MerryMint
The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.
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01 / WHAT IT BUILT
What the company did
MerryMint was a San Francisco-based virtual team-building platform founded in 2014 in Y Combinator's Winter 2014 batch. It offered a curated collection of online workshops and experiences - from tea tastings with a tea sommelier to watercolor classes - that remote teams could do together from home, targeting corporate clients seeking to maintain company culture and morale. Pre-COVID it helped companies find food for corporate events; during the pandemic it pivoted to expert-led virtual experiences, partnering with Airbnb to expand its reach. It raised around $120,000-$125,000 in 2014. Its website is now offline. No dated shutdown or acquisition announcement was found.
02 / FAILURE REASONS
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03 / EVENT HISTORY
Events in the structured record
- Founded
MerryMint was founded in San Francisco in Y Combinator's Winter 2014 batch, raising about $120,000, initially as a corporate-events food platform.
- Pivot
During COVID-19 the company pivoted to expert-led virtual workshops and experiences for remote teams, partnering with Airbnb.
- Status
The merrymint.co website is offline and its SSL certificate expired in January 2024; no dated shutdown or acquisition announcement was found.
04 / CONTEMPORARY REBUILD ASSESSMENT
Difficulty of rebuilding this project today
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05 / CAUSAL CHAIN / AFTERMATH
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