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28 dead or acquired startups from batch W12 with completed research reports.

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W12
Acquired
42

42Floors

Real Estate

We make it easy to search for office space.

W12
Inactive
99

99dresses

Women's Health

We're creating every women's fantasy by combining the unwanted…

W12
Inactive
AR

Ark

Media

Ark organizes the world's social information.

W12
Inactive
BS

BarSense

Kids

Kid's first smartphone with web-based parental controls.

W12
Inactive
BS

BookSolid

Marketplace

BookSolid is the opentable for tour operators.

W12
Inactive
BR

Brace

No-code

Backlift allows front-end only developers to build entire websites…

W12
Inactive
CA

Carsabi

Automotive

Carsabi is the search engine for used cars

W12
Inactive
CO

Couple

Messaging

App that connects two phones and creates a private timeline to share…

W12
Inactive
DM

Documents.Me

Security

Client-side encryption for your devices and the cloud.

W12
Acquired
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FarmLogs

Analytics

Software that helps farmers operate more profitable businesses.

W12
Acquired
FL

Flutter

Computer Vision

Flutter combined computer vision technology with the built-in webcams…

W12
Inactive
GS

GiveSpark

Nonprofit

Givespark was a celebrity charity fundraising platform

W12
Inactive
GR

Grouper

Dating

We set up drinks between 2 groups of friends: 3 guys and 3 girls.

W12
Inactive
HI

Hipmob

Customer Service

Customer communication for iOS and Android developers - an in-app…

W12
Inactive
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LendUp

Fintech

LendUp is a socially responsible company on a mission to redefine…

W12
Acquired
LO

Loom

Video

Cloud storage for photos and videos (acquired by Dropbox).

W12
Inactive
LV

LVL6

Gaming

We make mobile MMOs.

W12
Inactive
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Make School

Education

Make School is redesigning college for the 21st century. Students…

W12
Inactive
MA

Marft

Developer Tools

Marft creates embeddable machine learning models for application…

W12
Inactive
MI

Minefold

Gaming

Simple multiplayer game servers.

W12
Inactive
OI

Optilly/Installmonetizer

Marketing

Fb ad optimization platform

W12
Inactive
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Pixelapse

Design

Github for designers. We automatically keep track of revisions of…

W12
Inactive
SS

SolidStage

DevOps

Sysadmin as a service. We make deploying, configuring, monitoring,…

W12
Inactive
TT

Talkray (TiKL)

Messaging

Instantly talk or text to one or a group of friends at once with the…

W12
Inactive
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The Muse

Marketplace

The Muse is values-based job search & hiring for 7M+ monthly

W12
Inactive
WO

WireOver

Security

Really secure file sending for big files.

W12
Inactive
ZI

Zillabyte

Analytics

Palantir for sales people

W12
Inactive
ZI

Zipio

Marketplace

Deal search service

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