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COGXIO

An AI based online social dating & offline meeting platform to connect real people and make happy lives.

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Messaging, Social Network, Social Media, Web Application, Community, Social Dating,

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Reasons for Shutdown

Strong Competition

Fast expansion of new exisiting players.

Cogxio stated that they were having difficulities in raising funds due to the fast expansion of new exisiting players in the market.
In addition, the players were struggling too. The reason being too much investment needed on consumer market yet the low customer retention was a big issue.

No Product-Market Fit

Expectations did not match in terms of growth.

Cogxio managed to execute the product, but the result was not what they had expected it to be. The expectations did not match in terms of growth.

Direct Competitors and Similar Companies

Note: Direct competitors are defined by similarity score of more than 40%, while similar companies are defined by similarity score of less than 40%

No.	Name	Similarity score	Description	Industry	Categories	Location	Ownership status	Entity type	Stage of development	Transactional model type	Defensibility moats	Last financing round	Total raised	Post-money valuation	Last financing date	No. of funding round(s)	No. of investors	Investors	Total revenue	Market capitalization	No. of investments	No. of acquisitions	No. of board seats taken	Competition	Management	No. of employees	Company reputation	Contact info	Operational status	Operational duration	Shutdown date	Founded date	Legal name	Former legal name(s)	Ticker
1.	Shaukk	59.0%	An online platform that connected like-minded people in a locality.	Internet	Communities, Mobile Applications, Social Network, Social Media, Location Based Services	India	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2013	-	-	-
2.	Wallop	57.4%	A social networking site that was spun out of a Microsoft research on the social networking space.	Internet	Social Media, Social Media Marketing, Social Network	Canada	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2005	-	-	-
3.	Hobbi	53.4%	An experiment in short-form content creation around personal projects and hobbies.	Internet	Social Network, Social Media, Applications	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2020	-	-	-
4.	Google+	51.4%	A social network owned and operated by Google.	Internet	Social Network, Social Media, Digital Media	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2011	-	-	-
5.	DropWall	46.7%	A student sharing network.	Internet	Public Relations, Software, Websites, Web Applications, Social Network, Social	Germany	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2011	-	-	-
6.	Streetlife	45.2%	A local social network for the UK.	Internet	Social, Social Network, Websites, Social Media	United Kingdom	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2011	-	-	-
7.	Pownce	43.3%	A social network that allowed users to send instant messages and files to contacts,	Internet	Blog, Social Network, Photo Sharing, Social Media	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2007	-	-	-
8.	Formspring	43.0%	A question-and-answer based social network.	Internet	Blogging Platforms, Communities, Social Network, Applications	United States	-	-	-	-	-	M&A	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2009	-	-	-
9.	RiotVine	42.7%	A social event guide that provided fast and easy to discover cool events and share with friends.	Internet	Events, Social Media, Social	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2009	-	-	-
10.	Kinly	41.5%	A social media app for families.	Internet	Social Media, Social Network, Applications	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2012	-	-	-
1.	Meebo	38.9%	Offered a social media platform to develop products for enhancing user engagement across the web.	Internet	Social Media, Web Development, Messaging	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100-250	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2005	-	-	-
2.	Irrive	38.9%	An online scrapbook maker.	Internet	Content, Social Media, Web Browsers	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	51-100	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2011	-	-	-
3.	Wishberg	38.6%	A social media platform on which users were able to share and track their wishes and inspire others to do the same.	Internet	Social Media, Social Network, Reviews, Communities, Software	India	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2011	-	-	-
4.	TeeBeeDee	38.5%	A social network for people over 40 to share their ideas, insights, and experiences.	Internet	Communities, Social Network, Social Media	United States	-	-	-	-	-	Early Stage	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2007	-	-	-
5.	Botler	38.5%	A conversational commerce (messaging) app.	Internet	Artificial Intelligence, Messaging, Service Industry	United Arab Emirates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2016	-	-	-
6.	Lookery	36.4%	Provided demographic marketing services that enabled social networks to distribute their data as targeting information.	Internet	Advertising, Marketing, Social Network	United States	-	-	-	-	-	M&A	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2007	-	-	-
7.	Backchat	36.0%	A messaging application that allowed discreet and anonymous IM communications within a group of friends.	Internet	Instant Messaging, Messaging, Social Media	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50-100	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2013	-	-	-
8.	Meetro	36.0%	A multi-network social messenger with location-based services.	Internet	Location Based Services, Instant Messaging, Social Network	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2005	-	-	-
