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Poll Me Ltd

The polling app that couldn't answer its own market question.

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Quiet closure with no public announcement · Fatal mistake: Built a polling product in a space already saturated with free alternatives, without a clear monetization path or defensible differentiator.

Founded	2011
Closed	2013
Country	UK
Sector	Media

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2011-01-01

FOUNDING

Poll Me Ltd founded in the UK as a social polling platform.

2011-09-01

FUNDING

Raises ~$115K in seed funding to build out the platform.

2012-06-01

DOWN ROUND

User growth stagnates as free competitors dominate the polling space.

2013-06-01

SHUTDOWN

Poll Me Ltd quietly shuts down after exhausting its limited capital.

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Poll Me Ltd, a UK-based social polling and audience engagement platform, failed to achieve sustainable business viability. The startup struggled with fundamental monetization challenges, unable to convert its f...

ree user base into paying customers. Operating in a competitive landscape dominated by established alternatives like Poll Everywhere and SurveyMonkey, Poll Me Ltd failed to differentiate its offering

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Poll Me Ltd raised €0.114924M before built a polling product in a space already saturated with free alternatives, without a clear monetization path or defensible differentiator. ended it. See the documented cause, verified lesson and all failure signals.

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