Zoopy
Online and mobile social media community
title: "Zoopy" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["defunct-social-networking-services", "former-video-hosting-services", "internet-properties-established-in-2006", "internet-properties-disestablished-in-2012"] description: "Online and mobile social media community" topic_path: "general/defunct-social-networking-services" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoopy" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Online and mobile social media community ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox website"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Zoopy |
| logo | Zoopy-logo.png |
| type | Private |
| foundation | |
| location | Cape Town, South Africa |
| key_people | Jason Elk, Founder & CEO |
| Gerry da Silva, Sales Director | |
| Pat Elk, Co-Founder & Operations Director | |
| url | www.zoopy.com |
| dissolved | |
| :: |
| name = Zoopy | logo = Zoopy-logo.png | type = Private | foundation = | location = Cape Town, South Africa | key_people = Jason Elk, Founder & CEO Gerry da Silva, Sales Director Pat Elk, Co-Founder & Operations Director | url = www.zoopy.com | dissolved =
Zoopy was an online and mobile social media community, hosting user generated videos, photos and audio.
History
Zoopy launched into closed beta in late 2006 and moved into live beta with public access on March 5, 2007.
In December 2007, Nokia selected Zoopy as its regional imaging partner for South and West Africa.
On June 26, 2008, Vodacom purchased a 40% share stake in Zoopy and increased its stake to 75% in February 2009, and acquired the remainder of the company in August 2010.
On February 1, 2011, Zoopy repositioned itself as a mobile video entertainment platform, delivering videos of the latest news, sport and entertainment in 90 seconds or less.
In July 2012, Zoopy Founder and CEO Jason Elk as well as co-founder and Operations Director Pat Elk left the company following the news that Vodacom was planning to sell a significant stake in Zoopy.
The platform briefly updated in November 2012 before shutting down in December 2012.
References
References
- "SA video, photo sharing site launches with competition".
- (December 11, 2007). "Nokia, Zoopy partner for online imaging". [[AllAfrica]].
- "Nokia, Zoopy partner for online imaging".
- Muller, Rudolph. (26 June 2008). "Vodacom invests in Zoopy". [[MyBroadband]].
- Muller, Rudolph. (11 July 2012). "Vodacom planning to sell stake in Zoopy". businesstech.co.za.
- "Zoopy changes course".
- Muller, Rudolph. "Zoopy founders leave company".
- (28 December 2012). "Closed for business: 2012's victims". businesstech.co.za.
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