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

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

Loopt is a Silicon Valley based startup that has built a revolutionary social mapping service to change the way people use mobile phones to keep in touch with their friends. Loopt facilitates real-world interaction between friends and puts an end to frustrating missed connections.

Using location-based technologies, Loopt lets you know where your friends are by automatically updating maps on...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

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
Product URL:	http://loopt.com/
Description:	Loopt is a mobile social mapping application. Using cell phones and mobile devices, it displays the locations of a user’s friends along with their presence status (available, away, etc) visually on maps or on lists.
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10/09/2008 07:13PM by carson

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Bullish Opinions (9)	Author/Date
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