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'''Shuup is a privately held technology company that develops e-commerce software for businesses and web developers. The company was founded in October 2015 and has 12 employees with headquarters in Los Angeles, CA and Helsinki, Finland.'''

The company reports over 2000 live ecommerce stores running on the Shuup platform.

History
'''Shuup was originally founded under the name Shoop by Tomi Alapaattikoski in 2015. It began as a spin off venture from his web development company Anders Innovations Inc. in Helsinki, Finland. The company began development of the Shuup ecommerce platform in conjunction with ongoing client projects.'''

In October 2015 the company relocated the Shuup headquarters and core staff to Los Angeles, CA.

In November 2015, the company decided to release the Shuup platform as open source.

In February 2016 the company and ecommerce platform name were changed to Shuup.

In July 2016 the company released a cloud version of its open source Shuup platform for small and medium sized businesses.