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Fancred Raises $3 Million in Funding for Further Growth

From the start, Fancred entered the sports social networking sphere with a lot to prove. Any startup vying to be an upstart amidst the likes of Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram would be in for a rude awakening. The uphill battle to compete and break through the major players in this space could easily diminish its claimed value proposition. The level of concentration to build the requisite traction within a specific niche is daunting of a task, in it by itself.

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Fancred 2 Launches and Updates to iOS 7

Niche social networks could very well be the way of the future. People want to be around others that are like-minded and share their experiences with them. Forums of any subject or hobby have long existed since the dawn of the internet. Some are diluted like what pervades the medical arena, yet others like the sneaker-head community thrive in hubs evident in NikeTalk. The latter of which touches on the realistic promise attainable through cultivating discussion and tools that caters to them.

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