9.	Canvas/ DrawQuest	33.7%	An online community platform for iOS drawing community.	Internet	Communities, Social Media, Photography	United States	-	-	-	-	-	Early Stage	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2010	-	-	-
10.	Yik Yak	33.7%	A company that offered a cross-platform mobile messaging application that allows client to exchange messages.	Internet	Anonymous, Applications, Social Media, Software, Technology, Location Based Services	United States	-	-	-	-	-	Early Stage	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2013	-	-	-
11.	Yahoo! Messenger	33.7%	An advertisement-supported instant messaging client and associated protocol provided by Yahoo!.	Internet	Social Network, Instant Messaging	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Inactive	-	-	1999	-	-	-
12.	Vitoto	33.3%	Allowed users to create collaborative videos on smartphones.	Internet	Video, Digital Media, Collaboration, Social Media	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2012	-	-	-
13.	Fontdeck	33.3%	A service that allowed designers and content producers to choose typefaces from the font foundries in the world.	Internet	Content, Web Design, Social Media	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2009	-	-	-
14.	Secret	32.7%	An online platform that enabled users to share their personal secrets with other users anonymously.	Internet	Applications, Internet, Social Media, Anonymous	United States	-	-	-	-	-	Early Stage	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2013	-	-	-
15.	Phez	32.1%	A Reddit clone that rewarded content submitters in Bitcoin, and had an emphasis on free speech	Internet	Social Network	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Active	-	-	2015	-	-	-
16.	60dB	32.0%	A short-form podcast app.	Internet	Media & Entertainment, Video Streaming, Social Media	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2016	-	-	-
17.	Google Allo	31.8%	An instant messaging mobile app by Google.	Internet	Messaging, Mobile Applications, Instant Messaging, Social Network, Social Media	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2016	-	-	-
18.	Foodily	31.4%	A social recipe network where users could discover and share recipes.	Internet	Foodtech, Food & Beverages, Social Network, Communities, Sharing	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2010	-	-	-
19.	LoveIt	30.4%	A visual social platform.	Internet	Ediscovery, Sharing, Social Network	United States	-	-	-	-	-	Early Stage	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2011	-	-	-
20.	Twezr	30.4%	A social address book that aggregated all activity from phone’s contacts to social networking activity.	Internet	Mobile, Social Network	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2010	-	-	-
21.	Capazoo	30.1%	A social networking and entertainment site.	Internet	Social Network, Media & Entertainment, Web Hosting	Canada	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2006	-	-	-
22.	Wooplr	30.1%	A social commerce platform that offered users to start an online store.	Internet	Social Shopping, E-Commerce, Social Network, Social Commerce	India	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50-100	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2013	-	-	-
23.	tbh	29.6%	An app for giving anonymous, positive feedback to friends.	Internet	iOS, Mobile Applications, Social Media, Social Network	United States	-	-	-	-	-	M&A	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2013	-	-	-
24.	Digg	29.4%	A website that enabled its users to find, read, and share the most interesting and talked-about stories on the Internet.	Internet	Digital Media, Social Media, Content, Media & Entertainment	United States	-	-	-	-	-	M&A	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50-100	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2004	-	-	-
25.	Turntable.fm	29.4%	A social media website that allowed users to interactively share music.	Internet	Digital Media, Music, Media & Entertainment, Social Media	United States	-	-	-	-	-	Early Stage	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2011	-	-	-
26.	Hashtag Pirate	29.1%	A unique Instagram plugin that allowed users to search for pictures with multiple hashtags.	Internet	Social Media, Web Applications, Photography	United Arab Emirates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2015	-	-	-
27.	Everyday.Me	28.9%	An automatic journal that offered to record people's life and store it forever.	Internet	Mobile Applications, Social Media	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2012	-	-	-
28.	Squad	28.9%	A video-chat app.	Internet	Video Chat, Communities, Mobile Applications, Social	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2016	-	-	-
29.	Memolane	28.7%	A platform that enabled users to see, search, and share their memories.	Internet	Search Engine, Social Media, Web Browsers	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2010	-	-	-
30.	QuestHall	28.1%	Social questions and answers	Internet	Social Media, Social, Content, Websites	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2011	-	-	-
31.	Bread	28.1%	An ad tech service that created “billboard” ads promoting products or a worthy cause.	Internet	Mobile Advertising, Advertising, Social Media, Social Media Marketing	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2011	-	-	-
32.	Social.fm	27.8%	A free social networking service for music fans ran by Mercora.	Internet	Social Music, Mobile Applications, Web Applications	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2003	-	-	-
33.	YouTube Gaming	27.8%	An offshoot of YouTube that featured both live and on-demand video game content.	Internet	Social Media, Gaming, Video Streaming	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2015	-	-	-
