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Cheddar

Cheddar

Cheddar is a live streaming news network delivering real-time financial coverage and technology updates from major markets including the NYSE, NASDAQ, and Washington D

Entertainment·Launched Jul 2016·0 upvotes·cheddar.com
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DEAD (404)since Jun 16, 2026 · HTTP 404
CohortClass of 2016

What it is

Cheddar is a live streaming news network delivering real-time financial coverage and technology updates from major markets including the NYSE, NASDAQ, and Washington D.C. The platform broadcasts daily from multiple prestigious locations, focusing on emerging products, technologies, and market-moving events.

HTTP liveness

34 probes since Jun 16
Jun 16Aug 27
AliveHard-dead (404/5xx/parked)RedirectedUnverified (timeout/DNS/block)

Observed events

probes · press · GitHub
  1. Jun 16, 2026
    First probe — down
    Dead · 404

Funding history

3 rounds
Total raised
$44.5M
Latest valuation
Stage
early
Series A
Mar 2018
investors undisclosed
$22.5M
SEC
Series A
May 2017
investors undisclosed
$19.0M
SEC
Seed
Feb 2016
investors undisclosed
$3.0M
SEC
Data from SEC EDGAR Form D filings and press coverage. Round labels for SEC filings are inferred from filing sequence and amount.

Moat

None apparent

The product does not exhibit a clear defensibility mechanism. It operates in a crowded space with multiple comparables, suggesting a lack of unique differentiation.

The dossier evidence for this assessment includes the presence of multiple comparables with high similarity scores, indicating a competitive landscape.

The moat could be eroded by the presence of strong competitors, the lack of proprietary technology or data, and the dependence on a specific niche or audience.

  • comparablesMultiple comparables with high similarity scores
  • descriptionLack of proprietary technology or data mentioned
  • descriptionDependence on a specific niche or audience
0.50 confidence · grounded in 3 sources
Grounded analysis from catalog data, and comparables · Aug 2026

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Pulse Indexobserved activity
82/4 signal families
Liveness40%
0.00
Press30%
no data
GitHub20%
no data
Tranco10%
0.76

Weighted observed activity · updated Aug 26

Founders
Jon Steinberg
Cohort survival · Class of 2016weekly

13,657 products launched in 2016 · 100% still active

13,633 active24 sunset
Still active
100%
Median lifespan
4.9y