VOIS, publicly traded social network for 25 to 50 year-olds, raises $1 million
VOIS (VOISW) is a social network that is trying to differentiate itself by being focused on adults, ages 25 to 50.
The company claims to offer better “social commerce tools” than competitors, to help adults do things like promote their businesses. I’m not sure what’s different about these tools. There’s a classified ads section, for example, but other social networks offer classifieds as well.
Florida-based VOIS also says it provide users with superior customer service, claiming to answer every single question that users submit.
VOIS has very little traffic, if you believe web analytics firm Compete — it’s about a quarter of the size of VentureBeat.
The company apparently has a turbulent history, but has recently raised $1 million from an un-named New York investment bank.
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Eric currently covers digital media technology and business news, especially what's happening on social networks and their platforms. He also writes and edits stories about venture capital, and lots of other stuff, too. He started at VentureBeat in the spring of 2007, half a year or so after Matt Marshall left his reporting job at the San Jose Mercury News to found the site. Eric previously cofounded a startup called Writewith, that was building editorial software for newspapers and other groups of writers. The startup didn't work out, but he learned a lot.