34.	SellaBand	27.8%	A crowdfunding website for musicians.	Internet	Music, Social Media, Crowdfunding, Social Music	Germany	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2006	-	-	-
35.	Consumating	27.8%	A dating website.	Internet	Social Media, Search Engine, Websites	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2005	-	-	-
36.	Bebo	27.7%	A social networking platform.	Internet	Social Network	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2005	-	-	-
37.	EventVue	27.2%	A company that built online communities to improve conference networking by enabling attendees to search for and connect with others.	Internet	Software, Social Network, Communities, Events	United States	-	-	-	-	-	Early Stage	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2007	-	-	-
38.	Multiply	27.1%	A social networking service.	Internet	Social, Social Network, E-Commerce	Indonesia	-	-	-	-	-	M&A	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100-250	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2003	-	-	-
39.	LoveByte	26.1%	A mobile app providing loving couples a private space for two to communicate.	Internet	Applications, Mobile Applications, Social Media	Singapore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2011	-	-	-
40.	SkillPages	25.3%	Social platform for finding skilled people.	Internet	Professional Services, Social, Social Network, Information Technology, Recruiting	Ireland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2008	-	-	-
41.	eConozco	24.6%	A Spanish language social networking service aimed at professionals in Spain.	Internet	Social Network, Communities, Professional Services	Spain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2003	-	-	-
42.	MySpace	24.6%	MySpace was a social networking site that enabled members to make friends, write blog posts, add music, and customize their MySpace pages.	Internet	Social Media, Social Network, Web Hosting	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	251-500	-	-	Active	-	-	01-Aug-2003	-	-	-
43.	Koprol	24.3%	A location-based social network.	Internet	Location Based Services, Social Network, Social Media	Indonesia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2009	-	-	-
44.	Crowdmix	24.0%	A music streaming and sharing platform.	Internet	Applications, Social Media, Social Music, Music	United Kingdom	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100-250	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2013	-	-	-
45.	Eons	23.6%	A social network for the U.S. residents who are over fifty years of age.	Internet	Social Network, Social Media	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100-250	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2006	-	-	-
46.	Yappily	23.6%	An online flea market app that enabled users to buy, sell, and exchange products.	Internet	Shopping, Social Network, E-Marketplace	India	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2015	-	-	-
47.	Pheed	23.2%	A mobile pay-per-view technology and social networking service.	Internet	Social, Social Network, Mobile, Software, Technology	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2011	-	-	-
48.	Flare	23.1%	A social network app for finding/creating real-time only events.	Internet	Social, Applications, Events, Social Network	Canada	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2015	-	-	-
49.	Tsu	23.0%	An invite-only platform that rewarded social activity.	Internet	Applications, Social Media, Content Creators, Social Network, Communities	United States	-	-	-	-	-	M&A	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2014	-	-	-
50.	Friends Reunited	22.9%	A social networking site.	Internet	Social, Social Network, Websites	United Kingdom	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2000	-	-	-
51.	Branch	22.7%	A social-blogging site enabled users to build communities by invitations through their e-mail and Twitter accounts.	Internet	Messaging, Social	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2011	-	-	-
52.	Critica	22.7%	An online discussion platform for schools and universities, designed to take discussions between students and professors.	Internet	Digital Media, Education, Social Media	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2014	-	-	-
53.	BigAdda	22.2%	A social network website.	Internet	E-Commerce, Social Network, Websites	India	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2007	-	-	-
54.	Molome	22.2%	App that allowed its users to share photos with their friends directly from their mobile phones.	Internet	Photo Sharing, Applications, Mobile, Social Media	Singapore	-	-	-	-	-	Seed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2011	-	-	-
55.	Fflick	22.1%	A movie website that provided reviews, news, and information based on data collected from social media.	Internet	Reviews, News, Analytics, Social Media	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2010	-	-	-
56.	8tracks Radio	22.0%	An internet radio and streaming platform that focused on crafted playlists.	Internet	Internet Radio, Media & Entertainment, Music, Social Network	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2008	-	-	-
57.	Octazen	21.6%	A contact importer that enabled website users to invite their contacts on other services.	Internet	Enterprise Software, Social Network, Web Browsers	Malaysia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2006	-	-	-
58.	Mxit	21.2%	A mobile social network based in Africa, allows users to share updates, send messages, exchange images, and upload and download media.	Internet	Social Network, Social, Communities, Mobile, Developer APIs	South Africa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100-250	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2004	-	-	-
59.	Tress	21.0%	A social community for black women's hairstyles.	Internet	Beauty, Hair & Beauty, Social, Communities	Ghana	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2016	-	-	-
