1000Memories
{{Short description|Website}}
{{Infobox company
| name = 1000Memories
| logo = 1000memories.png
| type = Private
| fate = Acquired by Ancestry.com
| foundation = {{start date and age|2010}}
| founder = {{unbulleted list
| Rudy Adler
| Jonathan Good
| Brett Huneycutt
}}
| defunct = {{End date|2013}}
| location = 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.{{cite web |url=https://techcrunch.com/2011/09/27/1000memories-expands-beyond-digital-memorials-becomes-a-facebook-for-the-past/|title=1000memories Expands Beyond Digital Memorials, Becomes A Facebook For The Past - TechCrunch, September 27, 2011 |date=27 September 2011 |access-date=2011-10-06}} It was shut down in late 2013 after an acquisition by Ancestry.com.[http://blog.1000memories.com/170-ancestry-acquires-1000memories Ancestry.com acquires 1000memories] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022102952/http://blog.1000memories.com/170-ancestry-acquires-1000memories |date=2013-10-22 }}, 1000 Memories weblog. Retrieved 2013-10-22
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.{{cite web |url=http://www.xconomy.com/san-francisco/2010/08/16/1000memories-confronts-death-by-celebrating-lives/?single_page=true|title=1000Memories Confronts Death by Celebrating Lives - Xconomy, August 16, 2010 |access-date=2010-08-23}}
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.{{cite news|url=http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/funding_for_1000memories_-_a_nod_to_the_power_of_d.php|title=Funding for 1000Memories - A Nod to the Power of Digital Memories - Read Write Web, February 16, 2011|access-date=2011-10-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111101074051/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/funding_for_1000memories_-_a_nod_to_the_power_of_d.php#|archive-date=2011-11-01|url-status=dead}}
In the fall of 2012, 1000Memories was acquired by Ancestry.com for an undisclosed sum.{{cite news |url=https://techcrunch.com/2012/10/03/ancestry-com-acquires-photo-digitization-and-sharing-service-1000memories/|title=Ancestry.com Acquires Photo Digitization And Sharing Service 1000memories|publisher=TechCrunch|date=2012-10-03 |access-date=2013-08-11}}
References
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External links
- {{cite web |url= http://1000Memories.com/ |title= Official website |url-status=dead |archive-date= 2013-01-11 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130111054345/http://1000memories.com/# |access-date= 2018-11-26 }}
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