aid: connected
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/connected.png
name: Connected
description: Connected (Connected HQ, Inc.) was a social CRM and contact-management startup
  that pulled a user's address book, email and social accounts together into a single
  continuously-updated relationship manager. Backed by 500 Global, it was acquired by LinkedIn
  in October 2011 and folded into the LinkedIn-branded "Connected" product, after which the
  standalone service was retired. Connected never shipped a public developer program, API,
  SDK or documentation. The connectedhq.com domain is still defensively held by the acquirer
  (MarkMonitor registrar, Azure DNS and NS1 nameservers, SPF and DMARC p=reject, RFC 7505
  null MX) but publishes no A record and serves no content. This profile is retained as a
  historical record; there is no API surface to enrich.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/connected/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- 500-global
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: defunct-no-api-surface
x-status: acquired
x-acquired-by: linkedin
x-acquired-date: '2011-10'
x-domain-status: parked-by-acquirer
x-domain-note: connectedhq.com (created 2010-03-08, registry expiry 2027-03-08) remains under
  MarkMonitor with Azure DNS + NS1 nameservers and an RFC 7505 null MX, consistent with a
  domain held defensively by LinkedIn/Microsoft after the acquisition. It resolves no A or
  CNAME record and serves no site, so it is deliberately not wired as a Website pointer.
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-20'
tags:
- Company
- Defunct
- Acquired
- CRM
- Contacts
- Address Book
- Relationship Management
- Social
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/connected-domain-security.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-20'
  status: minimal
  artifacts_added: 1
  pass: local-v1