60.	Mungle	20.9%	A social network.	Internet	Communities, Social Media, Social Network	United Kingdom	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2014	-	-	-
61.	DailyBooth	20.8%	A social network that enables users to share photos in real-time.	Internet	Photo Sharing, Social Network, Publishing	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2009	-	-	-
62.	Sampa	20.7%	A personal, private place on the web for family and close friends.	Internet	Photo Sharing, Social Network, Communities	United States	-	-	-	-	-	Seed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2005	-	-	-
63.	Emoj.li	20.2%	A social network where users could only chat using emojis.	Internet	Social, Social Network, Mobile Applications, Applications	United Kingdom	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2015	-	-	-
64.	GroupSpaces	19.9%	A membership management platform that enabled groups to organize records, send newsletters, host forums and collect fees.	Internet	Social Network, Software, Communities	United Kingdom	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2007	-	-	-
65.	Imercive	19.9%	A company that provided instant messaging marketing solution to help brands create new channels for customer engagement.	Internet	Social Media, Instant Messaging, Marketing, Customer Services	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2006	-	-	-
66.	Orkut	19.7%	A social networking website.	Internet	Social Network, Websites, Social	Brazil	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2004	-	-	-
67.	BricaBox	19.5%	Social content platform that allowed users to create their own social content sites.	Internet	Content, Social Media, Websites	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2006	-	-	-
68.	Youtube Leanback	19.3%	An optimized version of YouTube used for television web browsers and webview application wrappers.	Internet	Video Streaming, Video, Web Applications	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2010	-	-	-
69.	Elfwood	19.0%	A fantasy and sci-fi community with strong focus on user submitted art and fiction.	Internet	Art, Sci-Fi, Communities, Social Network	Sweden	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Inactive	-	-	1996	-	-	-
70.	Friendster	18.9%	One of the first social networking sites where it allowed users to communicate with other members.	Internet	Digital Entertainment, Social Network, Social Media	United States	-	-	-	-	-	M&A	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10000-10000	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2001	-	-	-
71.	Amazon Spark	18.7%	A social media platform designed to help people connect with those who have similar interests and facilitate product discovery.	Internet	Social Media, Applications, Photo Sharing	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2017	-	-	-
72.	GawkBox	18.5%	Enabled content creators to build a community with their audience.	Internet	App Marketing, Internet of Things, Content Creators, Communities	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2016	-	-	-
73.	Piczo	18.5%	A social networking and blogging website for teens.	Internet	Social Network, Websites, Blog, Teens	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2003	-	-	-
74.	Cate App	18.3%	A privacy app that hides calls and messages from selected contacts (i.e. a messaging app for cheating)	Internet	Mobile Applications, Messaging	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2011	-	-	-
75.	12seconds	17.9%	A video sharing web site enabled users to share twelve second long video moments from their life.	Internet	Social Media, Short Videos	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2008	-	-	-
76.	Dodgeball	17.8%	A location-based social networking software provider for mobile devices.	Internet	Social Network, Location Based Services, Software	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2000	-	-	-
77.	DateIITians	17.7%	An online social dating and networking platform for single men and women.	Internet	Applications, Social Network, Social Dating	India	-	-	-	-	-	Seed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2012	-	-	-
78.	TheGlobe.com	17.0%	The first social media that allowed users to share content with each other.	Internet	Social Network, Digital Media, Information Services	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50-100	-	-	Inactive	-	-	1995	-	-	-
79.	Wimdu	16.9%	An online platform for booking lodging.	Internet	Social Media, Travel and tourism, Search Engine	Germany	-	-	-	-	-	M&A	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	250-500	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2011	-	-	-
80.	schülerVZ	16.9%	An online community for schoolchildren.	Internet	Social Network, Online Portals, Communities, Children	Germany	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2007	-	-	-
81.	PostRocket	16.7%	Helped a Facebook page get into its followers' newsfeeds.	Internet	Analytics, Social Media, Marketing	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2010	-	-	-
82.	Zumbl	16.7%	An online chat portal.	Internet	Messaging, Instant Messaging, Communities, Online Portals	India	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2012	-	-	-
83.	Saaspire	16.7%	Offered SaaS-based relevancy platform that enabled its users to develop web applications.	Internet	Advertising, Content, SaaS, Web Applications	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2010	-	-	-
84.	FriendFeed	16.5%	A feed aggregator that consolidated updates from social media, social bookmarking websites, blogs, and microblogging sites.	Internet	Social Media, Media & Entertainment, News	United States	-	-	-	-	-	M&A	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2007	-	-	-
85.	Pipefish	16.1%	A taste graph-based recommendation engine for users to find and share reviews online.	Internet	E-Commerce, Reviews, Social Network, Applications	United States	-	-	-	-	-	Seed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2012	-	-	-
