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Ripl

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Ripl is a new Seattle-based startup that will be entering the “college only” social networking space. According to PEHub, they will also be a provider of ad-supported music and photo sharing services. The company is keeping the site in super private mode so if you want an invitation you need to get one from a student who has either a Univeristy of Washington or University of Central Florida email address.

Ripl’s founder Bill Messing used to be a former Classmates.com executive. In an interview with John Cook, Bill says that Ripl will succeed because the company “has designed a new advertising platform that allows users to choose their own sponsors and a technology that automatically publishes content to specific pages.”

College-based social networks include Bebo, Classmates.com, Facebook and Graduates.com.

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  Ripl added Bill Messing as Founder & CEO.
  Posted 8/30/07 at 4:08am
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  Ripl received $2M in Series A funding. (4/5/07)
  Posted 8/30/07 at 4:12am via paidcontent.org
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  Ripl received $4.5M in Series B funding. (8/1/07)
  Posted 8/30/07 at 4:09am via paidcontent.org

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1. College-Aimed Social Net RIPL Secures $2M For First Round (paidcontent.org) [edit]
2. paidcontent.org [edit]