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Startup Profile: Roov.com

July 2, 2008

Last year Micah Davis, Chris Capehart and Ethan Fisher started C3 Media Group and recently launched ROOV.com in Dallas.  Funding with around $500K in angel financing, the company operates an online community centered around faith.  They ask users, “Have you ever wondered who else at your church; …enjoys building web apps?  …has started a business? or …volunteers with kids in West Dallas?”  The idea is simple, facilitate an ongoing conversation around faith on a hyper-local level.  The goal is to move these ‘online connections’ offline into the real world to make a difference in their respective communities.  Neat stuff.

Micah explains why he started ROOV.com, “Stemming from several personal experiences…we all saw a huge deficiency for community amongst like-minded people of faith. Helping to create this community has become a passion of ours.”  Micah isn’t just building his own community, he already participates in massive online conversations going on at places like TechCrunch, 37Signals, and Red Eye VC.  The guys at Roov.com have a little tradition, the goal is to create a very specific culture, Micah explains, “We strive to be a place where anybody can present new ideas and challenge existing ones…rather than just having a few decision makers. We also allocate the 1st 30 minutes of every work week to time spent reflecting on “the why” behind what we do.”

Company Name: C3 Media Group
Website: http://www.roov.com
Blog: http://blog.roov.com
FaceBook: http://www.facebook.com/people/Micah_Davis/79100126
Funding: $500K Angel
Employees: 9
Est. Revenue 2008: 30,000
Est. Revenue 2009: 300,000

Written by Alexander Muse · Filed Under Blog, Startups 

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