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title: "Why Snapt shut down"
description: "Snapt, a South African-founded maker of software load balancers and application delivery controllers (Nova/Aria), abruptly ceased operations in October 2022, telling customers it had run out of financial runway despite growing enterprise demand, and offered migration assistance as it wound down."
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published_at: "2026-07-31T17:41:07.836Z"
updated_at: "2026-07-31T17:41:07.836Z"
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# Why Snapt shut down

Snapt, a South African-founded maker of software load balancers and application delivery controllers (Nova/Aria), abruptly ceased operations in October 2022, telling customers it had run out of financial runway despite growing enterprise demand, and offered migration assistance as it wound down.

## Breadcrumbs

- [Graveyard](/graveyard)
- [Snapt](/graveyard/snapt)

## Summary

Here lies Snapt. It built software load balancers and application delivery controllers for enterprises. Demand kept climbing, but no round followed the 2018 Series A, and the company that balanced everyone else's traffic had no failover of its own. It shut off in October 2022.

Snapt, a South African-founded maker of software load balancers and application delivery controllers (Nova/Aria), abruptly ceased operations in October 2022, telling customers it had run out of financial runway despite growing enterprise demand, and offered migration assistance as it wound down.

## Product history

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Fate | ShutDown |
| Primary cause | FundingRunway |
| Stage at shutdown | Series A |
| Lifespan in days | 3926 |

## Autopsy report

## What the product attempted

Snapt built software-based load balancers and application delivery controllers (its Nova platform and Aria software) for enterprise customers, founded in South Africa in 2012 and later running a standalone US sales and marketing arm from 2015.

## What worked

Raised $3M in Series A funding in December 2018 and reported growing enterprise customer demand in the 12 months before shutdown.

## Early warning signs

No additional funding round was secured after the December 2018 Series A, despite reported growth in enterprise demand.

## What happened

In October 2022 the company informed customers it was closing immediately, citing 'recent unforeseen events, outside of our control,' shut down its Nova platform and discontinued support for Aria, and offered help transitioning clients to other vendors.

## Sources

- [SA software startup Snapt closes its doors](https://disrupt-africa.com/2022/10/14/sa-software-startup-snapt-closes-its-doors?ref=startupgraveyard.africa): Disrupt Africa
- [South African software startup Snapt closes shop](https://www.techloy.com/south-africa-software-startup-snapt-shutters/): Techloy
- [South African Tech Startup Snapt Shutdown Amid Financing Shortage](https://businesselitesafrica.com/tech-startup-snapt-shutdown-amid-financing-shortage/): Businesselitesafrica

## Related pages

- [Snapt alternatives](/snapt/alternatives)
- [Liners Graveyard](/graveyard)

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