ChaCha

Q&A service for advertisers & markets to reach their users.

Overview
Product Description

ChaCha was a human-guided search engine. It provided free, real-time answers to any question, through its website, or by using one of the company's mobile apps.

Quick Stats

2005

Started in

2016

Closed in

51-200

Employee (s)

$96,030,000

Total Raised

Why did ChaCha fail?

Aaron Kazah

No Sustainable Business Model

Experiencing a sharp decline in advertising revenue [2016] left ChaCha being unable to service its debt and ultimately led to the closure of the business in late 2016.

Investors - 9
Funding Rounds - 9

Venture - $14,000,000

Venture - $3,000,000

Series F - $20,000,000

Series E - $7,000,000

Venture - $4,030,000

Series D - $16,000,000

Series C - $14,000,000

Series B - $12,000,000

Series A - $6,000,000