Prodege

Prodege, formally Prodege LLC, is an American online marketing, consumer polling, and market research company based in El Segundo, California. The company develops consumer rewards and polling programs under various brands including Swagbucks, MyPoints, ShopAtHome, InboxDollars, CouponCause, Ysense, and Upromise.
History.
Prodege was founded in Torrance, California in 2005 by entrepreneur Josef Gorowitz. The company originally partnered with search providers to build a platform for raising charitable donations. Supporters of the charities would earn money for the charities while surfing and shopping using white labeled web browsers. The company started offering the custom browsers to brands as a way to earn money from their fans' online activities. Early customers included the Green Bay Packers football team, and singer Kanye West. 
In 2008, Prodege launched an online loyalty site called Swagbucks. By shopping and playing online games, customers would earn Swagbucks (SB), points which could be redeemed for gift cards and other merchandise.
In May 2014, TCV Venture partner Chuck Davis, who was previously CEO of movie ticket vendor Fandango, became Prodege's CEO. 
In April 2016, Prodege bought rewards site MyPoints from United Online, the company formed by the merger of online services companies NetZero and Juno Online Services.
In August 2017, the company acquired Greenwood Village, Colorado-based cash back shopping and coupon site ShopAtHome.
In May 2019, the company bought Cotterweb Enterprises, a Minnesota-based operator of reward sites in the US, Canada and the UK. In July, Prodege partnered with online local service deal company Groupon to develop a local merchant reward card program for customers.
By 2020, Prodege’s products had over 120 million users, and as of 2019, had rewarded $725 million to its users since its inception.
In February 2020, Prodege bought digital coupon company CouponCause. In May, Prodege bought Upromise, a provider of college savings plan loyalty programs, from student loan company Sallie Mae.
Prodege partnered with Isometric Solutions and Panel Consulting to provide polling for the Prediction Survey, a political forecast developed by Thomas Miller during the 2020 Georgia Senate election.
Services.
Prodege offers online marketing services under several different brands.
The company also operates consumer reward card program with other companies.