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Fridge (YC S10) — Disposable social networks

The Fridge is a platform for lightweight single serving social networks for the functionality of Facebook without being on Facebook. The Fridge makes private conversation, media, and event sharing dead simple.

Fridge is a Y Combinator company in the Summer 2010 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Disposable social networks. The founders listed are Austin Chang (Founder/CEO), Alex Chung (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, January 17, 2012).

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Fridge

New accelerator entry · 2012-01-17 · the record

Summer 2010
batch
2
people
Early
stage
United States of America
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What the record says

BatchSummer 2010
Announced2012-01-17
StageEarly
StatusAcquired
Team size2
IndustryConsumer
Sub-industryConsumer -> Social
SectorsSocial Network
RegionsUnited States of America, America / Canada
BasedSan Francisco, CA, USA
HiringNo
Sitehttp://frid.ge

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The Fridge is a platform for lightweight single serving social networks for the functionality of Facebook without being on Facebook. The Fridge makes private conversation, media, and event sharing dead simple. The Fridge is like Tumblr for social networks. Anyone can easily create shared spaces, invite their friends and socialize/share photos, videos, music, and more. The Fridge reinvents how groups interact online allowing users to cut through the clutter of their social graph and create lightweight targeted spaces for personal and private relationships, special interest groups or clubs, or any temporary network around events, gatherings or nights out on the town...

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