History
Koios began when founder Trey Gordner pitched a library software idea at Startup Weekend Columbia in November 2014. At Startup Weekend, Trey met cofounder Ralph Kuepper, a talented developer with a specialty in ecommerce. Together, they entered the FiredUP Accelerator program, launched their first product, and have been working in libraries ever since. Koios is a previous winner of USC's Proving Ground, a member of the famed DC civic tech incubator 1776, and a proud SC Launch company.
Specialties
Koios wants to make library borrowing as easy as buying. We combine our own software with digital marketing expertise to make free library resources appear side-by-side with Amazon in Google search results. We're different from other library software companies in that we help libraries to attract new users, not just appeal to existing ones.