Backfence

Based in

Mclean, Virginia, United States

Communities, Internet, Web Hosting

B2C

create hyper-local community sites

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Dates

Launch

1 January 2004

Closure

1 July 2007

Duration (months)

3 years, 6 months

Failure

Reason

internal problems made it impossible to reach transition point

Submitted Failure Story

http://mediashift.org/2007/07/co-founder-potts-shares-lessons-learned-from-backfence-bust197/

Failure categories

People

Founders and team

Investment

Number of investors

2 Investors

Omidyar Network, SAS Investors

Accelerator program

-

Acquisition status

-

Acquisition date

-

Employee count

11-50

Founders

Mark Potts

Founders Twitter

https://twitter.com/pottsmark

Funding

Total funding

$3,000,000

Number of funding rounds

1 Funding round(s) amount(s)

Last funding

$3,000,000

Last funding date

13 October 2006

Last funding type

Venture - Series Unknown

Funding Status

Venture - Series Unknown

Online

-

Twitter

-

Website

http://www.backfence.com

Public synopsis

Based in

Mclean, Virginia, United States

Communities, Internet, Web Hosting

B2C

create hyper-local community sites

-

-

Launch

1 January 2004

Closure

1 July 2007

Duration (months)

3 years, 6 months

Reason

internal problems made it impossible to reach transition point

Submitted Failure Story

http://mediashift.org/2007/07/co-founder-potts-shares-lessons-learned-from-backfence-bust197/

Failure categories

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People

Number of investors

2

Investors

Omidyar Network, SAS Investors

Accelerator program

-

Acquisition status

-

Acquisition date

-

Employee count

11-50

Founders

Mark Potts

Founders Twitter

https://twitter.com/pottsmark

Total funding

$3,000,000

Number of funding rounds

1

Funding round(s) amount(s)

​

Last funding

$3,000,000

Last funding date

13 October 2006

Last funding type

Venture - Series Unknown

Funding Status

Venture - Series Unknown

LinkedIn

-

Twitter

-

Website

http://www.backfence.com

Public synopsis

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