Amen (website)

Amen.
Type of businessPrivate
Type of site
Social networking service
FoundedBerlin, Germany
Headquarters
Berlin
,
Germany
Area servedWorld
Founder(s)Felix Petersen
Caitlin Winner
Florian Weber
Key peopleFelix Peterson (Co-Founder & CEO)
Caitlin Winner (Co-Founder & CPO)
Florian Weber (Co-Founder & CTO)
Employees8
URLgetamen.com
Alexa rank63,880[1]
RegistrationRequired to post
LaunchedSeptember 2011
Current statusDiscontinued

Amen was a social networking service.

About

Noted for its addictive, mad lib-like feel[2] and ability to create structured data,[3] Amen has received attention, having been selected as one of Venturebeat's top 5 favorites from TechCrunch Disrupt 2011.[4]

"You fire up the app on the iPhone or web browser and say a person, place or thing is “the best” or “the worst” ever, like like, the Best Dubstep track ever...You can agree with this statement with an “Amen”. But with a “Hell no” you have to suggest an alternative answer. It's a rigid structure, but you can post whatever you want." .[3]

History

Amen was started in February 2011 by Felix Petersen, Florian Weber and Caitlin Winner.[5] Seed round investors include Index and A Grade.[6]

In August 2013, Amen was bought by tape.tv.[7]

In February 2015 tape.tv announced the shut down of the platform.

See also

References
  1. "Alexa traffic rank".
  2. Gannes, Liz. "Down with Wishy-Washy Mediocrity: Amen Only Wants Strong Opinions". Retrieved 2011-09-12.
  3. Butcher, Mike. "Amen Aims to Find the Best of Everything with a Smart Interface". Retrieved 2011-09-12.
  4. Lynley, Matthew. "Here are our 5 favorite companies from TechCrunch Disrupt". Retrieved 2011-09-12.
  5. Kincaid, Jason. "Plazes Founder And First Twitter Engineer Team Up for Mysterious Startup". Retrieved 2011-11-10.
  6. Kolawole, Emi. "Ashton Kutcher, Madonna's manager back mysterious 'Amen' project". Retrieved 2011-09-12.
  7. https://techcrunch.com/2013/08/27/berlins-startups-consolidate-as-the-much-hyped-amen-is-acquired-by-tape-tv/
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