Nextdoor
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| Slogan(s) | The private social network for your neighborhood. |
| Website | www |
| Launched | October 11, 2011 |
Nextdoor is a social networking service for neighborhoods. It was launched in the United States in October 2011; in February 2016 the service became available in The Netherlands. Nextdoor allows users to connect with people who live in their own and nearby neighborhoods.
Nextdoor competes with other social networks such as Yelp, Yahoo! Groups, Facebook and Google. It claims to be better than Facebook as membership is by invitation only, so "you don’t have to deal with strangers trying to add you as a friend". An article in The Washington Post said when Nextdoor launched that it "seems poised to ride the wave of people’s desire to connect back to their community".
Nextdoor was co-founded by Nirav Tolia, who based the company in San Francisco, California. Tolia had previously helped start Epinions. Early investors include Benchmark Capital, Shasta Ventures, and Rich Barton. As of February 2014[update] Nextdoor had 80 to 100 employees. In July 2012 Nextdoor raised US$18.6M in venture capital funding.Dan Clancy (formerly of Google) joined Nextdoor in February 2014.
In June 2014 Nirav Tolia pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor, after being charged with felony hit-and-run, and was sentenced to 30 days in county jail and a fine of $239 for fleeing a crash that left a woman injured on U.S. Route 101 in Brisbane, California. "It's ironic that the CEO of a company that is holding itself out as trying to promote neighborliness, crime watch and things like that flees the scene of an accident that he caused and doesn't bother to call 911 or stay around to exchange information or see if he caused any injuries," said the woman's attorney, Joseph Brent. Tolia said, "I am relieved that after further examination of the facts, the DA reduced the charge to a misdemeanor and that Thursday's hearing brought the matter to a close."
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