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Reasons for Shutdown

Founder Issues

Co-founder Issues.

There was a problem with communication between the two co-founders where it was impossible for them to work together and killed their motivation.

Poor Business Model

The business model was not realistic.

They made promises about building an online brand and a large amount of traffic to journalists.
Should have pitched a more realistic business model as they could not magically generate an online brand or traffic for journalists.

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.	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
1.		BTVI	21.1%	Provided immediate news and analysis on live market action, business developments and policy moves.	Broadcast Media	News, Analytics, Digital Media, Content	India	-	-	-	-	-	Private Equity	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100-250	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2008	-	-	-
2.		The Brunei Times	9.7%	An independent English-language daily compact broadsheet newspaper.	Broadcast Media	News, Newspaper, Publishing	Brunei Darussalam	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	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.		Paul Biggar	Founder	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	CircleCI	-	Paul Biggar is the Founder of CircleCI and served as its Chief Executive Officer. Paul Biggar's proudest accomplishment is his Google Tech Talk. He holds a Ph.D on static analysis of scripting languages.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2.		Nathan Chong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Nathan Chong is NewsLabs' CTO, focussing on building the technology platform for NewsTilt. Prior to NewsLabs, Nathan was a researcher at ARM where he focused on formal verification and computer architecture. His work can be found in Cortex-M1, Cortex-A9 (the virtualization architectural extensions) and AMBA4 (proofs of deadlock freedom). He has published papers on the ARM architecture and was a visiting scholar at the University of Michigan in 2008.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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