Sprout Social is a social media management software for businesses. Sprout is a tool intended to help brands communicate with customers across social channels, collaborate across teams, and measure the effectiveness of their efforts. Sprout's platform integrates with Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, Google+, Zendesk, UserVoice, Feedly, and Google Analytics. Bambu by Sprout Social, launched in August 2015, is an employee advocacy platform that allows organizations to curate content for employees to read and share on social media. Sprout Social was founded in 2010 by Justyn Howard, Aaron Rankin, Gil Lara, and Peter Soung. Howard Justyn of Sprout Social is on Crain's Chicago 40 Under 40 2014 list. Sprout is a privately held company backed by venture capital funds including Goldman Sachs, New Enterprise Associates, and Lightbank. Wikipedia