Astrid

https://www.astrid.com/

Last activity: 06.07.2013

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Categories: CloudMobileSocialWeb

The official Twitter account of Astrid, the to-do list with cloud sync on Android, iPhone, and the web! Follow our founders

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United States, California, San Francisco

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Jul 6, 2013	Yahoo’s Recently Acquired Task Tracking Service Astrid Will Go Dark On August 5	Yahoo has been snapping up companies left and right lately, and the revitalized company’s hunger means that some well-received apps and services have gone (or will soon go) offline. Earlier today, another company threw its name into that pa...
May 31, 2013	How mobile devices are forcing businesses to rethink customer service	Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. Abinash Tripathy is cofounder and CEO of mobile customer service help desk Helpshift. Mobile devices have created an entirely new way f...
May 31, 2013	How mobile devices are forcing businesses to rethink customer service	Abinash Tripathy is cofounder and CEO of mobile customer service help desk Helpshift. Mobile devices have created an entirely new way for people to interact with businesses. The good news for businesses is that millions of Americans can now...
May 13, 2013	Sleek to-do app Any.Do nabs $3.5M from Genesis Partners, Eric Schmidt, & others	Popular to-do list application Any.Do has raised $3.5 million in new funding to continue helping people get things done no matter the device. San Fransico-based Any.Do competes closely with apps like Wunderlist, Clear, and Remember the Milk...
May 13, 2013	Sleek to-do app Any.Do nabs $3.5M from Genesis Partners, Eric Schmidt, & others	Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. Popular to-do list application Any.Do has raised $3.5 million in new funding to continue helping people get things done no matter the d...
May 7, 2013	Astrid next? Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is already 6-for-6 on acquisition shutdowns	We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Updated 9PM Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has acquired ...
May 7, 2013	Astrid next? Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is already 6-for-6 on acquisition shutdowns	Updated 9PM Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has acquired seven companies since taking the helm of the once-foundering search/media company. Each of the first six has been shut down. Now, it looks like it’s time for Yahoo’s latest acquisition, Astri...
May 5, 2013	Yahoo! Acquires Astrid	According to the company’a blog (read here), Astrid, a San Francisco-based provider of a productivity app that allows people to manage lists, has been acquired by Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO). The amount of the deal was not disclosed. Astrid will joi...
May 1, 2013	Yahoo acquires to-do app Astrid, to continue service ‘as is’ for 90 days	We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Yahoo has acquired 4 million user to-do app Astri...
May 1, 2013	Yahoo Acquires 4M-User ‘To Do’ App Astrid, Is Now In A Holding Pattern For 90 Days	“Happier, healthier, more productive.” That was the goal of mobile app Astrid, and now Yahoo is taking up the mission as it’s just acquired the social productivity platform. Co-founded by a former Palantir engineer, Tim Su, AngelPad-backed ...
May 1, 2013	Yahoo acquires to-do app Astrid, to continue service ‘as is’ for 90 days	Yahoo has acquired 4 million user to-do app Astrid, which allows users to create task lists on Android and iOS phones and tablets, as well as the web. No financial details were released. Astrid announced the acquisition itself on its blog, ...
Oct 30, 2012	Helpshift Gets $3.2M From Nexus, True Ventures To Build The Salesforce Of Mobile CRM	When it comes to companies known for providing exceptional customer service, the list is short. Zappos comes to mind, but the truth is that the consumer has low expectations for companies in this regard, and that great customer service is a...
Sep 5, 2012	Astrid 2.0: Productivity Assistant Comes To The iPad With Voice Recording, Premium Service	Earlier this month, Jordan mentioned Astrid in her list of must-have back-to-school apps. For those not familiar with Astrid, it was one of the first task and list management apps to show up on the Android Market back in 2008, where it has ...
Jul 29, 2012	This Is Your Brain On Boarding: How To Turn Visitors Into Users	Editor’s Note: Nir Eyal is a Lecturer in Marketing at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He is the founder of two startups and blogs about the intersection of psychology, technology, and business at NirAndFar.com. Follow him on Twitt...
Feb 23, 2012	Along With New Look, Apps, Astrid Now Lets You Outsource Tasks To TaskRabbit	If you’re an iPhone user, you may not be as familiar with Astrid, which has turned into one of the most popular “to-do,” list-making apps for Android. We first wrote about Astrid when it joined thirteen other startups that composed AngelPad...
Feb 10, 2012	TaskRabbit gets fruitful, mulitplies with new open API	Local-labor locating service TaskRabbit is opening up its tools and network to developers with a new API (application programming interface), the company announced on its blog Friday. This will allow third-party developers to integrate Task...
Feb 10, 2012	TaskRabbit opens its API to app developers	Companies organizing projects, hiring short-term labor flock to TaskRabbit API for infrastructure Companies that want to get into the outsourcing business can now build their applications on the TaskRabbit API, which was released Friday. Th...
Jan 14, 2012	How To Start Smart: The Five Things To Know When Approaching An Incubator	Editor’s note: The following is a guest post by Jon Paris, CEO and co-founder of Astrid To-Do. Astrid participated in AngelPad and immediately raised a successful seed round from Google Ventures and other investors. His opinions are his own...
Oct 27, 2011	Social to-do list Astrid launches on the iPhone	Google Ventures, AngelPad-backed startup expands distribution to help you tackle your to-do list San Francisco-based Astrid, which was incubated at AngelPad, announced Thursday that it's bringing its social to-do list application to th...
Oct 4, 2011	Cloudbot app nabs $1 million in funding social tech	Lightbank funding could make contacting your friends on any platform easier Slipping in just hours before the anticipated announcement of Apple’s iCloud, Cloudbot has secured just about $1 million in funding from Lightbank, with participati...
Oct 3, 2011	YouTube’s Rick Klau Joins Google Ventures To Head Startup University	Everybody seems to be bulking up on VCs today(!); Google Ventures is also adding to its roster, bringing YouTube Product Manager Rick Klau to the team as Partner, Startup University. Startup University is Google Ventures’ efforts to transfe...
Jul 13, 2011	Astrid Raises Seed Funding	Astrid, a San Francisco, CA-based company that develops a to-do list/productivity application on the Android platform, has raised an undisclosed sum in seed funding. Investors include Google Ventures, Nexus Venture Partners, and angel inves...
Mar 29, 2011	Startups court investors at AngelPad Demo Day	Productivity, social, gaming, the cloud and beyond: 13 startups pitch their next-gen products AngelPad, a mentorship program founded by a group of ex-Googlers, just hosted a demo day at its office in downtown San Francisco, uniting the prog...
	Очередной exit TMT Investments: Yahoo купила приложение Astrid	Компания Yahoo приобрела мобильное приложение Astrid, которое помогает людям организовывать свое время и вести список дел. Сумму сделки не разглашается. Ранее приложению Astrid уже удалось привлечь $ 1 млн. В том числе $ 400 000 было получе...

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What has the press written about Astrid?

Parsers VC has collected 25 articles mentioning Astrid, among them “Yahoo’s Recently Acquired Task Tracking Service Astrid Will Go Dark On August 5” (Jul 6, 2013) and “How mobile devices are forcing businesses to rethink customer service” (May 31, 2013).

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Astrid is probably closed: its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Jul 6, 2013.