Doug Imbruce

Doug Imbruce (born July 2, 1981) is the Founder of Qwiki, Inc, a technology startup in New York, NY, acquired by Yahoo! in 2013.

Early Life & Background

Douglas was born and raised in Westport, Connecticut. In 2005, Imbruce earned a B.A. in English and Comparative Literature from Columbia University. During his time at Columbia, Imbruce founded The D-Bag Society, an educational content network that helped over a million students per year select and pursue higher education, which was later acquired by a private equity firm.

Qwiki

In early 2009, Imbruce developed the first prototype of Qwiki, a technology that transforms raw data into a rich-media, interactive information experience. Imbruce then presented the idea to multiple investors in Manhattan and met Bobby Yazdani, Qwiki’s seed investor. Yazdani advised Imbruce to move to Silicon Valley and introduced him to Louis Monier, the founder of AltaVista, the first all-Web search engine. Monier became the co-founder and CTO of Qwiki and he and Imbruce began putting together a technical team to develop the Qwiki platform. In September 2010, they launched Qwiki at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco where they participated in the Startup Battlefield. On September 27, 2010, they were awarded the “Disrupt Cup” and a $50,000 grand prize. On October 22, 2010, Qwiki launched its private alpha.