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MotoBox

Simple, WiFi-enabled, OBD-II vehicle data logger and cloud services creating a platform for custom software development.

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Vehicle, Component, Software,

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Reasons for Shutdown

No Market Validation

The product was not described well enough to te customers

The founders did not validate the market properly and did not know their customer base.
Also, realized that they did not reach enough customers and the founder had not described the product well enough for the consumers to understand.

Lack of Experience

Co-founders did not have any experience on the business side

Co-founders were both from the technical side and did not have any experience on the business side.

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.	Amazon Fire Phone	36.2%	A 3D-enabled smartphone designed by Amazon.	Consumer Electronics	Software, Hardware	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2014	-	-	-
2.	Essential	22.4%	A mobile and home devices company focused on creating consumer technology products for the 21st century.	Consumer Electronics	Smart Home, Hardware, Software, Mobile Devices, Manufacturing, Electronics	United States	-	-	-	-	-	Early Stage	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100-250	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2015	-	-	-
3.	Ossic	21.6%	A technology solution that focused on developing a 3D audio headphones.	Consumer Electronics	Audio, Hardware, Software	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2014	-	-	-
4.	Wattage	19.4%	An online platform that made creating hardware easy.	Consumer Electronics	3D Printing, Software, Hardware, E-Commerce	Canada	-	-	-	-	-	Seed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50-100	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2014	-	-	-
5.	Jawbone	11.9%	A tech company that manufactured wearable tech and portable audio devices.	Consumer Electronics	Wearables, Hardware, Fitness, Software	United States	-	-	-	-	-	M&A	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	250-500	-	-	Inactive	-	-	1997	-	-	-
6.	Samsung Galaxy Note 7	11.0%	An android-based phablet designed, developed, produced and marketed by Samsung Electronics.	Consumer Electronics	Hardware, Software, Technology	South Korea	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2016	-	-	-
7.	Fry's Electronics	10.7%	-	Consumer Electronics	Hardware, Retail, Software	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10001-10001	-	-	Inactive	-	-	1985	-	-	-

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.		Joe Stech	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2.		Matt Chernosky	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Funding

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
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