1000Memories

Website December 2025 1000Memories 1000memories.png Private Acquired by Ancestry.com 2010 Rudy Adler Jonathan Good Brett Huneycutt 2013 San Francisco, California, United States 1000memories.com 1000Memories was a website that let people organize, share, and discover old photos and memories and to set up family trees.Jason Kincaid 1000memories Expands Beyond Digital Memorials, Becomes A Facebook For The Past TechCrunch September 27, 2011 https://techcrunch.com/2011/09/27/1000memories-expands-beyond-digital-memorials-becomes-a-facebook-for-the-past/ https://archive.today/20111128095122/https://techcrunch.com/2011/09/27/1000memories-expands-beyond-digital-memorials-becomes-a-facebook-for-the-past/ November 28, 2011 live It was shut down in late 2013 after an acquisition by Ancestry.com.Rudy Adler Ancestry.com acquires 1000memories 1000memories.com October 3, 2012 http://blog.1000memories.com/170-ancestry-acquires-1000memories https://web.archive.org/web/20131022102952/http://blog.1000memories.com/170-ancestry-acquires-1000memories October 22, 2013 dead 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.Wade Roush 1000Memories Confronts Death by Celebrating Lives Xconomy August 16, 2010 http://www.xconomy.com/san-francisco/2010/08/16/1000memories-confronts-death-by-celebrating-lives/?single_page=true https://archive.today/20130209190842/http://www.xconomy.com/san-francisco/2010/08/16/1000memories-confronts-death-by-celebrating-lives/?single_page=true February 9, 2013 dead 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.Audrey Watters Funding for 1000Memories - A Nod to the Power of Digital Memories Readwriteweb.com February 16, 2011 http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/funding_for_1000memories_-_a_nod_to_the_power_of_d.php https://archive.today/20110223024809/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/funding_for_1000memories_-_a_nod_to_the_power_of_d.php February 23, 2011 dead In the fall of 2012, 1000Memories was acquired by Ancestry.com for an undisclosed sum.Sarah Perez Ancestry.com Acquires Photo Digitization And Sharing Service 1000memories TechCrunch October 3, 2012 https://techcrunch.com/2012/10/03/ancestry-com-acquires-photo-digitization-and-sharing-service-1000memories/ https://archive.today/20131006041329/https://techcrunch.com/2012/10/03/ancestry-com-acquires-photo-digitization-and-sharing-service-1000memories/ October 6, 2013 live References External links http://1000Memories.com/ Official website dead 2013-01-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20130111054345/http://1000memories.com/# 2018-11-26 Category:Defunct social networking services Category:American genealogy websites Category:Social information processing Category:Blog hosting services Category:Internet properties established in 2010 Category:2010 establishments in California Category:Internet properties disestablished in 2013 Category:2013 disestablishments in California Category:Y Combinator companies Category:Privately held companies based in San Francisco