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Cusoy

Curated restaurant finder for people with food allergies.

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Restaurants, Search Engine, Food & Beverages,

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Reasons for Shutdown

Talent Shortage

No team

Melissa (founder) was a non-technical founder.
Juggled too many things at once, including adding restaurants, sourcing new restaurants, talking to restaurants and users.
Hard to find the right team who already have high salaries and perks working at Google, Twitter, Facebook, etc.

Lack of Funds

No funding

Everything was from the founder's personal savings.
Approached Rock Health but did not manage to get through due to their concerns that Cusoy's nature would be difficult to scale and grow.

Lack of Strategy

No longer aligned with personal goals

In the beginning, Melissa wanted to build a beautifully designed product with a great user experience that helped a personal problem and for other users.
After a while, realized that she wanted to generate revenue from it.

No Scalability

Could not monetize

Cusoy needed strong user growth numbers and concrete evidence before it would have the leverage to talk to restaurants.
Cusoy heavily relied on users to crowdsource information and generate new restaurant additions.

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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.	ChaCha	23.7%	A mobile Q&A service that enabled advertisers and marketers to communicate with their customers in real-time.	Internet	Advertising, Marketing, Search Engine	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50-100	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2005	-	-	-
2.	Quixey	19.7%	A mobile technology company that provided better access and engagement with apps.	Internet	Mobile Applications, Web, Search Engine	United States	-	-	-	-	-	Late Stage	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	250-500	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2009	-	-	-
3.	Kitchensurfing	18.5%	An online platform for listing and contacting chefs for private dining events.	Internet	Foodtech, Hospitality, Food & Beverages, E-Commerce	United States	-	-	-	-	-	Early Stage	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2012	-	-	-
4.	Flowtab	18.1%	A mobile app that offered ordering and payments platform designed to enhance users nightlife experience.	Internet	Mobile Applications, Food & Beverages, Transaction Processing, Payments, Nightlife	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50-100	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2011	-	-	-
5.	SpoonRocket	17.2%	A next-gen, ultra-fast delivery platform that delivered high quality tasty meals to customers in 15 minutes or less.	Internet	Food Delivery, Food & Beverages, Organic Food, Foodtech, Applications	United States	-	-	-	-	-	M&A	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2013	-	-	-
6.	Cuil	17.0%	A search engine that organizes web pages by content and displays long entries along with thumbnail pictures for many results.	Internet	Search Engine, Startup	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2008	-	-	-
7.	Eatfresh	15.8%	An online platform for chef-made meals.	Internet	Foodtech, Restaurants, E-Commerce, Food Delivery, Food & Beverages	India	-	-	-	-	-	Seed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50-100	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2015	-	-	-
8.	Jelly	15.3%	An app that served as a Q&A platform.	Internet	Applications, Search Engine, Technology	United States	-	-	-	-	-	M&A	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2013	-	-	-
9.	SpoonJoy	15.1%	A subscription-based online platform that allowed office goers and other consumers to order meal packs.	Internet	Delivery, Mobile Applications, Food & Beverages, Subscription, Foodtech	India	-	-	-	-	-	Early Stage	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50-100	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2013	-	-	-
10.	Vinetrade	14.6%	An online wine trading platform for building and managing wine portfolios.	Internet	E-Commerce, Food & Beverages, Applications	United Kingdom	-	-	-	-	-	Seed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2011	-	-	-
11.	Consumating	14.2%	A dating website.	Internet	Social Media, Search Engine, Websites	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2005	-	-	-
12.	OrderMonger.com	12.7%	Food delivery service.	Internet	Food & Beverages, Delivery, Startup	India	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2006	-	-	-
13.	Take Eat Easy	12.2%	A company that offered online platform that connects customers with restaurants.	Internet	Food Distributors, Applications, Restaurants, Food & Beverages, Logistics, Food Delivery	Belgium	-	-	-	-	-	Early Stage	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100-250	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2013	-	-	-
14.	Ola Cafe	12.1%	A food delivery app by OLA.	Internet	Food & Beverages, Software, Delivery	India	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5000-10000	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2015	-	-	-
15.	Golama	11.7%	An online platform designed to provide home delivery of food products from stores.	Internet	Food & Beverages, Delivery, Logistics	Russian Federation	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100-250	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2017	-	-	-
16.	eCareer	11.6%	A job exchange for higher endowed positions.	Internet	Professional Services, Search Engine, Consulting	Germany	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2009	-	-	-
17.	The Poultry Exchange	11.6%	An online marketplace for bulk poultry and meat purchases.	Internet	Marketplace, Food & Beverages, Food Distributors, Trading Platform	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2016	-	-	-
18.	TinMen	11.3%	An app that designed to provide home-cooked lunches and dinners to working professionals.	Internet	Food & Beverages, Food Delivery, Applications	India	-	-	-	-	-	Seed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2015	-	-	-
19.	Eazy Meals	11.1%	A food tech business platform.	Internet	Foodtech, Consumer Goods, Food Delivery, Food & Beverages	India	-	-	-	-	-	Seed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2015	-	-	-
20.	TinyOwl	10.9%	Developed location-based mobile application for ordering food.	Internet	Applications, Food & Beverages, Information Technology, Mobile, Location Based Services	India	-	-	-	-	-	M&A	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	500-1000	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2014	-	-	-
21.	Memolane	10.5%	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	-	-	-
