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Re:NYC Startups to Watch by ramayac on Thursday April 25, 2013 @12:08PM (#5607992)
Loosecubes is now closed: https://www.loosecubes.com/ Anyone knows what happend to them?
Re:NYC Startups to Watch by MattRogish on Thursday April 25, 2013 @12:36PM (#5608189)
Yup. Was a big head scratcher around here. They raised $7.8M and shutdown 6 mos later. Rumors are they ever actually closed it, which would make a lot more sense than they burned over $1M/mo.

http://betabeat.com/2012/11/what-happened-to-loosecubes-new-...

Re:NYC Startups to Watch by danso on Thursday April 25, 2013 @03:01PM (#5609174)
The CEO gave an interview this February

http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/report/loosecubes-pioneer-ri...

> A large part of that reported $7.8 million never actually came through. McKellar says that the investor syndicate, led by New Enterprise Associates, stopped funding the company. Faced with the decision of whether to operate on a severely amputated budget or to close down, she opted for the latter

Re:NYC Startups to Watch by msrpotus on Thursday April 25, 2013 @01:38PM (#5608649)
That would make sense. They just disappeared all of the sudden.
Re:NYC Startups to Watch by mindotus on Thursday April 25, 2013 @12:17PM (#5608047)
Not sure, will look into it but loved the concept and the design as well.
Re:NYC Startups to Watch by Kiro on Thursday April 25, 2013 @01:02PM (#5608372)
What was it?