Respectance, a social network where people can pay online tributes to their dead loved ones, has officially launched today. The company also announced that they have taken $ 1.5 million (roughly € 1 million) in series A funding in a round led by Dutch Solid Ventures and Belgian Big Bang Ventures. (more)

If there’s one thing you can be sure of when you read user profiles on most social networking sites, it’s that they were written for people who are still alive. Respectance takes that mold and breaks it in half, by offering social networking for those who can no longer update their own profiles. (more)

There are times when I miss my old buddy Dead2.0, every so often an idea so idiotic pops up that I wish he was here.Respectance is an online social for sharing memories of people who have died. (more)

Respectance wants to call it emo-social media, i.e. enabling users to use social networking and Web 2.0 tools to express emotions and make deeper connections rather than mere utilization of 2.0 widgets such as Twitter. (more)

De Nederlandse startup Respectance is vandaag officieel gelanceerd. Na een relatief korte aanloop, met onder meer een geslaagde presentatie op TheNextWeb en exposure op Techcrunch, kan het grote publiek met de site aan de slag. (more)

Few days back San Francisco based startup Respectance contacted me for their new social networking site they had launched. (more)

Respectance, a social network where people can pay online tributes to their dead loved ones, has officially launched today. The company, founded by Kazaa co-founder Richard Derks and Tom Wilkinson, also announced that they have taken $ 1.5 million (roughly € 1 million) in series A funding in a round led by Dutch Solid Ventures and Belgian Big Bang Ventures. (more)

Okay, I'm all for this new Web 2.0 and social networking boom we have going on, and I love the fact that we're all so much more connected than we once were, but this site made me do a double take... (more)

If there's one thing you can be sure of when you read user profiles on most social networking sites, it's that they were written for people who are still alive. Respectance takes that mold and breaks it in half, by offering social networking for those who can no longer update their own profiles. (more)

Certainly, a 'social network for the dead' has the kind of simple premise that the mainstream media can latch onto. Meanwhile, we tested the site a few weeks back and liked it: with a nice, usable design and support for multimedia like photos and videos, it’s very well executed. Assuming the Internet isn't going away anytime in the next 60 years, this type of site could be very valuable. (more)