Around the same time in 2011, I wrote a posting about the LeWeb 2010 finalists and startup success in general. I placed a reminder into my calendar to revisit the list in 2012 and went to check whether the companies were still alive and well. Unfortunately, I never released the post. Now, another year later, I saw the unreleased draft and decided to update it once again. Votizen – acquired by causes.com (open positions 11/2012: 2) Simple (former BankSimple) – online and hiring (2012: 7, 2013: 7) Blekko – online, no jobs offers found (open positions 11/2012: 3) Hipmunk – online and hiring (2012: 1, 2013: 5) Optimizely – online and hiring (2012: 9, 2013: 21) 1000 Memories – aquired by ancestry.com Elation EMR – online and hiring (2012: 3, 2013: 5) CueUp (former Greplin) – acquired by Apple, now defunct (2012: 4.5) SavingStar (SaveWave) – online and hiring (2012: 1, 2013: 3) Topguest – acquired by Switchfly Beautylish – online and hiring (2012: 1, 2013: 3) GroupMe – online and hiring (2012: 3, 2013: …