Overview
Location
United States, Washington, Seattle
Employees
11-50
Founded date
2011
Mentions in press and media 15
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| Oct 10, 2013 | Picture this, bro: Taser maker buys digital picture frame startup | 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! Is Taser International hedging its bets, in case ... |
| Oct 10, 2013 | Photo-Sharing Service Familiar Gets Acquired By Taser’s Evidence.com For An Enterprise Turn, After Offers From Twitter And More | The consumerization of enterprise services is one of the more persistent trends in the world of IT today, and today it’s gaining yet more ground by way of an acquisition: Familiar, a private photo and video sharing service, has been bought ... |
| Jun 26, 2013 | The photo frame of the future? Familiar looks to stitch together photos and videos on idle iPads | There are so many photo sharing apps floating around today — from Flickr to Instagram to PhotoBucket — that it can be hard for a startup company to make its mark. Just ask Marcus Womack, the co-founder and CEO of Familiar. And that’s why hi... |
| Jun 21, 2013 | From The Makers Of Everyme, Origami Launches Its Private Sharing Service For Families | Origami, the new family-focused product from Y Combinator-backed mobile social network Everyme, has now arrived after nearly a year of development. A spin-off of sorts, Origami takes some of the original inspiration behind Everyme – that pe... |
| May 8, 2013 | Disney Joins The Private Social Networking Craze With New Photo & Video Sharing App Called “Story” | The latest to join the cadre of startups offering tools for more private sharing outside of Facebook’s massive footprint is not, in fact, another startup, but rather another media giant: Disney. Citing its “rich heritage in storytelling,” D... |
| Mar 22, 2013 | Private Photo And Video Sharing Service For Families, Famil.io, Is Like A Dropbox For Memories | Famil.io, a new service for privately sharing photos and videos with your family across web and mobile, is today officially launching to the public. The sharing platform can serve as a complement to Facebook, where most families network tod... |
| Jan 21, 2013 | Family Apps Help You Get Closer | Someday, maybe, doctors will study a condition called Facebook fatigue. Maybe you’ve heard of it? Symptoms include a sudden outburst of “What the heck am I doing?” after you’ve wasted 15 minutes reading about your ex-girlfriend’s brother’s ... |
| Dec 10, 2012 | Familiar keeps growing, tops 47M photos displayed in Nov. | Photo sharing may be one of the most hyped parts of the consumer Internet world, tracing back to Facebook’s big buy of Instagram. But even so, people still love shooting and sharing photos from all sorts of gadgets. And that trend is playin... |
| Sep 18, 2012 | Familiar raises $1.3M to be your screensaver | Partovi brothers, Greylock, Index invest in startup that helps you create social photo screensavers Yes. I admit that I love those digital photo frames that display 500 of your favorite photos. I used to think they were cheesy. But now I lo... |
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FAQ about Familiar
When was Familiar founded?
Familiar was founded in 2011.
What has the press written about Familiar?
Parsers VC has collected 15 articles mentioning Familiar, among them “Picture this, bro: Taser maker buys digital picture frame startup” (Oct 10, 2013) and “Photo-Sharing Service Familiar Gets Acquired By Taser’s Evidence.com For An Enterprise Turn, After Offers From Twitter And More” (Oct 10, 2013).
Is Familiar still active?
Yes, Familiar is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Oct 10, 2013.