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Tellwiki

Another wiki tool that couldn't escape Confluence's shadow

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Quiet closure with no public announcement · Fatal mistake: Tellwiki entered the enterprise wiki market without a meaningful differentiator from established players like Confluence and Wikispaces.

Founded	2008
Closed	2010
Country	USA
Sector	Saas

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Key Events Timeline

2008-01-01

FOUNDING

Tellwiki founded in the USA as a collaborative wiki SaaS platform for team knowledge management.

2008-06-01

FUNDING

Tellwiki secures seed funding to develop and launch its collaborative wiki platform.

2009-03-01

PRODUCT LAUNCH

Tellwiki launches its SaaS product but struggles to gain traction against established wiki tools.

2010-06-01

SHUTDOWN

Tellwiki quietly shuts down after failing to secure follow-on funding or achieve meaningful customer growth.

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Tellwiki was a collaborative wiki-based knowledge management SaaS product that emerged during the early 2010s. The startup attempted to compete in the knowledge management and team collaboration space but faced...

significant headwinds. The market was already dominated by established players like Confluence (owned by Atlassian) and Wikispaces, which had gained substantial market share and enterprise adoption.

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Tellwiki collapsed from tellwiki entered the enterprise wiki market without a meaningful differentiator from established players like confluence and wikispaces.. Documented cause, verified lesson, all failure signals.

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