BackFence

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Jul 29, 2007	NowPublic, citizen journalism site, expands with $10.6M	NowPublic, the citizen journalism site that lets individuals take pictures and post articles about news they see going on around them, has raised $10.6 million in a first round of capital. NowPublic, based in Vancouver, says it now has 118,...
Jul 5, 2007	BackFence closes its gates	Updated An online site for small communities, BackFence, appears to have shut its doors. The company, which offered news, blogs, photos, and forums for a handful of medium-sized towns, had been struggling. In early Janaury, BackFence laid o...
Apr 3, 2007	The dirt on Amazon, Steve Jobs, Topix, Fatdoor, MySpace, VC tax and more	Here’s the latest action: Amazon’s odd and scary patent — First, Amazon rolled out a product called Mechancial Turk (image left), where people do tasks for you that a machine couldn’t perform. Strange name, we thought, but nicely couched in...
Mar 7, 2007	Omidyar Network appoints new leader, to double in size	Omidyar Network, the organization created eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and his wife, Pam, has appointed a new leader to help expand the group. Matt Bannick, an executive at eBay for eight years, takes over as managing partner next month. He ...
Mar 5, 2007	Community site, Smalltown, expands	Smalltown, another company seeking to offer a Yellow Pages-like service with a more compelling online experience and community feel, is expanding to cover more cities. The site launched in the cities of Burlingame and San Mateo in October, ...
Feb 28, 2007	Will Outside.in nail the community Web site? Maybe	Updated with full list of names of angel investors How do you build the perfect local community Web site — with news, events, comments and more? If you manage to, it will be a grand slam. It becomes the talk of the town, people spend more t...
Jan 10, 2007	Tech shakeout continued: Friendster, Backfence, Insider Pages, Orb updates	Despite fallout at social networking and other Web 2.0 companies lately, its clear that the problem isn’t lack of opportunity. Many companies still see strong growth ahead. Check out social networking veteran Friendster. The company lost $4...
Jan 10, 2007	Web 2.0 shakeout continued: What’s up at Insider Pages, Backfence, Meebo, others?	(Updated, rumor that Backfence is shutting down is wrong, see fresh post here) Roelof Botha is one of the hotter venture capitalists these days. The Sequoia Capital venture capitalist led that firm’s investment into video-sharing site YouTu...
Jan 8, 2007	Placeblogging (aka Hyperlocal)	the neighborhood Originally uploaded by dinanyc. I wrote a post about hyperlocal content almost two years ago, comparing Backfence to the 101 effort in North Carolina. I said this about hyperlocal content (now called placeblogging) at that ...
Nov 30, 2006	InterActiveCorp strives for local holy grail, with “Ask City”	InterActiveCorp is about to unload a local information and entertainment service, apparently named “Ask City,” and it’s about time. IAC is an Internet media conglomerate headed by Barry Diller, and it plans to introduce the local site next ...
Oct 9, 2006	Smalltown, the hyperlocal Web site, worth a look	Updated New start-up Smalltown is going after the local business listings market with an ambitious, focused social network model. It has a charming “smalltown” feel, and seeks to build a community of users around those listings. This compan...
Apr 17, 2006	Backfence picks up Gillmor’s blog, and expands into SF Bay Area	Backfence, the Vienna, VA company that is building out a network of citizens’ media Web sites for difference cities, says it is acquiring Bayosphere, a site co-founded by former Mercury News reporter and early blogger Dan Gillmor. The monet...
Nov 18, 2005	Judy’s Book raises cash. Psst: It’s pretty crowded.	Judy’s Book, a Web site which lets people swap tips about their local community, said it has raised $8 million in more venture backing. Judy’s Book is not based in Silicon Valley (it is in Seattle), but we mention it because it is the lates...
Nov 6, 2005	Yelp, SF social networking site with reviews, nabs $3M+	Red Herring reports that Yelp, the San Francisco social networking site that also has reviews of restaurants, shows and other things around town, has landed between $3 million and $8 million in venture capital backing from Bessemer Venture ...
May 5, 2005	Hyperlocal - Backfence vs 101	I have always been interested in the idea that the web can be a platform for user generated news and information about local communities. Back in 1996 we spent some time with Frank Daniels and his company Koz which was building a platform t...

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What has the press written about BackFence?

Parsers VC has collected 16 articles mentioning BackFence, among them “NowPublic, citizen journalism site, expands with $10.6M” (Jul 29, 2007) and “BackFence closes its gates” (Jul 5, 2007).

Is BackFence still active?

Yes, BackFence is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Jun 16, 2015.