What MySphere does

MySphere, operating under the legal name MySphere Live Networking, was a mobile application launched in February 2017 that positioned itself as the first app dedicated to instant professional networking. The product used geolocation-based proximity detection to allow business professionals to discover profiles of people physically nearby and to receive notifications when a nearby user matched their predefined search criteria, framing use cases around optimizing business travel, conferences, and serendipitous meetings. The company was domiciled in Tamarin, Mauritius, with a stated operational base in France at launch, and was co-founded by Matthieu Mennessier (CEO), Pierre-Yves Maria (CMO), and Samuel Mamet (CTO).

Under the hood, the app was built around real-time location services and a profile-matching engine: users defined target professional attributes and were alerted when a qualifying profile entered their geographic vicinity. The technical differentiation claimed in source material was a novel proximity-matching architecture rather than any AI/ML capability, and no third-party integrations, SDKs, or platform partnerships were disclosed. Distribution was exclusively through mobile app stores on a global, self-serve basis, with no documented marketing channels, enterprise sales motion, or channel partnerships.

The company's go-to-market was product-led and consumer-facing, targeting horizontal segments of working professionals seeking spontaneous in-person business connections, yet it never disclosed a pricing model, subscription tier, or monetization mechanism. No institutional funding was raised — the only recorded funding event in June 2017 closed at $0 — and the company was unable to secure additional capital due to a failed development vendor (agence Dernier cri) and the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. Operations ceased in early 2020 with several tens of thousands of cumulative users but no documented revenue, leaving the venture as an unmonetized prototype rather than a scaled business.

Name

MySphere

Legal name

MySphere Live Networking

Website

https://mysphere.link

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Closed

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

MySphere Live Networking was a geolocation-based mobile app, launched in 2017 and shuttered in early 2020, that let business professionals discover and receive alerts about matching profiles of people in their immediate vicinity.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Networking Software

NAICS

Wired and Wireless Telecommunications (except Satellite) (5171)

SIC

Telegraph & Other Message Communications (4822)

akta.pro primary industry

Geofencing, Proximity & Location-Based Engagement Platforms (BPAMANAJ)

Keywords

• Professional networking app
• Geolocation networking
• Mobile business networking
• Proximity professional discovery
• Instant business connections

Headquarters

HQ city

Tamarin

HQ country

Mauritius

HQ region

Africa

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

MySphere developed a mobile application (MySphere Live Networking) that enables instant professional networking using geolocation-based proximity detection. The app allowed professionals traveling for business to discover and connect with other nearby professionals in real time, based on defined profile criteria and physical proximity.

Product overview

MySphere offered a single mobile application called MySphere Live Networking, which was an instant professional networking app launched in February 2017. The product used geolocation technology to help professionals discover and connect with nearby users whose profiles matched their search criteria. The venture ended in early 2020 due to funding challenges.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• MySphere Live Networking A mobile application designed for business professionals, particularly frequent business travelers, that uses geolocation to detect nearby professionals and enable instant networking based on shared profile criteria.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves3 records

Emerging players

• Meetup: Platform for organizing in-person interest- and profession-based group meetups. Comparable in facilitating offline professional connections, though more event-driven than real-time proximity discovery.
• Bumble Bizz: Professional networking mode within the Bumble app, targeting business connections via a swipe-based mobile experience. Comparable as a mobile-first networking tool for professionals, though integrated into a broader consumer dating/social platform.
• Alignable: Small-business professional networking platform with a strong local/geographic focus. Comparable as a horizontal professional network that surfaces connections based on geography rather than solely on profile search.
• Fishbowl (by Glassdoor): Anonymous and semi-anonymous professional networking app focused on industry-specific conversations and job-related discussions. Comparable as a mobile professional networking community targeting working professionals.
• Coffee Meets Bagel (Networking mode): Curated daily-match mobile platform with a networking-adjacent positioning. Comparable in being a mobile app that uses curated matching to facilitate real-world meetings, though primarily dating-focused.
• Twine Labs: Mobile professional networking app focused on helping users meet one other professional per day. Comparable as a mobile-first, lightweight professional introduction product targeting business users.

Broad incumbents

• LinkedIn: Microsoft-owned dominant professional networking platform explicitly named by MySphere as the incumbent it sought to disrupt. Highly comparable in target user (business professionals) but vastly larger in scope, content depth, and network effects.

Regional players

• Foursquare Swarm: Location-based check-in app that surfaces friends and contacts at nearby venues. Comparable in using real-time geolocation to surface relevant people in proximity, though oriented to social rather than professional use.

Direct peers

• Lunchclub: AI-driven professional networking platform that matches users for 1:1 video or in-person meetings. Comparable as a venture-backed app focused on serendipitous professional introductions — a related but more centralized version of MySphere's discovery thesis.
• Shapr: Mobile-first professional networking app that uses a swipe-based matching model to connect nearby or relevant professionals. Closest direct comparable to MySphere in form factor (mobile app) and target user (business professionals seeking meetings).

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/MySphere_link

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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