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Website: http://www.friendster.com/

With more than 54 million members worldwide, Friendster is a leading global online social network. Friendster is focused on helping people stay in touch with friends and discover new people and things that are important to them. Online adults, 18 and up, choose Friendster to connect with friends, family, school, groups, activities and interests. Friendster prides itself in delivering a clean,...More»

Address: 568 Howard Street San Francisco, CA 94105 Map it »

Phone: 415-618-0074

Founded: 2002

Industry: Consumer Internet

Sub-Industry: Social Network

Ownership: Private

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Date	Type	Capital Amount	Post-Money Valuation	Investors
12/2002	Series A	2.4M	Unknown	Battery Ventures
10/2003	Series B	13M	Unknown	Battery Ventures, Benchmark Capital, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.
08/2006	Series C	10M	Unknown	Benchmark Capital, DAG Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.
08/22/2006	Series D	10M	Unknown	Battery Ventures, Benchmark Capital, DAG Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Siguler Guff Advisers
08/05/2008	Series E	20M	Unknown	IDG Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Benchmark Capital, DAG Ventures, The Founders Fund

Name:	Friendster
Product URL:	http://www.friendster.com/
Date Launched:	01/2002
Description:	Friendster is really a lot like Facebook, MySpace and many other social networks. Users can create personal profiles, join groups, upload photos, share videos, leave comments on each other’s pages and pretty much everything else you would expect from a social network. The site has 50 million registered users (most of which are outside the U.S.), which isn’t something to sneeze at. Users can customize their page using HTML and CSS. In addition, Friendster is viewable in both Chinese and English.
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Bullish Opinions (3)	Author/Date	Do you agree?
They have a strong following in Asia, and is still growing nicely 1 comment Add Comment	sherr 06/19/2008		100% 11 votes 11 0% 0
Yes, they are still super popular in Asia.	kimura	08/05/2008
They just raised another $20M and brought in a new CEO Add Comment	kimura 08/05/2008		100% 5 votes 5 0% 0
They still have a large installed base of users Add Comment	page 06/28/2008		100% 5 votes 5 0% 0

Bearish Opinions (6)	Author/Date	Do you agree?
doesn't have an iphone app like facebook Add Comment	irpip 08/05/2008		100% 1 vote 1 0% 0
the social networking game is already over. facebook won. 2 comments Add Comment	tecarmona 08/04/2008		50% 4 votes 2 50% 2
That may be true in the US, but the leading social network is actually different country by country. Friendster is quite popular in many Asian countries.	pblo	08/05/2008
I actually considered that right after I posted. I should probably have withheld that judgment.	tecarmona	08/05/2008
They are vainly trying to play catch-up. They should sell themselves based on their patents. Add Comment	drapaport 04/28/2008		50% 2 votes 1 50% 1
Product is going nowhere, but hey, they have patents... Add Comment	machaves 04/25/2008		50% 2 votes 1 50% 1
so last decade Add Comment	teecee 04/22/2008		75% 4 votes 3 25% 1
what happened?? Add Comment	angel 01/10/2008		100% 2 votes 2 0% 0