In recent weeks, we received numerous messages from GNARBOX users that the app disappeared from the App Store (it’s since back) and that support messages have gone unanswered. We tried to find out if GNARBOX is in trouble. GNARBOX, a really cool portable SSD backup device we reported about many times before (including a video interview I did with CEO Tim Feess in summer 2020), has lost its management team for undisclosed reasons in November 2021, with the investors taking over the company. We were not able to find out who those investors are. GNARBOX – impossible to contact I tried reaching out to GNARBOX via various means, asking for a statement, mainly through their email contacts listed on their website. Using their press and support emails (contacts taken from contact page), I received a server message that the email doesn’t exist. Not a great sign. (Former) CEO Tim Feess replies on LinkedIn Some days after reaching out to him personally on LinkedIn, where he is still listed as CEO of GNARBOX, Tim Feess replied to me with a statement he prepared for press enquiries: “Regrettably, the former management team is no longer with the company and hasn’t been since 11/5/2021. This includes myself, co-founders, and employees. We left the company in control of the Investors at time of departure and interested parties should contact them for more information.”Tim Feess, former CEO and co-founder of GNARBOX MyGnar, Inc., “Forfeited”, iOS app disappears and re-appears in the App Store The reason...
Published By: CineD - Friday, 7 January, 2022