86.	Backfence	15.9%	Created hyper-local community sites.	Internet	Web Hosting, Communities, Websites	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2004	-	-	-
87.	GuGo	15.7%	A group-centric social intelligence platform enabled users to interact with others privately.	Internet	Applications, Coupons, Search Engine, Social Media	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2011	-	-	-
88.	Broadcast.com	15.6%	Web radio and streaming content.	Internet	Internet Radio, News, Social Media	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5000-10000	-	-	Inactive	-	-	1995	-	-	-
89.	Mailbox	15.4%	A mobile application that offered email management solutions.	Internet	Email, iOS, Messaging, Software, Applications, Cloud Computing	United States	-	-	-	-	-	M&A	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	500-1000	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2011	-	-	-
90.	Yellloh	15.4%	Yellloh is a social network that connects people based on their interests.	Internet	Applications, Blogging Platforms, Communities, Social Media	Australia	-	-	-	-	-	Seed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2013	-	-	-
91.	SixReps	14.8%	A social network for fitness enthusiasts.	Internet	Fitness, Social Network	Indonesia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2010	-	-	-
92.	Layer	14.8%	A customer conversation platform that enabled companies and customers to have interactive experience from any digital interface.	Internet	Messaging, Enterprise Communication	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2013	-	-	-
93.	Facebook Slingshot	14.8%	An instant messaging software application intended for sharing photos and videos with friends.	Internet	Mobile, Photography, Applications, Social Media	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2014	-	-	-
94.	Yappd	14.7%	A micro-blogging tool.	Internet	Blog, Social Media, Messaging	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2007	-	-	-
95.	Eyegroove	14.3%	A platform that let users make videos for songs they like.	Internet	Social Network, Music, Creativity, Entertainment	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2013	-	-	-
96.	Plancast	14.2%	A social site for planning events.	Internet	Events, Social, Communities	United States	-	-	-	-	-	Seed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2009	-	-	-
97.	Vizify	13.7%	An online portal that enabled users to create interactive profiles.	Internet	Online Portals, Social Media, Social Network	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2011	-	-	-
98.	Tigerbow	13.5%	Tigerbow let people send actual gifts to virtual places.	Internet	E-Commerce, Gifts Card, Social Media	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2007	-	-	-
99.	Peerlyst	13.5%	A social network exclusively for security professionals.	Internet	Social Network, Professional Services, Security, B2B, Cyber Security	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2014	-	-	-
100.	Blurtt	13.4%	A photo sharing app for iPhone that allowed users to caption and share photos with others.	Internet	Applications, iOS, Photography, Social Media	United States	-	-	-	-	-	Seed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2010	-	-	-
101.	Vine	13.2%	An online platform that enabled users to create short looping video clips.	Internet	Short Videos, Social Media, Mobile, Applications, Entertainment	United States	-	-	-	-	-	M&A	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50-100	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2012	-	-	-
102.	Migme	13.1%	A fan-based social entertainment platform that offers chat, content, and microblogging services.	Internet	Social, Entertainment, Social Network	Singapore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50-100	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2005	-	-	-
103.	Kwiry	12.7%	An online reminder service.	Internet	SMS based services, Messaging, Mobile Applications	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2006	-	-	-
104.	Highly	12.6%	A highlight-sharing app.	Internet	Applications, Social Media	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2014	-	-	-
105.	This	11.8%	The share-one-link-per-day platform.	Internet	Journalists, Web Applications, Entertainment	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2014	-	-	-
106.	GetGems	11.7%	A social currency messaging app.	Internet	Applications, Bitcoin, Messaging, Mobile Payments, Virtual Currency	Israel	-	-	-	-	-	Seed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2014	-	-	-
107.	Spinvite	11.5%	An iOS and Android app that allowed users to see what activities their friends have planned at any given time.	Internet	Mobile, Social Media, Applications	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2013	-	-	-
108.	Naked Ltd	10.9%	A social messaging platform enabled friends and groups to share content more easily across web, email, mobile and IM.	Internet	Applications, Social, Messaging	United Kingdom	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2007	-	-	-
109.	Fitbay	10.9%	A social network that helps find the right size and style by connecting people with similar body types.	Internet	Fashion, E-Commerce, Private Social Networking, Social Network	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2013	-	-	-
110.	Flotype	10.7%	A venture-backed company developing a suite of enterprise technology for real-time messaging.	Internet	Enterprise Software, Messaging, Real Time, Technology	United States	-	-	-	-	-	Seed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2010	-	-	-
111.	Zillionears	10.7%	A flash sale platform that provided musicians to release their music using dynamic pricing.	Internet	Software, Marketing, Independent Music, Communities, Musicians	United Kingdom	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2010	-	-	-
