Twist and Shout, Inc. was founded by Bill Lee, Mike Belshe, Frank VanZile and Edward Marks.[7] Twist and Shout, Inc. collected $6 million in venture capital funds[when?] from Bridgescale Partners, Eric Hahn, Jeff Skoll, Bill Lee and Mike Belshe.[1][8]
Corporate
Twist and Shout's advisors included David Sacks, CEO of Yammer, Matthew Cowan, Bridgescale Partners Managing Director, and Eric Hahn, Inventures Group Partner.[5] The Twist website and mobile application team included engineers from MIT, Apple, Google and Stanford.[9]
Products
The concept for the mobile application called Twist, came from co-founder and CEO Bill Lee.[10] Twist adjusted to user transportation modes such as driving, public transit or walking, and allowed private sharing of estimated arrival times with others.[11] Twist functioned on a user's phone and integrated with their calendar, contacts, email, chat and Google Map features.[9][12][13] Twist incorporated traffic conditions into its arrival time calculations.[14] The service was free and was advertisement-free.[15] It was available in the United States, Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom,[15] and was compatible with both iPhones and Android phones.[16]
