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reddit was the first to release anything online[0]. It's probably fair to say at that point, they were the most successful. I think it's arguable that reddit is still the most successful of those, though Loopt may have been acquired for more money. Here's what happened to the rest:

* Memamp - desktop search: failed to launch, remaining founder hired by reddit

* Infogami - something between a blog and a wiki: merged with reddit, became reddit wiki

* Firecrawl - security software: pivoted and became TextPayMe - mobile payments: acquihired by Amazon, merged in to Amazon Payments

* Loopt - mobile location sharing: acquired by Green Dot for $43.4 million

* Kiko - online calendar: launched shortly before Google Calendar, sold to Tucows for about $250k

* Clickfacts - advertising fraud detection: operated independently for years; now appears defunct

* Simmery - can't find anything on what this company was making: defunct

[0] https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.lang.lisp/vJmLVd9lJyk/1...



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