KILTR

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| name = KILTR

| logo = KILTR Logo.png

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| logo_caption = The KILTR Logo surrounded by the company's motto

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| founded = 2009

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| headquarters = Glasgow

| area_served = Glasgow

| services = Social Network, New Media

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| language = English

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| CEO = Brian Hughes

| founder = Stewart Fraser, Brian Hughes

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| programming_language = C#, JS

| website = {{url|https://kiltr.com}}

| current_status = Active

| industry = Internet

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KILTR was a social networking site focusing on Scottish content. It was founded in 2009 by Brian Hughes and Stewart Fraser as a startup company using venture capital and investment from angel investors.{{cite web|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/scotland/top-stories/kiltr-chief-brian-hughes-launches-latest-version-1-3104461 |title=KILTR chief Brian Hughes launches latest version |publisher=Scotsman.com |date= |accessdate=2013-10-23}}{{cite web|url=http://www.thedrum.com/news/2012/02/14/10-things-you-should-know-about-kiltr |title=20 Things you Should Know About KILTR |publisher=thedrum.com |date= |accessdate=2013-10-23}}

The company was featured alongside Path and Foursquare in Rory Cellan-Jones's BBC Radio 4 series, The Secret History of Social Networking, as one of a number of smaller social networking sites which are offering an alternative to Facebook.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/rorycellanjones/2011/02/the_future_of_friends_-_who_ca.html |title=The future of friends: Who can topple Facebook? |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2013-10-23}}

KILTR was built in Glasgow, Scotland{{Cite web|url = http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/business/business-news/kiltr-raises-320k-third-funding-3075819#8ozJWawmL1CQgHRY.97|title = The Daily Record|date = |access-date = |website = |publisher = |last = |first = }} by its sister technology company, CollectivWorks.{{Cite web|url = http://www.collectivworks.com/|title = Collectivworks|date = |access-date = |website = |publisher = |last = |first = }}

On 5 June 2018 the site closed;{{Cite news|url=https://kiltr.com/|title=KILTR WiFi is now CollectivWorks|access-date=2018-06-06|language=en}} all registered users were sent an email explaining that the service had ceased and it was "all About Swipe to Connect " from CollectivWorks

History

Public beta of KILTR was established{{Cite web|url = http://www.thesocialpenguinblog.co.uk/2013/09/20/scottish-social-network-kiltr-launches-version-2/|title = The Penguin Blog|date = |access-date = |website = |publisher = |last = |first = |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150515045421/http://www.thesocialpenguinblog.co.uk/2013/09/20/scottish-social-network-kiltr-launches-version-2/|archive-date = 15 May 2015|url-status = dead}} in 2010, followed by the first version of the platform in April 2012, with a focus on being a professional networking site,{{Cite web|url = https://thenextweb.com/apps/2010/12/20/kiltr-like-linkedin-but-for-scottish-people-and-their-mates/#gref|title = The Next Web|date = |access-date = |website = |publisher = |last = |first = }} connecting Scottish businessmen and women around the world. Version 2 of KILTR was launched{{Cite web|url = https://thenextweb.com/uk/2012/04/12/kiltr-the-linkedin-for-scots-heads-to-new-york-for-international-launch/#gref|title = The Next Web|date = |access-date = |website = |publisher = |last = |first = }} in August 2013 with a different focus - moving from being a professional network to a cultural, social, political platform.

Version 3 of KILTR will be launched in 2016, with an emphasis on blogging and citizen journalism, focussing on radical politics, art and culture, exemplified by the platform's new branding, designed by artist Jim Lambie.{{Cite web|url = https://www.kiltr.com/Brian/1782247477|title = Jim Lambie Re-designs|date=8 October 2015 |publisher=KILTR |last = |first = | accessdate=19 January 2016 }}

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Category:Scottish websites