LightBox

http://lightbox.com/

Last activity: 06.04.2025

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Categories: ITTools

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Overview

Location

United States, California, Menlo Park

Total raised

$1.1M

Investors 1

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Funding Rounds 1

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Mentions in press and media 18

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Apr 6, 2025	FirstPartyCapital Raises Strategic Funding From DoubleVerify	FirstPartyCapital (FPC), an early-stage venture capital firm specialising in adtech, martech, and digital media, announced a strategic investment from DoubleVerify, a leading software platform for digital media measurement, data, and analyt...
Mar 8, 2016	500 Startups launches $10m fund for Vietnam	When 500 Startups founding partner Dave McClure excitably tweeted this week that he was on a flight to Vietnam, we knew something was up. Today, the Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm announced it set up a US$10 million microfund fo...
Mar 8, 2016	500 Startups launches $10m fund for Vietnam	When 500 Startups founding partner Dave McClure excitably tweeted this week that he was on a flight to Vietnam, we knew something was up. Today, the Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm announced it set up a US$10 million microfund for...
May 16, 2012	Facebook acquires Android photo app Lightbox	Social network giant already holds record for most acquisitions pre-IPO, and two other records Updated with additional information on pre-IPO numbers When Facebook goes public this week, it will have already broken the record for acquiring ...
May 15, 2012	Facebook’s shopping spree continues with Lightbox acqui-hire	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! It’s not an acquisition per se, but Facebook has ...
May 15, 2012	Facebook Hires Team From Android Photosharing App Dev Lightbox To Quiet Mobile Fears	Facebook has just closed a deal to hire the all the employees (except for one) from Android photosharing app developer Lightbox, which should reduce worries that mobile will be its downfall. The Lightbox Photos app developed by the 500 Star...
Jan 4, 2012	Android Market’s “Featured Apps” Seeing Explosive Download Numbers	Getting featured in the Android Market is starting to have a meaningful impact for mobile app developers. According to the recent news from fitness app maker RunKeeper, the company saw a 637% increase in downloads since November after just ...
Dec 12, 2011	Lightbox leaps beyond Instagram with Tumblr-like photo journals	Many Android smartphone owners are eagerly awaiting the chance to use the hot photo sharing app Instagram currently only offers on Apple phones. But Instagram’s Android-only competitor Lightbox is debuting a new photo journal feature today ...
Dec 12, 2011	Lightbox leaps beyond Instagram with Tumblr-like photo journals	Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. Many Android smartphone owners are eagerly awaiting the chance to use the hot photo sharing app Instagram currently only offers on Appl...
Dec 12, 2011	Lightbox App Debuts New Photo Journal: It’s A Lazy Man’s Tumblr	Lightbox, the beautifully designed social photo app for Android backed by $1.2 million in seed funding from Index, Accel, SV Angel, 500 Startups, and others, is today launching a revamped web interface that’s like a lazy man’s Tumblr. As wi...
Dec 5, 2011	EyeEm app picks up the pace as European startups fight for the photo crown	Pretender to the Instagram throne, EyeEm, a camera and photo discovery app startup, has launched a big update across its Android and iOS apps and the supporting web platform. It’s now even even more about visual, location-based search and h...
Jul 7, 2011	Loic Needs To Get His Head Out Of His Silicon Valley	I have the hugest respect for Loic Le Meur. Years before anyone was organising a major tech conference in Europe (outside of the dull corporate IT ones) Loic was charging ahead with first Les Blogs, which became the juggernaut of Le Web. It...
Jun 15, 2011	Going “Android First:” The Road to Lightbox’s Commercial Launch	Lightbox, a beautifully designed photo sharing and camera replacement app originally launched into beta at this year’s SXSW. Between then and today’s public launch, the app has been overhauled, and has added support for Honeycomb tablets. B...
Apr 5, 2011	TechCrunch Europe and The Telegraph release the Startup100	TechCrunch Europe occasionally partners with other media outlets in Europe in order to support the European ecosystem. Last December we agreed to link up with the London Telegraph newspaper, which planned to put some time and resources into...
Mar 18, 2011	SXSW: LightBox, Gorgeous New Photo App Goes Android-First	LightBox is a beautifully designed new Android application, debuting at this week’s SXSW conference in Austin, Texas. The app, which describes itself as a “social camera roll,” is notable not only for its attractive design, still somewhat o...
Mar 13, 2011	Lightbox wants to be Android's new camera app, raises $1.1 million from Valley players	Although Android adoption is growing at a huge clip compared to the iPhone (not hard, since there are so many more devices and plans), iPhone apps still remain the benchmark for the smartphone app experience. In part this is down to the fac...
Mar 12, 2011	Lightbox Photos Wants To Be Your New Android Camera App (SXSW)	Although Android adoption is growing at a huge clip compared to the iPhone (not hard, since there are so many more devices and plans), iPhone apps still remain the benchmark for the smartphone app experience. In part this is down to the fac...

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FAQ about LightBox

How much funding has LightBox raised?

LightBox has raised $1.1M in total across 1 funding round.

What has the press written about LightBox?

Parsers VC has collected 18 articles mentioning LightBox, among them “FirstPartyCapital Raises Strategic Funding From DoubleVerify” (Apr 6, 2025) and “500 Startups launches $10m fund for Vietnam” (Mar 8, 2016).

Is LightBox still active?

Yes, LightBox is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Apr 6, 2025.