Splash LA 2012 Top 10 Finalist - Yatown
Check out Yatown's pitch in the Splash LA 2012
Splash La finalist Yatown lets neighbors connect to find out what’s going on in their neck of the woods. The startup currently operates in 193,000 neighborhoods in 25 cities nationwide. Here's a video of Christopher Nguyen presenting.
Yatown is a social network for neighborhoods. It helps you keep up with the place you care most about. Where you live.
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What's Happening Where You Live?
Yatown is The Trusted Neighborhood Network. Yatown helps you keep up with everything about the place you care most about. Where you live.
We've been called "The Facebook of Neighborhoods". AdWeek singled out Yatown in "One of the 4 Key Trends to watch in 2012". Covering 193 thousand neighborhoods in 25 thousand cities across America, Yatown gives neighbors instant access to neighborhood-level news, events, deals, and messaging with other neighbors.
The Yatown team includes long-time former Googlers, with successful entrepreneurial exits. Yatown is backed by TiE Angels, NarraVC, and a group of experienced SV executives.
Our goal is to provide the best Local-Social experience for people who live in any neighborhood in America. Our long-term mission is "To Connect Neighbors and Strengthen Communities".
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CEO & Co-Founder of Yatown, The Trusted Neighborhood Network. Venture-backed CEO, 2 successful exits as co-founder, former engineering director at Google. BS UC Berkeley, PhD Stanford.