	O
collaborative	O
working	O
service	O
called	O
Mindjet	B-Protocol
Connect	O
on	O
September	O
22	O
,	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mindjet	B-Protocol
had	O
270	O
employees	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
,	O
Mindjet	B-Protocol
acquired	O
innovation	O
management	O
company	O
Spigit	O
,	O
and	O
adopted	O
their	O
software	O
product	O
SpigitEngage	O
into	O
their	O
product	O
suite	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mindjet	B-Protocol
develops	O
mind	O
mapping	O
and	O
innovation	O
management	B-Application
software	I-Application
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
,	O
and	O
for	O
both	O
Apple	B-Application
iOS	I-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
mobile	I-Application
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Cohuman	O
in	O
2011	O
,	O
Mindjet	B-Protocol
launched	O
Mindjet	B-Protocol
Connect	O
,	O
a	O
cloud-based	B-Architecture
service	O
for	O
collaborative	O
working	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2011	O
,	O
Mindjet	B-Protocol
reported	O
350,000	O
downloads	O
for	O
its	O
iOS	B-Application
app	B-Application
and	O
1.1	O
million	O
downloads	O
for	O
its	O
Android-based	B-Application
app	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2012	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
combined	O
its	O
existing	O
products	O
into	O
a	O
single	O
product	O
named	O
|Mindjet	O
and	O
changed	O
from	O
a	O
purchase-based	O
model	O
to	O
a	O
subscription-based	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2013	O
,	O
Mindjet	B-Protocol
acquired	O
Pleasanton	O
,	O
California	O
–	O
based	O
startup	O
Spigit	O
,	O
and	O
added	O
their	O
SpigitEngage	O
enterprise	O
innovation	O
management	B-Application
software	I-Application
to	O
the	O
Mindjet	B-Protocol
product	O
suite	O
.	O
</s>
