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May 23, 2013

Had Enough Pinning? Try Tapping

What’s so different about Tapiture? First, it’s a visually gorgeous site with content that’s easy on the eye--and inspiring. On any given hour of the day, there are photos of beautiful architecture, inspirational quotes, killer nature and travel photography--even adorable pets. The content of the site is eclectic - humor, serious stuff, classic, retro, fashion for both men and women, and cool items for sale in the Tapiture shop.

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February 20, 2013

Tapiture is the #1 Traffic Referrer on Some Sites

“Some merchants have come to us and said ‘Tapiture is already the #1 referrer to our site, how can we work more closely with you?’” Where Pinterest has the suburban Mom market with 80:20 ratio of women to men, Tapiture can offer marketers the inverse ration with a focus on the metro life style. “Its a different audience, and the content is different.”

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February 5, 2013

Social Discovery Site, Tapiture, Secures $825,000 Funding Round to Fuel User Growth and Activate Monetization Strategy

Tapiture, the web’s leading male-oriented social discovery site, has raised $825,000 in seed funding to advance its growth efforts. In Q4 of 2012, the site recorded 8.6 million visits by 4.1M unique visitors with engagement levels of close to seven minutes per visit. Tapiture generated 78 million page views during this same period and collectively bests all other direct competitors in traffic and engagement, combined.

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February 5, 2013

Tapiture, the Pinterest for men, raises $825K

With Pinterest catering to women, Tapiture is attempting to fill the hole left in the market

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February 5, 2013

Funding Daily: Startup Grind

Male-orietned, social discovery site Tapiture closed $825K to advance its growth. The technology pairs users’ social and interest graphs to deliver content that might interest them, and will soon be adding an e-commerce platform. The funding came from private angel investors. Read the press release.

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February 5, 2013

Tapiture Raises $825K

Today Venice Beach, CA-based Tapiture, a ‘Pinterest for dudes’ social discovery site, announced that it closed $825,000 in seed funding from undisclosed angel investors.

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February 5, 2013

Tapiture Gets $825K

Tapiture, which is based in Venice, announced this morning that it has raised $825,000 in a new funding round, which will help it accelerate its existing traction, launch its e-commerce solution, and help drive development of new mobile apps.

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February 5, 2013

Tapiture Taps into New Round

Tapiture, probably. The offshoot from the brothers that developed theCHIVE.com just secured $825,000 after John and Leo Resig, of Resignation Media, decided to spin Tapiture out of Resignation and put it under the leadership of John Ellis in 2012.

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February 5, 2013

Tapiture gets dudes to look, but will they shop?

Tapiture, a social discovery site for men that includes images of everything from buffalo wings to wingtips, just grabbed an $825,000 seed funding round, which it plans to use to build an e-commerce platform and develop its mobile apps.

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February 5, 2013

“Pinterest for Dudes” Site Tapiture Raises Seed Round

Tapiture, a “Pinterest for dudes” founded by the brothers behind dude-site The Chive, says it has raised a $825,000 seed round. The company says it will use the money to build an e-commerce revenue stream.

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February 5, 2013

With 300% traffic growth, Tapiture raises $825,000 and teases ecommerce rollout

Tapiture’s seed round has swelled to $825,000 from undisclosed private angel investors, with $125,000 of it coming through in the last 24 hours. It’s a noteworthy endorsement for a category that many have viewed with skepticism.

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February 5, 2013

Venice-based 'Pinterest for Men' Raises $825k in Venture Capital

Venice-based Tapiture, a sort-of Pinterest for men, has raised $825,000 in venture capital, the company announced Tuesday.

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January 25, 2013

Tapiture Bets Men Will Say, "Hey Dude Check This Out"

Tapiture hopes to make money by selling directly on their site from merchants targeting men. Resig calls it “an e-commerce site disguised as a content site.”

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November 6, 2012

Pinterest and Tapiture: Different by Nature

Pinterest or Tapiture? These are two extremely fancy online photo websites with best pictures from all over the world. Pinterest is popular among women, Tapiture attracts men.

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November 1, 2012

Gadgets, Cars & Hot Chicks Thrive On Pinterest Clone For Dudes

Tapiture started as an idea to create a single site that combined both elements while expanding beyond just Chive-branded products.

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October 26, 2012

Pinterest for Dudes

Tapiture, a relative newcomer to the space, is planning to do a little bit of both – give men an outlet in which to browse or “tap” their favorite images and entice them into buying stuff.

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October 26, 2012

Hilarious Interview With Leo Resig Founder Of Resignation Media: “Seriously, Don’t Quit Your Day Job”

I have such high aspirations and expectations for Tapiture.com, our newest venture connecting men to cool products while entertaining them at the same time.

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September 30th, 2012

Resignation Media Hires CEO John Ellis To Run Tapiture, Its Fast-Growing Pinterest For Men

Tapiture launched about three months ago, and it’s currently bringing in 26 million monthly pageviews from 1.5 million unique visitors. The average visit time is seven minutes.

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September 26, 2012

Tapiture is a “Pinterest for Bros” That Actually Has a Chance

The site has quietly been live for about six weeks now with little outside promotion other than driving traffic from the Chive. Last week it hit 1.5 million monthly unique visitors – an impressive milestone for any Web property.

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August 14, 2012

Pinterest for men has arrived, courtesy of theCHIVE

Tapiture is similar to other Pinterest-for-men sites (manteresting, dudepins, gentlemint) in terms of the content featuring tech, girls, funny photos, etc., but we know men better than they do.

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June 29, 2012

Tap That Picture, Bro: Here’s Another Pinterest for Dudes

It’s a picture site with the same kind of pictures that you would see on their other site, The Chive. Except The Chive looks like the picture sites you would see before Pinterest broke out last fall.

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