# Invision Community

> Invision Community is a commercial platform for building and running online communities, made by Invision Power Services, Inc. Founded in 2002 by Matt Mecham and Charles Warner as the forum software Invision Power Board, it grew into an integrated suite of applications - forums, blogs, galleries, a CMS, a store, calendars and member clubs - that organizations use to host discussions, sell content and support customers. It is offered both as a self-hosted license and as a fully managed cloud service, and after more than two decades it remains a privately held, self-funded company.

- **Founded:** 2002
- **Headquarters:** Richmond, Virginia, USA
- **Founders:** Matt Mecham (Co-founder), Charles Warner (Co-founder)
- **Team size:** ~13 employees (2026)
- **Products:** Invision Power Board (IPB), Invision Community (Community Suite), Invision Community Cloud, Invision Community Classic (self-hosted)
- **Notable:** Built and sustained a commercial community platform for more than 20 years without outside venture funding., Grew from a single forum product (Invision Power Board) into a full integrated community suite., Powered online communities used across three continents with a team of roughly a dozen people.

## Products & services

- **Invision Power Board (IPB)** — The original bulletin board / forum software that launched the company, and the foundation of the modern suite.
- **Invision Community (Community Suite)** — An integrated set of applications - Forums, Blogs, Gallery, Pages (CMS), Commerce/store, Calendar, Downloads and member Clubs - for building full-featured online communities.
- **Invision Community Cloud** — A fully managed, hosted version of the platform with hosting, updates, backups and support handled by Invision Community; plans include Creator, Creator Pro, Team and Business tiers.
- **Invision Community Classic (self-hosted)** — A self-hosted license letting organizations run the software on their own servers and own their data.

## Achievements

- Built and sustained a commercial community platform for more than 20 years without outside venture funding.
- Grew from a single forum product (Invision Power Board) into a full integrated community suite.
- Powered online communities used across three continents with a team of roughly a dozen people.
- Completed a full rewrite of the platform (version 4) and shipped continuous updates for over a decade.

## Latest updates

- **2024-11** — Shipped Invision Community 4.7.19, continuing maintenance of the version 4 line.
- **2026-07** — Company reported at roughly 13 employees operating across three continents, still privately held.

## Links

- Website: https://invisioncommunity.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/invisioncommunity
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/invisionps

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Last updated: 2026-08-06