1000Memories
 |
|
| Privately held | |
| Founded | 2010 |
| Founder |
|
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California, USA |
| Website | www.1000memories.com |
1000Memories was a website that let people organize, share and discover old photos and memories and to set up family trees.[1] It was shut down in late 2013 after an acquisition by Ancestry.com.[2]
History
The company is based out of San Francisco, California, and was founded in 2010 after co-founders Brett Huneycutt and Jonathan Good left McKinsey, and co-founder Rudy Adler left Wieden+Kennedy. Huneycutt and Adler met in elementary school and had previously co-founded the Border Film Project. Huneycutt and Good met as Rhodes Scholars.[3]
1000Memories was originally funded by Y Combinator, and has received $2.5 million in funding from Greylock Partners. Additional investors include Paul Buchheit, Keith Rabois, Ron Conway, Caterina Fake, Mike Maples, and Chris Sacca, among others.[4]
In the fall of 2012, 1000Memories was acquired by Ancestry.com for an undisclosed sum.[5]
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Ancestry.com acquires 1000memories, 1000 Memories weblog. Retrieved 2013-10-22
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
 |
This article about a social networking service is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
