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Notifo

Push notification API startup silenced by platform consolidation

platform dependencySilent Shutdown

Quiet closure with no public announcement · Fatal mistake: Notifo built a notification API layer that sat between developers and platform-owned push services, a position that became redundant as platform SDKs improved.

Founded	2010
Closed	2011
Country	USA
Sector	Developer tools

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2010-01-01

FOUNDING

Notifo founded in the USA to provide push notification API services for developers.

2010-06-01

PRODUCT LAUNCH

Notifo launched its public API, gaining initial traction among indie developers and small startups.

2010-12-01

FUNDING

Company received minimal funding or operated on self-sustaining revenue; last known funding activity.

2011-06-01

SHUTDOWN

Notifo announced shutdown citing inability to compete with platform-native tools and larger competitors like Urban Airship.

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Notifo was a push notification API service founded to help developers integrate push notifications into their applications. The startup shut down in 2011 after facing insurmountable market pressures. The primar...

y cause of failure was Apple's launch and expansion of its native push notification service (Apple Push Notification service - APNs), which provided developers with an integrated, first-party solution

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