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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2010; 15 years ago (2010) |
| Founder |
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| Defunct | 2013 (2013) |
| Fate | Acquired by Ancestry.com |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California, United States |
1000Memories was a website that let people organize, share, and discover old photos and memories and to set up family trees. It was shut down in late 2013 after an acquisition by Ancestry.com.
History
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.
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.
In the fall of 2012, 1000Memories was acquired by Ancestry.com for an undisclosed sum.
References
- "1000memories Expands Beyond Digital Memorials, Becomes A Facebook For The Past - TechCrunch, September 27, 2011". 27 September 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-06.
- Ancestry.com acquires 1000memories Archived 2013-10-22 at the Wayback Machine, 1000 Memories weblog. Retrieved 2013-10-22
- "1000Memories Confronts Death by Celebrating Lives - Xconomy, August 16, 2010". Retrieved 2010-08-23.
- "Funding for 1000Memories - A Nod to the Power of Digital Memories - Read Write Web, February 16, 2011". Archived from the original on 2011-11-01. Retrieved 2011-10-06.
- "Ancestry.com Acquires Photo Digitization And Sharing Service 1000memories". TechCrunch. 2012-10-03. Retrieved 2013-08-11.
External links
- "Official website". Archived from the original on 2013-01-11. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
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