Seattle-based phone polling developer Precision Polling was snatched up by web-based survey giant Survey Monkey Monday, according to TechCrunch. The financial terms of the acquisition have not yet been disclosed, however according to TechCrunch, both Precision co-founders Gaurav Oberoi and Charles Groom will stay employed with the company out of Seattle. Survey Monkey was founded in 1999 in Portland, OR and currently has offices there, as well as in Palo Alto, CA and Funchal, Portugal.
Author: Thea Chard
Before joining Xconomy, Thea spent a year working as the editor of another startup, the hyperlocal Seattle neighborhood news site QueenAnneView.com. She holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Southern California, where she double-majored in print journalism and creative writing. While in college, Thea spent a semester studying in London and writing for the London bureau of the Los Angeles Times. Indulging in her passion for feature writing, she has covered a variety of topics ranging from the arts, to media, clean technology and breaking news. Before moving back to Seattle, Thea worked in new media development on two business radio shows, "Marketplace" and "Marketplace Money" by American Public Media. Her clips have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Santa Monica Daily Press, Seattle magazine and her college paper, the Daily Trojan. Thea is a native Seattleite who grew up in Magnolia, and now lives in Queen Anne.
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