MeetMe® is the leading social network for meeting new people in the
US and the public market leader for social discovery (NYSE MKT: MEET). MeetMe
makes meeting new people fun through social games and apps, monetized by
both advertising and virtual currency. With 60% of traffic coming
from mobile, MeetMe is fast becoming the social gathering place for the mobile
generation. The company operates MeetMe.com and MeetMe
apps on iPhone, iPad, and Android in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
- myYearbook launched in April 2005
- Merged in November 2011 with Quepasa Corporation
- Rebranded to MeetMe, Inc. in June 2012
- Headquarters: New Hope, Pensylvania
- Public company (MEET: NYSE MKT)
- Key people: John Abbott (CEO); Geoff Cook (COO and co-Founder myYearbook), Catherine Cook (VP Brand Strategy and co-Founder myYearbook) Robin Shallow (EVP Communications and PR)
- Revenue: $11.6 million in Q3 2012
- Employees: 139
- Available in English, Spanish, Portuguese
- 3.93M monthly active users
- 1M+ US Daily Active Users
- 1.94M mobile monthly active users
- Corporate Website: http://www.meetmecorp.com
- Website: http://www.meetme.com
History:
- 2012 (October) – MeetMe launches Photoboard, a feature that enables meeting new people and making new friends through photos tagged by location.
- 2012 (August) – MeetMe launched Spanish and Portuguese language options on web and Android. iPhone app followed in September.
- 2012 (June) – myYearbook was renamed MeetMe. The rebranding of the site proved to be successful.
- 2012 (April) – Quepasa Corporation Announces Global Rebrand to MeetMe
- 2011 (December) – myYearbook launched an iPad app in an attempt to reach the tablet market.
- 2011
(July) – myYearbook announced it had agreed to be acquired by Latino
social networking site Quepasa for $100 Million In Cash And Stock. The
purchase was finalized on November 11, 2011. - 2010 (November) – myYearbook launches Live which combines realtime video chat and social games so you can see who you play.
- 2010 (May) – myYearbook launched an iPhone/iPod Touch and Android
application designed to bring the Live Feed real time feed to mobile
devices. - 2010 (January) – rolled out a new site design aimed to
appeal to an older demographic. Of note is the “winning” site design was
chosen through crowd-sourcing its members - 2009 (November) – myYearbook launched Live Feed, a real-time stream
that incorporates media sharing and gaming to help bring members
together. - 2008 – myYearbook raised $13 million dollars in a Series B round
- 2006 – myYearbook raised $4.1 million from US Venture Partners and First Round Capital
- 2005 – launched by two high school students, Dave and Catherine Cook, and their older brother Geoff, as MyYearbook