ClickFacts
The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.
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01 / WHAT IT BUILT
What the company did
ClickFacts was a malware software solutions company for buyers and sellers of online media. Its automated plug-and-play discovery solution scanned online ads and web pages for malware that could lead to identity theft; its moderation software monitored sites to keep ads free of inappropriate content such as nudity or racism, and its Ad Buddy product gave advertisers real-time monitoring and a complete history of where their ads had run.
02 / FAILURE REASONS
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03 / EVENT HISTORY
Events in the structured record
- Founded
ClickFacts Inc. was founded in Boston, Massachusetts by Mikhail Ledvich, Mikhail Gurevich and Greg Gurevich, with initial funding from Y Combinator's first-ever batch.
- YC first batch
The company joined Y Combinator's inaugural Summer 2005 batch, making it one of the accelerator's earliest portfolio companies.
- Last recorded investment
The last recorded investment was a $232,710 debt financing in August 2010; the company had relocated to San Francisco, California.
- Demise
The company wound down sometime after 2012, according to a retrospective of Y Combinator's first batch. Y Combinator's directory lists the company as Acquired, though no public record of an acquisition has been found.
04 / CONTEMPORARY REBUILD ASSESSMENT
Difficulty of rebuilding this project today
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05 / CAUSAL CHAIN / AFTERMATH
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