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Brightkite

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Use Brightkite to meet people around you, keep up with your friends, explore and discover new places. Brightkite is the real time social discovery network. 1 Million people use Brightkite’s free services every week, which are available to anyone, anywhere, worldwide. All you need is a mobile phone or Web browser to bring your friends together in the real world, wherever you may be. The award-winning company is headquartered in Burlingame, California. To learn more about using your phone as a social discovery tool, visit us at www.brightkite.com.

Milestones

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  Brightkite added Alan Seideman as Co-Founder.
  Posted 6/30/10 at 1:40pm
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  Brightkite added Juho-Pekka Virolainen as Founder .
  Posted 2/23/10 at 11:11am
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  Brightkite added Jonathon Linner as Founder .
  Posted 2/23/10 at 11:05am
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  Brightkite added Rob lawson as Founder.
  Posted 2/23/10 at 10:30am
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  Brightkite received $400k in Unattributed funding. (7/6/09)
  Posted 10/14/09 at 11:33am
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  Brightkite received $1M in Angel funding. (3/1/08)
  Posted 3/9/08 at 3:56pm via techstars.org
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  Brightkite received $15k in Seed funding. (8/1/07)
  Posted 8/17/07 at 3:57am
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  Brightkite was acquired by Limbo. (4/7/09)
  Posted 4/7/09 at 8:56pm via techcrunch.com
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  Brightkite — Brightkite has over 2 million active users currently around the world. (3/1/10)
  Posted 3/1/10 at 2:10pm via techcrunch.com
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  Brightkite — Brightkite releases iPhone version (5/6/08)
  Posted 7/1/08 at 12:37pm via brightkite.com
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  Brightkite — Brightkite opens private beta (4/14/08)
  Posted 7/1/08 at 12:36pm via brightkite.com

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Uploaded: 5/11/09

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1. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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3. Techstars (techstars.org) [edit]
4. Draper via TC [edit]
5. Brightkite hands out some beta invites (blog.brightkite.com) [edit]
6. The Brightkite iPhone Version is Out! (blog.brightkite.com) [edit]
7. Brightkite: 2 Million Users And A Lot Of Local Promo Interest (techcrunch.com) [edit]