When was Taptu founded?

Taptu was founded in 2007 and raised its 1st funding round 1 year after it was founded.

Where is Taptu located?

Taptu is headquartered in Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Who is the current CEO of Taptu?

Stephen Ives of Taptu. They are also an angel investors in 1 startup.

Is Taptu a funded company?

Taptu is a funded company, having raised a total of $20M across 2 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $***** Series B round, raised on Dec 18, 2008.

When was the latest funding round of Taptu?

Taptu's latest funding was a $***** Series B round on Sep 08, 2011, with participation from 2 investors. Its primary sector is Social Platforms. In United Kingdom, the Social Platforms sector has seen $22M in funding in 2026 to date.

Where does Taptu rank among its competitors?

Taptu ranks 33rd amongst 156 active competitors, of which 18 are funded. It stands 2nd in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was About.me, which secured $11M in Jun, 2014.

Who are the top competitors of Taptu?

Taptu's top competitors include About.me, Rockmelt and Swite. Among them, About.me secured the most recent funding round in June, 2014.

Taptu - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Company Details

Taptu is a social and media technology company. They build innovative platforms, tools and applications that enable personalized creation, curation, recommendation, search, discovery, management, consumption and sharing of content across all personal screen-based devices. Their flagship product is My Taptu, a social news aggregator currently available for the iPhone, iPhone Touch and Android mobile devices. Their other products include Taptu Touch Search and Wapedia, both available for apps on the iPhone and Android devices, and as a mobile web site for other mobile phones. Founded in 2007, Taptu is privately held and capitalized by leading investors, DFJ Esprit and Sofinnova.

Website: taptu.com
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Key Metrics

Founded Year

2007

Location

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Stage

Deadpooled

Total Funding

$20M in 2 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Series B, Sep 08, 2011, $*****

Investors

Draper Esprit & 2 more

Ranked

33^rd among 156 active competitors

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Taptu has raised a total funding of $20M over 2 rounds. Its first funding round was on Dec 18, 2008. Its latest funding round was a Series B round on Sep 08, 2011 for $*****. 2 investors participated in its latest round. Taptu has 3 institutional investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Taptu:

Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Sep 08, 2011	6554550	Series B	6606436	2268887	3458286	6044499
Dec 18, 2008	8196714	Series B	3691722	3191499	2490733	3i Group & 1 more

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Top competitors of Taptu include About.me, Rockmelt and Swite. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Taptu, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	About.me 2009, San Francisco (United States), Acquired	Provider of personalized profile pages with optional AI virtual twin	$17.1M	True Ventures, Foundry & 7 others	57/100
2nd	Rockmelt 2009, Mountain View (United States), Acquired	Social media web brwser	$39.9M	Andreessen Horowitz, Accel & 3 others	47/100
3rd	Swite 2013, Florence (Italy), Seed	Social feeds aggregation platform	-	P101, Club Italia Investimenti 2 & 2 others	46/100
4th	Vizify 2011, Portland (United States), Acquired	Platform which aggregates content from social media platforms	$2.61M	Draper, Portland Seed Fund & 3 others	45/100
5th	Instories 2012, Limassol (Cyprus), Unfunded	Mobile application that offers templates for creating animated stories and videos	-	-	44/100
6th	Zabot.in 2016, India, Unfunded	Platform for management of instagram accounts	-	-	42/100
7th	Pixable 2009, New York City (United States), Acquired	Software development company balancing speed and quality for optimal product performance	$6.6M	Menlo Ventures, Highland Capital Partners ... & 4 others	41/100
8th	BravoCoin 2015, Scottsdale (United States), Unfunded	Blockchain-based consumer review platform	-	-	41/100
9th	Find Snapchat Friends 2019, India, Unfunded	App-based social feed aggregator for Snapchat	-	-	40/100
10th	Parallel Space 2017, Seattle (United States), Unfunded	Mobile application to operate multiple social media accounts on the same platform	-	-	40/100
33rd	Taptu 2007, Cambridge (United Kingdom), Deadpooled	A Social and Media Technology Company	$20M	Draper Esprit, Sofinnova Partners & 1 others	30/100