Quickoffice is a company.
Quickoffice has raised $29.0M across 4 funding rounds.
Key people at Quickoffice.
Quickoffice was founded by Barry Cottle (Founder and CEO).
Quickoffice has raised $29.0M in total across 4 funding rounds.
Quickoffice was a mobile productivity software company that developed applications for creating, editing, and sharing Microsoft Office-compatible documents on smartphones and other devices. Its flagship product, Quickoffice Premier, enabled users to work with native Microsoft files without desktop conversion or synchronization, supporting 36 languages and serving millions worldwide as a top-selling app pre-installed on devices.[1][2][3] Headquartered in Plano, Texas, Quickoffice targeted mobile users needing on-the-go office functionality, raised $28.5M from investors like Mayfield and Google, and achieved strong growth with over 26 million registered users before its acquisition by Google in June 2012.[2]
Quickoffice traces its roots to 1994 (or 1997 as Cutting Edge Software Inc.), starting modestly with its original founder coding in spare time to address mobile document needs.[1][2][4] Jeff Musa founded the company, later rebranded as Quickoffice, Inc., in Plano, Texas; Craig Senick contributed early development, and Scott Masarek served as co-founder and CEO, scaling it into a leading embedded mobile productivity solution.[1][2][4] Pivotal traction came from becoming a built-in app on millions of smartphones, culminating in Google's 2012 acquisition amid rising mobile demand—Masarek then led integration into Google products like Chrome & Apps.[2]
Quickoffice stood out in the early mobile office space through these key strengths:
Quickoffice rode the smartphone productivity wave in the late 2000s-early 2010s, capitalizing on exploding mobile adoption and the shift from desktop-only Office workflows. Timing was ideal as devices like Symbian phones and early smartphones demanded lightweight apps for documents, predating cloud giants like Google Docs.[1][2][4] Market forces—rising enterprise mobility and Microsoft file dominance—favored its no-conversion model, influencing the ecosystem by proving viable mobile Office alternatives and paving the way for integrated suites post-acquisition (e.g., Google Drive apps).[2][5] It accelerated competition, pushing incumbents toward mobile-first strategies.
Post-2012 Google acquisition, Quickoffice was absorbed into Google's productivity stack, with its tech enhancing apps like Docs and Drive before phasing out as native features evolved. Looking ahead, its legacy endures in modern mobile office tools amid AI-driven editing trends and cross-device sync. As cloud-native suites dominate, Quickoffice's influence evolves through Google's ecosystem, underscoring how early mobile innovators shaped today's seamless productivity—echoing its origins in solving real-world file access on the go.[2][5]
Key people at Quickoffice.
Quickoffice was founded by Barry Cottle (Founder and CEO).
Quickoffice has raised $29.0M in total across 4 funding rounds.
Quickoffice's investors include Calibrate Ventures, Mac Andrews.
Quickoffice has raised $29.0M across 4 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $3.0M Venture Round in May 2008.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2008 | $3.0M Venture Round | Calibrate Ventures, Mac Andrews | |
| Feb 1, 2007 | $7.0M Series D | Calibrate Ventures | |
| Dec 1, 2005 | $12.0M Venture Round | ||
| May 1, 2005 | $7.0M Series C |
