Nambii
The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.
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01 / WHAT IT BUILT
What the company did
Nambii was an online dating service founded in 2009 in San Francisco by James Boyle and Jodie Penwith, a Y Combinator Winter 2009 company. Its iPhone apps (e.g. 'Kiss or Miss' and 'Pick Me Up') let users send and receive flirts with people around them. Nambii raised $20K over two rounds; Y Combinator lists it as Inactive. No announced shutdown date was found.
02 / FAILURE REASONS
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03 / EVENT HISTORY
Events in the structured record
- Founded and YC
Nambii is founded in San Francisco by James Boyle and Jodie Penwith; it joins Y Combinator's Winter 2009 batch with iPhone dating apps like 'Kiss or Miss'.
- Seed round
Nambii raises a seed round in January 2009 ($20K total raised over its life).
04 / CONTEMPORARY REBUILD ASSESSMENT
Difficulty of rebuilding this project today
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Overall assessment: Not completed
05 / CAUSAL CHAIN / AFTERMATH
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