112.	ExploreVR	10.5%	An online service specializing in connecting Virtual Reality (VR) Businesses with potential customers.	Internet	Web Applications, VR, Virtualization	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2017	-	-	-
113.	Klout	10.4%	An application that measured and ranked its users according to online social influence by using social media analytics.	Internet	Analytics, Applications, Social Media	United States	-	-	-	-	-	M&A	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100-250	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2008	-	-	-
114.	Shnergle	10.3%	A free app that allowed its users to check out a place in real time and decide whether or not to visit.	Internet	Search Engine, Social Media, Photo Sharing	United Kingdom	-	-	-	-	-	Seed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2012	-	-	-
115.	Consider	9.9%	Email designed to enable focus and flow for startups.	Internet	Messaging, Collaboration, Email	United States	-	-	-	-	-	Seed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2017	-	-	-
116.	Flud	9.8%	A social news reader application designed to display RSS feeds for teams and businesses.	Internet	Enterprise Software, Mobile, News, Content, Social Media	United States	-	-	-	-	-	Early Stage	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2010	-	-	-
117.	Banters	9.6%	An app that enabled users to post and store inspirational quotes from everyday life.	Internet	Social Media, Websites	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2010	-	-	-
118.	Moped	9.4%	A free messaging application that enabled its users to send messages from desktops and mobiles.	Internet	Applications, Instant Messaging, Mobile, Messaging	Germany	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	1998	-	-	-
119.	Newton Mail	9.3%	A subscription based email service	Internet	Email, Applications, SaaS, Messaging	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2010	-	-	-
120.	Jaiku	9.2%	A micro-blogging and social networking site.	Internet	Mobile, Blog, Social Network	Finland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2006	-	-	-
121.	Livetext	8.8%	An audio-free video messaging app built by Yahoo.	Internet	Messaging, Mobile Applications	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2015	-	-	-
122.	HaloLife	8.0%	An online platform that provides step-by-step guidance to plan and find a burial or cremation service that meets your needs.	Internet	Software, Communities	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2015	-	-	-
123.	Meerkat	7.8%	A mobile livestreaming app that enabled users to broadcast real-time video.	Internet	Mobile Applications, Real Time, Video Streaming, Social Network	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2015	-	-	-
124.	Ever App	7.4%	A cloud photo storage app created by Paravision.	Internet	Photo Sharing, Web Applications, Software	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2013	-	-	-
125.	Addressbin	7.1%	An easy way to collect email addresses	Internet	Web Applications, Technology, Consumer Services	Canada	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2013	-	-	-
126.	PicLyf	6.9%	A photo-based social network.	Internet	Photo Sharing, Blog, Social Network, Social	Philippines	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2009	-	-	-
127.	Chikka	6.6%	A free SMS service.	Internet	Messaging, Instant Messaging, Mobile Applications, Wireless, Mobile	Philippines	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50-100	-	-	Inactive	-	-	1999	-	-	-
128.	Path	5.5%	A mobile photo-sharing and messaging service for building personal social networks with up to 150 contacts.	Internet	Messaging, Photo Sharing, Mobile	United States	-	-	-	-	-	M&A	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50-100	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2010	-	-	-
129.	Layer Inc	5.4%	A customer conversation platform that enabled companies and customers to have interactive experience from digital interface.	Internet	Enterprise Communication, Messaging	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2013	-	-	-
130.	Hyves	5.4%	An online website that hosts a multitude of flash animation games.	Internet	Gaming, Online Games, Communities, Websites	Netherlands	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50-100	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2004	-	-	-
131.	Twitter Peek	5.2%	A simple smartphone.	Internet	Messaging, Applications, Software, Mobile, Electronics	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2007	-	-	-
132.	Babble	4.8%	An online magazine site that offered information and lifestyle content for parents.	Internet	News, Parenting, Lifestyle, Communities, Media & Entertainment	United States	-	-	-	-	-	M&A	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2006	-	-	-
133.	360voice	4.7%	An online community for gamers.	Internet	Gaming, Communities, Entertainment, Technology	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2006	-	-	-
134.	Chatkit	4.5%	A cloud-hosted messaging app creation tools by Pusher Ltd.	Internet	Messaging, Real Time, Developer APIs, Cloud Computing, Enterprise Software	United Kingdom	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50-100	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2017	-	-	-
135.	EYE Project	3.3%	A youth marketing agency that provided online and on-ground campaigns for youth markets.	Internet	Research, Marketing, Communities	Malaysia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2011	-	-	-
136.	Qik	2.3%	An online messenger that allowed its users to exchange video messages.	Internet	Messaging, Mobile, Video	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50-100	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2006	-	-	-

