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Pinspire
A virtual pinboard that enabled users to organize and share visual web content.
Description
Pinspire was a virtual pinboard that enabled users to organize and share visual web content. Users could discover and pin links onto their online board. Pinspire was launched in Singapore.
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
2012
Operational Duration
7 years
Shutdown Date
2019
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
Validation
Transactional Model Type
B2C
Defensibility Moats
User networks,
City
Singapore
State/Province
Central Region
Country
Singapore
Industry
Internet
Categories
Web, Content, Pinboard, Virtualization,
- Lies and Manipulation
- Tech blogger Mike Butcher reported that Pinspire staff has allegedly been caught deleting, hiding, and removing pins, re-pins, comments, and likes which all rank a user for giveaways through Pinspire.
- Butcher says they have discovered evidence of people with Pinspire email addresses astro-turfing other blogs, “asking for coverage in return for cash payments and gifts of iPads.”
- Butcher agreed that most interest in the company was from the company itself, noting that “a search for 'Pinspire' on Twitter reveals that the vast majority of mentions for the site were by Pinspire-run Twitter accounts.”
- The company had done some backpedaling, by restoring the hidden content and pointing to automation rules, but much of the site was populated by dummy accounts, and there were allegations that consumers that won the giveaways are not actually alerted.
Astro-turfing, dummy accounts and falsified giveaways.
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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7. |  | Go.com | 15.7% | A portal for Disney content | Internet | Online Portals, Websites, Content, Search Engine | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 1999 | - | - | - |
8. |  | Bold | 15.4% | A publishing and editing platform for enterprise. | Internet | Content, Publishing, Enterprise Software | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-10 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2015 | - | - | - |
9. |  | RawSugar | 14.8% | A social tagging site. | Internet | Content, Content Discovery | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10-50 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2005 | - | - | - |
10. |  | Belazee | 13.9% | A conversational commerce company that got you anything so long as it’s legal. | Internet | Delivery, E-Commerce, Virtualization | Singapore | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10-50 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2015 | - | - | - |
11. |  | Appsurfer | 13.6% | An app which allowed users to instantly access any app from the Android world without the need to download or install it. | Internet | Advertising, Mobile, Virtualization | India | - | - | - | - | - | Seed | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-10 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2011 | - | - | - |
12. |  | Dot & Bo | 13.1% | An online furniture retailer. | Internet | E-Commerce, Retail, Content | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 51-100 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2011 | - | - | - |
13. |  | Unlockd | 12.4% | A mobile platform that rewards consumers when they unlock their digital device and view targeted ads, content or offers. | Internet | Advertising, Applications, Content, Mobile | United Kingdom | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 50-100 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2014 | - | - | - |
14. |  | Fontdeck | 12.0% | A service that allowed designers and content producers to choose typefaces from the font foundries in the world. | Internet | Content, Web Design, Social Media | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10-50 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2009 | - | - | - |
15. |  | Chicisimo | 11.8% | A virtual closet app. | Internet | Virtualization, Fashion, Applications, Mobile Applications, Lifestyle, E-Commerce, Big Data | Spain | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-10 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2010 | - | - | - |
16. |  | Blah Diary | 10.4% | Aggregated interesting content to evolve into a content discovery platform. | Internet | Content, Publishing, Marketing | India | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-10 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2011 | - | - | - |
17. |  | iProf Learning Solutions | 10.1% | An mLearning Superstore that served education contents. | Internet | EdTech, E-Learning, M-learning, Content, Education | India | - | - | - | - | - | Early Stage | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 250-500 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2009 | - | - | - |
18. |  | Matchmine | 9.7% | A personalized content recommendations service. | Internet | Advertising, Digital Media, Content, News | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2007 | - | - | - |
19. |  | ExploreVR | 9.4% | An online service specializing in connecting Virtual Reality (VR) Businesses with potential customers. | Internet | Web Applications, VR, Virtualization | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2017 | - | - | - |
20. |  | Nouncer | 8.8% | An online hub for real-time newswires. | Internet | Social, Blog, Content | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-10 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2006 | - | - | - |
21. |  | Mode Media | 8.0% | A digital lifestyle media company. | Internet | Digital Media, Content, Lifestyle, Fashion | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 250-500 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2003 | - | - | - |
22. |  | Murmur App | 7.4% | An online fan merchandise and customization platform. | Internet | Content, Blog | India | - | - | - | - | - | Seed | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10-50 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2011 | - | - | - |
23. |  | HeyKuya | 7.2% | A text-based personal concierge service. | Internet | Virtualization, Service Industry, Consumer Services | Philippines | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10-50 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2015 | - | - | - |
24. |  | Flud | 7.1% | 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 | - | - | - |
25. |  | BricaBox | 7.0% | Social content platform that allowed users to create their own social content sites. | Internet | Content, Social Media, Websites | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-10 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2006 | - | - | - |
26. |  | Texture | 6.9% | An online media company that provided digital publishing services. | Internet | Publishing, Content, Digital Entertainment, Digital Media, News | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2009 | - | - | - |
27. |  | Tailrank | 6.9% | 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 | - | - | - |
28. |  | TenMarks Education | 6.7% | A web-based learning environment that simplified assignments, automates grading, and offers videos and interactive lessons. | Internet | E-Learning, EdTech, Education, Web | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10-50 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2009 | - | - | - |
29. |  | Spotplex | 6.5% | An online content aggregation service that provided range of popular news articles. | Internet | News, Content, Online Portals | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-10 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2007 | - | - | - |
30. |  | Wabona | 6.4% | An online subscription video streaming service. | Internet | Video Streaming, Subscription, Digital Media, Content | South Africa | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-10 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2012 | - | - | - |
31. |  | Maven Networks | 6.3% | an online video platform that provided end-to-end video syndication, content management and advertising solutions. | Internet | Online Portals, Video, Content | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 50-100 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2002 | - | - | - |
32. |  | Digg | 6.0% | A website that enabled its users to find, read, and share the most interesting and talked-about stories on the Internet. | Internet | Digital Media, Social Media, Content, Media & Entertainment | United States | - | - | - | - | - | M&A | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 50-100 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2004 | - | - | - |
33. |  | StumbleUpon | 5.3% | A discovery engine that found and recommended personalized web content to its users. | Internet | Content, Search Engine, Personalization | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 100-250 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2001 | - | - | - |
34. |  | Civil | 4.5% | A community-owned journalism network based on transparency and trust. | Internet | Publishing, Content, News, Blockchain | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10-50 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2017 | - | - | - |
35. |  | Skribit | 4.3% | A tool that provided bloggers and readers with a unique form of interaction. | Internet | Blog, Content, Service Industry | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-10 | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2007 | - | - | - |
36. | | GO.com | 4.1% | A web portal used as a hub for Disney-related sites. | Internet | Online Portals, Content, News, Digital Entertainment | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 1999 | - | - | - |
37. |  | Pretty Young Professional | 3.8% | 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 | - | - | - |
38. |  | Boompa.com | 3.7% | A web startup focused on car fanatics. | Internet | Social Networking, Content, Websites | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Inactive | - | - | 2006 | - | - | - |
| 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. |  | Oliver Samwer | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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