{{Short description|American social networking website}} {{Infobox company | name = Snooth Inc | logo = | type = Private | foundation = New York City, New York <br /> (November 17, 2006) | location = New York City, New York | industry = Internet }}
'''Snooth''' is a defunct (as of 2023) social networking website based in New York City, United States. It was founded in November 2006 by Philip J. K. James, a graduate of Oxford University and Columbia Business School. The company raised $300,000 in seed financing in December 2006.
== Awards == In 2008, Snooth receives the Model of Excellence Award from infoCommerce.<ref>[http://www.infocommercegroup.com/industry_research/2008mofe.htm 2008 Award Winners] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713031707/http://www.infocommercegroup.com/industry_research/2008mofe.htm |date=2011-07-13 }}</ref>
In 2010, Snooth becomes 2010 Wine Blog Awards Finalist.<ref>[http://wineblogawards.org/2010-awards/ Recognizing Excellence in New Media] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100911195110/http://wineblogawards.org/2010-awards/ |date=2010-09-11 }}</ref>
==History== The site has been noted in Decanter (magazine),<ref> {{cite web | last =Rosen | first =Maggie |author2=Oliver Styles | title =Wine sites cash in on Facebook phenomenon | work =Decanter Magazine | publisher =IPC Media Limited | date =August 14, 2007 | url =http://www.decanter.com/news/136740.html | doi = | accessdate = 2007-11-01 }} </ref> the New York Daily News,<ref>{{Citation | last =Cheshes | first =Jay | title =Turkeys that fly: How to have a mail-order Thanksgiving | newspaper =Daily News | pages = | date =21 November 2007 | url =http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/food/2007/11/09/2007-11-09_turkeys_that_fly_how_to_have_a_mailorder.html?print=1&page=all }} </ref> and the New York Post.<ref>{{Citation | last1 =Lieberman | first1 =Sara | author-link = | last2 =Stewart | first2 =Sara | author2-link = | title = No Bottle Rockets: The City's Hot New Wine-bar Scene is Coming Uncorked! | newspaper =New York Post | pages = | date =25 November 2007 | url = http://www.nypost.com/seven/11252007/entertainment/food/no_bottle_rockets_885790.htm?page=0}}</ref>
In November 2007, the company raised another $1 million from angel investors<ref>{{Citation | title= Wine 2.0 Site, Snooth, Raises $1 Million Angel Round | date = 29 November 2007| url = https://techcrunch.com/2007/11/28/wine-20-site-snooth-raises-1-million-angel-round/}}</ref> to expand its operations and merchant relationships.
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Category:American review websites Category:Wine websites Category:Companies based in New York City