1000Memories
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| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2010 |
| Founders |
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| Defunct | 2013 |
| Fate | Acquired by Ancestry.com |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California, United States |
| Website | 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
[edit]The company was 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 included 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
[edit]- ↑ Jason Kincaid (September 27, 2011). "1000memories Expands Beyond Digital Memorials, Becomes A Facebook For The Past". TechCrunch.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ Rudy Adler (October 3, 2012). "Ancestry.com acquires 1000memories". 1000memories.com. Archived from the original on October 22, 2013.
- ↑ Wade Roush (August 16, 2010). "1000Memories Confronts Death by Celebrating Lives". Xconomy.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ Audrey Watters (February 16, 2011). "Funding for 1000Memories - A Nod to the Power of Digital Memories". Readwriteweb.com.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ Sarah Perez (October 3, 2012). "Ancestry.com Acquires Photo Digitization And Sharing Service 1000memories". TechCrunch.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
External links
[edit]- "Official website". Archived from the original on January 11, 2013. Retrieved November 26, 2018.
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