Hayibo
Parody and satirical news site.
Description
South African parody and satirical news site.
Legal Name
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Former Legal Name(s)
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Company Reputation
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Entity Type
Private limited company
Ownership Status
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Operational Status
Inactive
Founded Date
2009
Operational Duration
3 years
Shutdown Date
2012
Last Financing Round
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Total Raised
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Last Financing Date
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No. of Funding Round(s)
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No. of Investor(s)
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No. of Employees
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Total Revenue
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Post-money Valuation
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Market Capitalization
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Stage of Development
Development
Transactional Model Type
B2C
Defensibility Moats
User networks,
City
Cape Town
State/Province
Western Cape
Country
South Africa
Industry
Internet
Categories
News, Website, Publishing,
- Lack of Funds
- In September 2010, Hayibo said it would close its doors due to a lack of funding.
- The team explained, “Our demographic is apparently pure gold (you, dear readers, are among the most educated and discerning people in the land), but we are hamstrung by a serious shortage of writers.”
- Hayibo did not have enough money or writers to keep Hayibo meeting the standards expected by readers.
- Strategy Issues
- In September 2010, Hayibo said it would close its doors, however, after an 11th-hour bailout by specialist publishing house, Cape Media, kept the site functioning and it continued to do so until September 2012.
- As a part of its new business strategy, Hayibo hired the services of digital and social media service provider, Creative Spark Interactive, to handle ad sales and consult on ways to grow the site.
- However, after only a few months on its own, Hayibo’s managing team decided to fold as the new strategy failed to bring in the required funds.
Lack of funding.
Hayibo attempted a new strategy that eventually failed.
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. |  | Findory | 32.7% | A news and blog aggregation website that utilized collaborative filtering. | Internet | News, Blog, Real Time | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2004 | - | - | - |
2. |  | Civil | 20.2% | A community-owned journalism network based on transparency and trust. | Internet | Publishing, Content, News, Blockchain | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10-50 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2017 | - | - | - |
3. |  | Joobili | 19.7% | Offered European travel destinations and packages. | Internet | Travel and tourism, Leisure, Information Services, Websites | Hungary | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-10 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2008 | - | - | - |
4. |  | Haivl | 18.4% | An entertainment site. | Internet | Websites, Entertainment, Media & Entertainment, News | Vietnam | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2012 | - | - | - |
5. |  | Boompa.com | 17.5% | A web startup focused on car fanatics. | Internet | Social Networking, Content, Websites | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2006 | - | - | - |
6. |  | Bkam | 16.7% | The leading price comparison website and mobile application in the MENA region. | Internet | Websites, Applications, Mobile Applications, Information Technology | Egypt | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10-50 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2012 | - | - | - |
7. |  | Spotplex | 16.5% | An online content aggregation service that provided range of popular news articles. | Internet | News, Content, Online Portals | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-10 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2007 | - | - | - |
8. |  | Moglue | 15.3% | A desktop platform that enabled publishers, authors, and artists to create interactiv | Internet | Publishing, Art, Software, Mobile, Applications | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10-50 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2010 | - | - | - |
9. |  | Go.com | 15.0% | A portal for Disney content | Internet | Online Portals, Websites, Content, Search Engine | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 1999 | - | - | - |
10. |  | Pretty Young Professional | 14.4% | A media company and career resource for young professional women. | Internet | Publishing, Professional Services, Websites, Career, Digital Media, Copywriting, Content | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-10 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2010 | - | - | - |
11. |  | Tulungin | 14.1% | A platform for service providers. | Internet | Consumer Services, Marketplace, Websites | Indonesia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2015 | - | - | - |
12. |  | Finch | 13.7% | Allowed users share local websites with any internet connected device. | Internet | Websites | United Kingdom | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2014 | - | - | - |
13. |  | Hot Barber | 13.6% | A website that let hair stylists set up profiles and customers browse portfolios. | Internet | Websites, Marketplace, Hair & Beauty | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2017 | - | - | - |
14. |  | FriendFeed | 13.5% | 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 | - | - | - |
15. |  | QuestHall | 12.9% | Social questions and answers | Internet | Social Media, Social, Content, Websites | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-10 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2011 | - | - | - |
