Color Labs
Consumer AppsUSAClosed 2012
Total Raised
$41M
Peak Valuation
Undisclosed
Employees
35
Year Collapsed
2012
Business model
Location-based photo-sharing mobile app.
In brief
Color raised about $41 million before it even launched — an extraordinary sum for a consumer app in 2011 — on the promise of a location-based photo-sharing network. The app confused users, never found an audience, and the team was effectively acqui-hired by Apple in late 2012, wi…
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Key facts
- Founded
- 2011
- Closed
- 2012
- Headquarters
- Palo Alto, USA
- Industry
- Consumer Apps
- Employees
- 35
- Revenue
- Undisclosed
- Founders
- Bill Nguyen
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