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Gowalla
A location-based social platform website and app.
Description
Gowalla was a social guide for its users to share and discover photos, experiences and recommendations of places and cities.
Legal Name
Gowalla
Former Legal Name(s)
Alamofire Inc,
Company Reputation
-
Entity Type
Private limited company
Ownership Status
-
Operational Status
Inactive
Founded Date
2007
Operational Duration
6 years
Shutdown Date
2013
Last Financing Round
Series B
Total Raised
USD 18.81M
Last Financing Date
1 Jan 2014
No. of Funding Round(s)
4
No. of Investor(s)
2
No. of Employees
10 - 50
Total Revenue
-
Post-money Valuation
-
Market Capitalization
-
Stage of Development
Exit
Transactional Model Type
B2C
Defensibility Moats
Customer insights, Platforms,
City
Austin
State/Province
Texas
Country
United States
Industry
Internet
Categories
Location Based Services, Photography, Private Social Networking,
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. | Image | 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 |
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1. |  | Yik Yak | 14.9% | 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 | - | - | - |
2. |  | Meetro | 13.9% | A multi-network social messenger with location-based services. | Internet | Location Based Services, Instant Messaging, Social Network | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-10 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2005 | - | - | - |
3. |  | Weave | 13.3% | A mobile-based professional networking application. | Internet | Location Based Services, Professional Services, Software, Mobile | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-10 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2013 | - | - | - |
4. |  | Shaukk | 12.3% | 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 | - | - | - |
5. |  | Levoma | 11.8% | Provided peer-to-peer location-based dating services that are powered by Facebook. | Internet | P2P, Consumer Services, Dating, Location Based Services | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-10 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2011 | - | - | - |
6. |  | Picasa | 10.9% | A provider of image organizer and image viewer or organizing and editing digital photos. | Internet | Photo Sharing, Photography, Software | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2002 | - | - | - |
7. |  | Twitpic | 10.0% | A website that allowed users to upload and share their photos and videos on Twitter. | Internet | Photo Sharing, Photography, Applications | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10-50 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2008 | - | - | - |
8. |  | Blurtt | 9.5% | 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 | - | - | - |
9. |  | Switchcam | 9.3% | Video creation platform. | Internet | Events, Photography, Video | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2011 | - | - | - |
10. |  | Stipple | 9.0% | Provided a platform enabling users to tag people, places and objects in an image. | Internet | Photography, Advertising, Image Tag | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10-50 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2010 | - | - | - |
11. |  | Canvas/ DrawQuest | 8.7% | An online community platform for iOS drawing community. | Internet | Communities, Social Media, Photography | United States | - | - | - | - | - | Early Stage | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-10 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2010 | - | - | - |
12. |  | Snapjoy | 8.3% | An online photo storage service. | Internet | Data Storage, Applications, Photography | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10-50 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2011 | - | - | - |
13. |  | TinyOwl | 8.3% | 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 | - | - | - |
14. |  | Dodgeball | 8.1% | A location-based social networking software provider for mobile devices. | Internet | Social Network, Location Based Services, Software | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2000 | - | - | - |
15. |  | Picturelife | 8.0% | Photo-storage service. | Internet | Photography, Data Storage, Software, Photo Editing | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10-50 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2011 | - | - | - |
16. |  | Roamz | 7.6% | A location-based application that informed users about the happenings in their cities. | Internet | Location Based Services, Mobile Applications, Machine Learning, Software, Travel and tourism | Australia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10-50 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2011 | - | - | - |
17. |  | General Magic | 7.4% | A company that offered voice application services to telecommunications, enterprise, and Internet companies. | Internet | Applications, Technology, Software, Location Based Services | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 250-500 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 1990 | - | - | - |
18. |  | Facebook Slingshot | 7.4% | 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 | - | - | - |
19. |  | Everpix | 5.9% | A smart photo platform. | Internet | Photo Sharing, Data Storage, Photography | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 50-100 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2011 | - | - | - |
20. |  | Koprol | 5.6% | A location-based social network. | Internet | Location Based Services, Social Network, Social Media | Indonesia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10-50 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2009 | - | - | - |
21. |  | UberRUSH | 5.5% | An on-demand package delivery service for merchants powered by Uber. | Internet | Logistics, Applications, Delivery, Location Based Services, Supply Chain Management | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10-50 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2015 | - | - | - |
22. |  | Hashtag Pirate | 5.2% | 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 | - | - | - |
23. |  | Airstoc | 5.2% | A marketplace for the drone industry. | Internet | Drones, Marketing, Technology, Photography | United Kingdom | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-10 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2013 | - | - | - |
24. |  | Limetree | 4.7% | Digital shoebox for kids’ memories. | Internet | Photography | Portugal | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-10 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2011 | - | - | - |
25. |  | Tunaspot | 4.2% | A location-based music platform. | Internet | Location Based Services, Music, Music Discovery | Sweden | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-10 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2011 | - | - | - |
26. |  | Shipbeat | 3.7% | Location-based platform designed primarily as an aid to small to medium-sized e-commerce businesses. | Internet | Developer APIs, Location Based Services, Shipping, E-Commerce, Delivery | Denmark | - | - | - | - | - | Seed | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10-50 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2014 | - | - | - |
27. |  | Fitbay | 3.7% | 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 | - | - | - |
| 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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1. |  | Alsop Louie Partners | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
2. | | Founders Fund | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 |
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1. | | Scott Raymond | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
2. | | David Thacker | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
3. | | Josh Williams | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
4. | | Sean Parker | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
5. | | Gilman Louie | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Financing date | Financing round | Total amount raised | Post-money valuation | Financial viability | Fundraising target amount | Remaining target amount | Financing type | No. of investors | Board seats | Lead investors | Entity type | Financing status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | 1 Jan 2014 | Series B | USD 8.3M | - | - | - | 9 | - | - | - | Completed | ||
2. | 28 Jan 2010 | Series B | USD 105K | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Completed | ||
3. | 27 Jan 2010 | Private Equity Round | USD 8.40M | - | - | USD 8.40M | Equity, | 16 | 5 | - | - | Completed | |
4. | 27 Feb 2008 | Series A | USD 2M | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | Completed |