16. |  | DailyBooth | 12.7% | A social network that enables users to share photos in real-time. | Internet | Photo Sharing, Social Network, Publishing | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-10 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2009 | - | - | - |
17. |  | Adaptu | 12.2% | An online money management site. | Internet | Financial Services, Websites | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10-50 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2010 | - | - | - |
18. |  | Quibb | 12.0% | A professional network to share industry news and analysis. | Internet | News, Analytics, Professional Services | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-10 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2013 | - | - | - |
19. |  | BricaBox | 11.9% | Social content platform that allowed users to create their own social content sites. | Internet | Content, Social Media, Websites | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-10 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2006 | - | - | - |
20. |  | Tailrank | 11.8% | A site that provided a feed of content on the World Wide Web that's being discussed across the blogosphere. | Internet | News, Content, Publishing | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-10 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2005 | - | - | - |
21. |  | Get Localization | 11.6% | Provided services and platform for professional translation management. | Internet | Applications, Crowdsourcing, Professional Services, Websites, Information Technology, Software, Cloud Computing | Finland | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-10 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2009 | - | - | - |
22. |  | BigAdda | 11.3% | A social network website. | Internet | E-Commerce, Social Network, Websites | India | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2007 | - | - | - |
23. |  | Piczo | 11.3% | A social networking and blogging website for teens. | Internet | Social Network, Websites, Blog, Teens | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10-50 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2003 | - | - | - |
24. |  | The Outline | 11.2% | A news publication on current events and news. | Internet | Publishing, News, Events | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10-50 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2016 | - | - | - |
25. |  | Orkut | 10.7% | A social networking website. | Internet | Social Network, Websites, Social | Brazil | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2004 | - | - | - |
26. |  | Blah Diary | 10.7% | Aggregated interesting content to evolve into a content discovery platform. | Internet | Content, Publishing, Marketing | India | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-10 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2011 | - | - | - |
27. |  | Summly | 10.7% | News aggregation app. | Internet | News, Publishing, Mobile Applications | United Kingdom | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-10 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2011 | - | - | - |
28. |  | Flud | 10.0% | 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 | - | - | - |
29. |  | Hyves | 9.9% | An online website that hosts a multitude of flash animation games. | Internet | Gaming, Online Games, Communities, Websites | Netherlands | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 50-100 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2004 | - | - | - |
30. |  | Fotopedia | 9.6% | A developer of travel applications that feature photography from their online community. | Internet | Advertising, Crowdsourcing, Mobile, News | United States | - | - | - | - | - | Early Stage | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10-50 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2008 | - | - | - |
31. |  | Bold | 9.2% | A publishing and editing platform for enterprise. | Internet | Content, Publishing, Enterprise Software | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-10 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2015 | - | - | - |
32. |  | Texture | 8.8% | An online media company that provided digital publishing services. | Internet | Publishing, Content, Digital Entertainment, Digital Media, News | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2009 | - | - | - |
33. |  | Labit | 8.1% | A website that allowed research groups to have their own web-page. | Internet | Software, Cloud Computing, Research, Websites | South Korea | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2016 | - | - | - |
34. |  | Streetlife | 7.4% | A local social network for the UK. | Internet | Social, Social Network, Websites, Social Media | United Kingdom | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-10 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2011 | - | - | - |
35. |  | Swoopo | 7.1% | An online auction site with an alternative bidding system. | Internet | Auctions, Websites, E-Commerce, Shopping | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2005 | - | - | - |
36. | | GO.com | 7.0% | A web portal used as a hub for Disney-related sites. | Internet | Online Portals, Content, News, Digital Entertainment | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 1999 | - | - | - |
37. |  | Bookish | 6.9% | A website that allowed users to browse its database of books & authors. | Internet | Books, Publishing, Database | United States | - | - | - | - | - | M&A | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10-50 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2011 | - | - | - |
38. |  | Rockmelt | 6.8% | A social browser-turned social news application. | Internet | Web Browsers, Social, News, Applications | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10-50 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2009 | - | - | - |