Investors

No.	Image	Name	Investor type	Description	Location	Preferred investment stage(s)	Stages invested in	Assets under management (AUM)	Investment range	Investment sweet spot	Preferred investment focus	Preferred investment geography	No. of investments	No. of lead investments	No. of follow-on investments	No. of co-investments	Portfolio companies	No. of exits	Total exit value	No. of failed investments	Loss on investments	No. of acquisitions	No. of board seats taken	No. of funds	Limited partners	Co-investors	No. of partners	Partners	No. of employees	Management	Board members	Founders	Investor reputation	Contact info	Entity type	Legal name	Former legal name(s)	Founded date	Ticker
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Leadership

No.	Image	Name	Previous designation	Previous company	Previous biography	Previous profile type	Previous location	Experience	Education	Reputation	Current company	Current designation	Current biography	Current profile type	Current location	No. of investments	No. of exits	Total exit value	No. of board seats taken	Contact info
1.		Kinshuk Bairagi	Founder	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	COGXIO.COM	-	Kinshuk Bairagi is the Founder at dateIITians.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2.		Layak Singh	Founder & CEO	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Artivatic.ai	-	I am currently focusing in building next-gen automated personalized human intelligence technology built on cross industry intelligence data genome focused on Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision and Voice Technology as B2B/Enterprises Product that enables them to make consumers to take decisions in real time connected with Smart Devices : Product - Artivatic & LiveOnGo Earlier I was Founder & CEO at Fullerene Solutions and Services (P) Ltd, portfolio company for education, online dating, content and lifestyle ventures such as eStudyCorner, Rakins, LivingStylish, dateIITians & COGXIO. These all I founded during my graduation at IIT Kharagpur. I have been earlier part of DRDO, IOCL, EDUDIGM to execute their projects, being in-house entrepreneur and more with focus on building team, product execution, helping in business strategies, prediction, marketing, PR, revenue & financial performance. He holds a degree in Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering. I have been active partner in establishing awesome communities as SAEINDIA in IIT Kharagpur during my college graduation. I am born-entrepreneur and never like to be defeated until the end. Built many communities in around Bangalore like Bootstrap Bangalore, 2Weekends Hakathon etc. Advisory at few startups,Speaker at Christ University, Incubated few startups at my office and love helping around the folks. I am 2014 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in Bangalore. I sometime writes about startups, education, entrepreneurship, technology, artificial intelligence, culture, consumer interaction, business & health at Techinasia, Silicon India & Yourstory.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Funding

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