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Headline: Discover the world around you

Website: http://www.loopt.com/

Blog: http://www.looptblog.com/

Loopt shows users where friends are located and what they are doing via detailed, interactive maps on their mobile phones. Loopt helps friends connect on the fly and navigate their social lives by orienting them to people, places and events. Users can also share location updates, geo-tagged photos and comments with friends in their mobile address book or on online social networks, communities and...More»

Address: 590 W. El Camino Real Mountain View, CA 94040 Map it »

Phone: 877-566-7863

Founded: 03/2005

Employees: 25

Industry: Communications and Networks

Sub-Industry: Wireless Service

Legal Structure: Corporation

Ownership: Private

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Date	Type	Capital Amount	Post-Money Valuation	Investors
06/2005	Seed	0.015M	Unknown	Y Combinator
2006	Series A	8M	Unknown	New Enterprise Associates, Sequoia Capital
07/2007	Series B	8.25M	Unknown	New Enterprise Associates, Sequoia Capital

Name:	Loopt - iPhone
Product URL:	http://www.loopt.com/phones/iphone
Description:	With Loopt, turn your iPhone™ into a social compass and never be lonely, bored or hungry again! Pinch, tap and drag an interactive map to find where your friends are and what they're doing. Connect on the fly and instantly share photos and comments with all your friends and communities like Facebook® and others. Discover and explore nearby places and events recommended by friends and popular local services such as Yelp®. You can always change your privacy settings if you don't want to be found.
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11/03/2009 07:33PM by limguine

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User Opinions

Bullish Opinions (10)	Author/Date
sounds a great concept but the devil liehidden s in the execution. Add Comment	wellness360 03/06/2009	100% 1 vote 1 0% 0
It looks like it should fly! Add Comment	bbrunelle 08/07/2008	100% 3 votes 3 0% 0
Loopt appear on they way to bring GPS usage to the mainstream Add Comment	eugeneiwami 07/25/2008	67% 3 votes 2 33% 1
bringing location into social networking has potential - espec. with links to e.g. tripit & dopplr Add Comment	maafjes 06/28/2008	75% 4 votes 3 25% 1
They now offer Blackberry support Add Comment	john 06/14/2008	100% 3 votes 3 0% 0
Featured App Status for iPhone will boost them a lot Add Comment	green33 06/12/2008	75% 4 votes 3 25% 1
Sprint and Verizon? AT&T won't pass this up on the iPhone Add Comment	green33 04/14/2008	56% 9 votes 5 44% 4
They just signed Verizon as a carrier as of March 2008 Add Comment	danl 03/28/2008	88% 8 votes 7 12% 1
They now have a location based application platform Add Comment	angel 01/17/2008	100% 12 votes 12 0% 0
More cell phones will be GPS enabled over time Add Comment	dave 01/16/2008	100% 13 votes 13 0% 0

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Bearish Opinions (4)	Author/Date
Provides location but doesn't really catalyze interaction IMHO Add Comment	kenny 07/28/2008	100% 3 votes 3 0% 0
Location based communities are not very scalable Add Comment	eyoung 05/20/2008	67% 6 votes 4 33% 2
Tracking poeple by location could have privacy issues Add Comment	kryan 02/07/2008	78% 9 votes 7 22% 2
The founding team is relatively inexperienced Add Comment	dave 02/07/2008	71% 7 votes 5 29% 2