Amen (website)

Amen.
Type of businessPrivate
Type of site
Social networking service
FoundedBerlin, Germany
Headquarters
Berlin, Germany
Area servedWorldwide
Founder(s)Felix Petersen
Caitlin Winner
Florian Weber
Key people
  • Felix Peterson (co-founder & CEO)
  • Caitlin Winner (co-founder & CPO)
  • Florian Weber (co-founder & CTO)
Employees8
URLgetamen.com
RegistrationRequired to post
LaunchedSeptember 2011
Current statusDiscontinued

Amen was a social networking service.

About

Noted for its addictive, mad lib-like feel[1] and ability to create structured data,[2] Amen has received attention, having been selected as one of Venturebeat's top 5 favorites from TechCrunch Disrupt 2011.[3]

"You fire up the app on the iPhone or web browser and say a person, place or thing is “the best” or “the worst” ever, like like, the Best Dubstep track ever...You can agree with this statement with an “Amen”. But with a “Hell no” you have to suggest an alternative answer. It's a rigid structure, but you can post whatever you want." .[2]

History

Amen was started in February 2011 by Felix Petersen, Florian Weber and Caitlin Winner.[4] Seed round investors include Index and A Grade.[5] In August 2013, Amen was bought by tape.tv.[6] In February 2015 tape.tv announced the shut down of the platform.

See also

References

  1. ^ Gannes, Liz. "Down with Wishy-Washy Mediocrity: Amen Only Wants Strong Opinions". Retrieved 2011-09-12.
  2. ^ a b Butcher, Mike. "Amen Aims to Find the Best of Everything with a Smart Interface". Retrieved 2011-09-12.
  3. ^ Lynley, Matthew. "Here are our 5 favorite companies from TechCrunch Disrupt". Retrieved 2011-09-12.
  4. ^ Kincaid, Jason. "Plazes Founder And First Twitter Engineer Team Up for Mysterious Startup". Retrieved 2011-11-10.
  5. ^ Kolawole, Emi. "Ashton Kutcher, Madonna's manager back mysterious 'Amen' project". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2011-09-12.
  6. ^ "Berlin's Startups Consolidate as the Much-Hyped Amen is Acquired by Tape.TV".