39. |  | Consumating | 6.8% | A dating website. | Internet | Social Media, Search Engine, Websites | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-10 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2005 | - | - | - |
40. | .png){kind=logo} | Deseandolo | 6.7% | Social e-commerce. | Internet | E-Commerce, Collaboration, Websites | Venezuela | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-10 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2012 | - | - | - |
41. |  | Croice | 6.3% | A platform that enabled bloggers to create and share interactive live audio streams with audiences. | Internet | Audio, Blogging Platforms, Broadcasting, News, Video Streaming | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-10 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2013 | - | - | - |
42. |  | College Inside View | 6.3% | A website that offered comprehensive student reviews. | Internet | Education, Reviews, Websites | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-10 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2014 | - | - | - |
43. |  | Matchmine | 6.2% | A personalized content recommendations service. | Internet | Advertising, Digital Media, Content, News | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2007 | - | - | - |
44. |  | Thoof | 5.9% | A social news ranking site. | Internet | News, Content, Social | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2006 | - | - | - |
45. | .png){kind=logo} | DropWall | 5.7% | A student sharing network. | Internet | Public Relations, Software, Websites, Web Applications, Social Network, Social | Germany | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-10 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2011 | - | - | - |
46. |  | Fflick | 5.4% | 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 | - | - | - |
47. |  | Pixable | 4.9% | An online photo sharing and printing service. | Internet | Photo Sharing, Digital Media, Publishing | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10-50 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2008 | - | - | - |
48. |  | SearchFox | 4.8% | A web search engine offered personalized with customize according to user preferences. | Internet | Search Engine, Websites, Software | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2005 | - | - | - |
49. |  | Broadcast.com | 4.8% | Web radio and streaming content. | Internet | Internet Radio, News, Social Media | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5000-10000 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 1995 | - | - | - |
50. |  | Wopshop.com | 4.6% | An online gateway of 'toys for children'. | Internet | Children, Startup, Toys, Websites, Retail, E-Commerce | India | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-10 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2012 | - | - | - |
51. |  | Verelo | 4.3% | A web based monitoring service focused on Downtime Prevention, Outage Detection, Responding to issues and Uptime/Response time reporting. | Internet | Websites, Information Technology, Startup, Software | Canada | - | - | - | - | - | M&A | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-10 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2012 | - | - | - |
52. |  | Booktrope | 4.0% | A hybrid publisher which specialized in community-based team publishing. | Internet | Publishing, E-Commerce, Marketing | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 50-100 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2010 | - | - | - |
53. |  | Circa | 3.8% | A mobile news app that provided users with up-to-date news on diverse topics. | Internet | Mobile Applications, News | United States | - | - | - | - | - | M&A | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10-50 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2011 | - | - | - |
54. |  | What.cd | 3.8% | An invite-only music torrent website. | Internet | Music, Websites, Music Sharing, Software | France | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2007 | - | - | - |
55. |  | Friends Reunited | 3.5% | A social networking site. | Internet | Social, Social Network, Websites | United Kingdom | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2000 | - | - | - |
56. |  | Fresco News | 3.4% | Combined the incredible powers of their mobile devices with the content needs of global news outlets. | Internet | News, Publishing, Crowdsourcing | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10-50 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2014 | - | - | - |
57. |  | Facebook Paper | 3.1% | A phone-based equivalent of a newspaper or magazine. | Internet | News, Applications, iOS | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2014 | - | - | - |
58. |  | Babble | 2.9% | 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 | - | - | - |
59. |  | Backfence | 2.8% | Created hyper-local community sites. | Internet | Web Hosting, Communities, Websites | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10-50 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2004 | - | - | - |
60. |  | BriefMe | 2.7% | Built a ranked leaderboard of news. | Internet | Applications, News | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-10 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2012 | - | - | - |
61. |  | GeoCities | 2.7% | A web hosting service that provided web development tools that allowed its users to build personal sites. | Internet | Web Development, Web Hosting, Websites | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-10 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 1994 | - | - | - |
62. |  | Banters | 2.0% | An app that enabled users to post and store inspirational quotes from everyday life. | Internet | Social Media, Websites | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-10 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2010 | - | - | - |
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