22.	Bite Club	10.4%	A food delivery startup that delivered handmade meals prepared by talented chefs to people's home/office.	Internet	E-Commerce, Food Delivery, Food & Beverages, Food Processing	India	-	-	-	-	-	Seed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2014	-	-	-
23.	Cibando	10.2%	An application that enable users to find restaurants.	Internet	Food & Beverages, Search Engine, Technology, Applications, iOS	Italy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2011	-	-	-
24.	SearchFox	10.1%	A web search engine offered personalized with customize according to user preferences.	Internet	Search Engine, Websites, Software	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2005	-	-	-
25.	Shnergle	9.5%	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	-	-	-
26.	LocalBanya	8.5%	An online convenience store offered a range of products.	Internet	Food & Beverages, E-Commerce	India	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100-500	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2012	-	-	-
27.	Munchery	7.7%	An online food ordering and meal delivery service.	Internet	Foodtech, Food Delivery, Food & Beverages, Consumer	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100-250	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2011	-	-	-
28.	StumbleUpon	7.5%	A discovery engine that found and recommended personalized web content to its users.	Internet	Content, Search Engine, Personalization	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100-250	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2001	-	-	-
29.	Offpeak	7.4%	An online platform that provided restaurant bookings and secure discounts.	Internet	Food & Beverages, Restaurants	Malaysia	-	-	-	-	-	Early Stage	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2013	-	-	-
30.	Fastbee	7.2%	A food delivery startup that was set up with the aim of changing the way Singaporeans obtain their meals daily.	Internet	Food Delivery, Food & Beverages, Foodtech	Singapore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2016	-	-	-
31.	SEO Motion	7.2%	A search engine optimization company.	Internet	Search Engine, Web Design	Canada	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2011	-	-	-
32.	Go.com	7.0%	A portal for Disney content	Internet	Online Portals, Websites, Content, Search Engine	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Inactive	-	-	1999	-	-	-
33.	GuGo	6.9%	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	-	-	-
34.	Foodily	6.7%	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	-	-	-
35.	Sedapur	6.6%	An e-commerce service for food.	Internet	Culinary, Food & Beverages, E-Commerce	Indonesia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2011	-	-	-
36.	EverythingMe	6.6%	A mobile-optimized online search tool that offered localized and relevant search results using phone's default mobile web browser.	Internet	Applications, Mobile, Search Engine, Software	Israel	-	-	-	-	-	Late Stage	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50-100	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2010	-	-	-
37.	Carsabi	6.5%	Search engine for used cars.	Internet	Search Engine, Automotive	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2011	-	-	-
38.	Guruji	6.5%	A crawler-based search engine.	Internet	Search Engine, Web Browsers	India	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2006	-	-	-
39.	ZuperMeal	6.0%	A home food delivery startup that provided home-cooked meals.	Internet	Cooking, E-Commerce, Foodtech, Food & Beverages, Food Delivery	India	-	-	-	-	-	Seed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2015	-	-	-
40.	Eatsy	6.0%	Mobile-first restaurant technology company.	Internet	Applications, Food & Beverages, Foodtech	Singapore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2018	-	-	-
41.	HolaChef	5.9%	A food service company that offered chef-crafted fresh meals to consumers.	Internet	Food & Beverages, Foodtech, Restaurants, Delivery	India	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50-100	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2014	-	-	-
42.	MealHopper	5.9%	A startup that connected local cooks with users looking for homemade meals.	Internet	Food Processing, Food & Beverages, Foodtech, Food Delivery	India	-	-	-	-	-	Seed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2015	-	-	-
43.	Dine In	5.8%	A platform that delivered food from a range of restaurants.	Internet	Hospitality, Delivery, Food & Beverages	United Kingdom	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2011	-	-	-
44.	OrderSnack	5.1%	Online food ordering portal.	Internet	Food & Beverages, Delivery, Foodtech, Online Portals	India	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2012	-	-	-
45.	Buddy Beers	5.1%	Travel app for buying beers from abroad.	Internet	B2C, Social, Food & Beverages, Mobile Applications, Applications	Germany	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2010	-	-	-
46.	Sprig	5.0%	A mobile application that enabled users to find and order healthy meals and have them delivered in a minimal time frame. All the ingredients used in these meals were locally-sourced, sustainable, and seasonal.	Internet	Food Delivery, Foodtech, Software, Applications, Technology, Food & Beverages	United States	-	-	-	-	-	Early Stage	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50-100	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2013	-	-	-
47.	SearchMe	4.9%	A search engine that used visual search and category refinement.	Internet	Search Engine, Web Design, Software	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50-100	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2005	-	-	-
48.	Zeppery	4.8%	A mobile application that enabled its users to find and pre-order food from restaurants.	Internet	Foodtech, Restaurants, Applications, Food & Beverages	India	-	-	-	-	-	Seed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2015	-	-	-
49.	Wimdu	3.9%	An online platform for booking lodging.	Internet	Social Media, Travel and tourism, Search Engine	Germany	-	-	-	-	-	M&A	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	250-500	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2011	-	-	-
50.	The French Cellar	3.2%	A wine subscription e-commerce model into Asia.	Internet	E-Commerce, Subscription, Food & Beverages	Singapore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1-10	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2013	-	-	-
51.	Cyberchef	3.1%	A virtual marketplace for traditional meals.	Internet	Restaurants, Marketplace, Food & Beverages	India	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2015	-	-	-
52.	Twigly	2.3%	A food ordering app.	Internet	Food & Beverages, Foodtech, Delivery	India	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50-100	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2015	-	-	-