What Present does

Present was founded in 2013 in Princeton, New Jersey, as a consumer-facing service positioned as "a fast, fun, and captivating way to share your life with friends and family – anywhere, anytime," suggesting a social or content-sharing application associated with the present.tv web address. Firmographic records indicate a small private company (1–10 employees) with no publicly disclosed product roadmap, technology stack, or monetization mechanics. The only documented capital event is a $20,000 seed round from accelerator Tigerlabs in June 2013; two subsequent funding entries in the same dataset list $0 raised.

No information is available on core technology, proprietary features, integrations, customers, pricing, distribution channels, partnerships, awards, patents, management team, or operating geographies. The current public-facing web property (present.tv) is a parked domain-for-sale listing, and the aggregated source data describes the company as no longer operating. As such, Present should be understood as an effectively dormant entity whose principal remaining asset is the present.tv domain, which is being marketed for sale.

Name

Present

Website

https://present.tv

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Closed

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Present is a Princeton-based company founded in 2013 that was positioned as a consumer social/sharing service on the present.tv domain; the company is no longer operating and its domain is currently listed for sale.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Princeton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Personnel

Core offering

Present is described as a fast, fun, and captivating way to share your life with friends and family anywhere, anytime. The present.tv website now displays a domain name for sale listing rather than an active product or service offering.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• present.tv Domain Name A premium domain name (present.tv) offered for sale through an online marketplace; the listing emphasizes identity, credibility, and investment potential of the domain asset.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves3 records

Emerging players

• Dispo: Photo-sharing social app that positioned around authentic, shared life moments with a friend group, mirroring Present's original value proposition. It represents a more recent, smaller-scale attempt at the same social-sharing niche and is a relevant emerging comparator.

Direct peers

• Periscope: Twitter's live streaming app, directly comparable to Present's social sharing concept. It targeted the same 'share life in real time' use case and was eventually wound down as the category consolidated around larger players, illustrating the lifecycle of similar-era concepts.
• BeReal: Social sharing app that explicitly positioned around authentic, real-time sharing of life moments with a small friend group – a direct conceptual descendant of Present's value proposition. Comparable in product framing and target use case.
• Color Labs: 2011-era photo-sharing social app that, like Present, was a venture-backed attempt at redefining how people share everyday life with their network. It is a useful historical peer for the same product thesis and outcome class.
• Marco Polo: Async video messaging social app that targets the same 'share your life with friends and family' use case as Present. It represents a more recent attempt at the same conceptual niche and a useful point of comparison for product framing.
• Houseparty: Group video chat/social app from a similar vintage that, like Present, focused on casual, real-time social video for friends and family. It raised significantly more capital but was ultimately shut down by its acquirer, making it a relevant comparator for outcome trajectory.
• Meerkat: 2015-era live social video streaming app that, like Present, was a small-team attempt at letting users share real-time moments with their network. It launched in a similar conceptual space and was ultimately shut down when incumbents entered, making it a direct historical comparable.
• Yik Yak: Hyperlocal social app founded around 2013 that, like Present, was an early social app from the same vintage. It rose, collapsed, and relaunched, providing a useful lifecycle comparator for 2013-era social startups.
• IRL (Social Networking): Social app that explicitly positioned around sharing real life with friends, much like Present. It was eventually shut down, illustrating the difficulty of building a sustainable social network in the 'share your life' category.

Broad incumbents

• Snap: The dominant public incumbent in social video and life sharing. Present's original 'share your life with friends and family' value proposition sits squarely in Snap's category, making it the most relevant incumbent benchmark for market sizing and competitive context.

Market position

Strengths2 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat1 record

Key risks5 records

Key highlights2 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/present
• Facebookfacebook.com/presenttv

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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