Parse
Design / SaaSUSAClosed 2017
Total Raised
$5.5M
Peak Valuation
$85M
Employees
—
Year Collapsed
2017
Business model
Backend-as-a-service platform for mobile app developers.
In brief
A backend-as-a-service platform that let mobile developers skip building their own server infrastructure, Parse was acquired by Facebook in 2013. Facebook shifted strategic priority toward its own developer tools and away from supporting third-party backend infrastructure, and an…
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Key facts
- Founded
- 2011
- Closed
- 2017
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, USA
- Industry
- Design / SaaS
- Employees
- —
- Revenue
- Undisclosed
- Founders
- Tikhon Bernstam, Ilya Sukhar, James Yu, Kevin Lacker
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