GroupSpaces

GroupSpaces (stylized in lowercase as groupspaces) was a London-based online company that provides technology to help real-world clubs, societies, associations and other groups manage their membership and activities, and promote themselves online. Founded by Oxford University students David Langer and Andy Young, the company was launched in the United Kingdom in 2007 and then since expanded into the United States and over 30 other countries.

The company has been inactive since 2013.

The company raised a small amount of angel finance from Avonmore Developments in January 2008. In June 2010 it secured a $1.3 million (ÂĢ860,000) investment round from Index Ventures and a leading angel investor consortium including Dave McClure, Chris Sacca, Simon Levene, Meagan Marks, Ariel Poler and Quincy Smith of CODE Advisors. The previous backers, Stephen Bullock and Simon and Michael Blakey, of Avonmore Developments, also participated in the round. The funding has been used to expand both the technical and marketing teams in both the United Kingdom and United States. In the first few months of operation in the United States, top schools such as Harvard, Yale, Princeton, MIT and Stanford signed on with GroupSpaces.

In April 2013 Andy Young walked away from Groupspaces and by July 2013 it had become a "ghost operation" with no customer support and no development. The UK Companies Registry started compulsory winding up against the company in April 2013, and although this was withdrawn, as of 3 November 2013 the company was again overdue with required filings.

Awards

On 13 April 2011 GroupSpaces was named the winner of the Social Networking and Collaboration category of the Startup 100 awards.

Closure

On 2 January 2021 GroupSpaces announced its closure with effect from 2 April 2021.

See also

  • Fluentify