Aviary said it closed a $6 million round of funding from Spark Capital, Bezos Expeditions, and unidentified strategic investors. The New York company, which is developing a photo editing platform, said the platform is used by 8 million people, who have edited 100 million photos in the past 30 days.
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Aviary’s usage skyrockets, raises $6M to grow team
New York – June 27, 2012 – Aviary, the leading cross-platform photo-editing solution, today announced a new milestone, having edited over 100 million photos in the past 30 days. Aviary’s platform is now used regularly by 8 million people across 1,200 partner apps including Flickr, Mailchimp, Shopify, Box, TwitPic, and Halftone.
To support their continued growth, Aviary recently closed a $6 million round of funding from Spark Capital, Bezos Expeditions, and to-be-announced strategic investors. The additional capital will be used to support new partnerships, continue to enhance the team, and cement the company as the industry standard photo-editing API.
“Aviary’s growth over the past year has been nothing short of remarkable,” said Mo Koyfman, General Partner of Spark Capital. “As the mobile photo category continues to explode, Aviary is poised to become the photo editing & creativity solution of choice for developers looking to deliver best of breed photo experiences to their consumers.”
Aviary’s recently launched “Photo Editor by Aviary,” a showcase mobile app for iPhone, Android, and Windows Phone, offers developers a way to preview the host of photo-editing features available for implementation into their apps. The app also serves as an opportunity for consumers to install and try Aviary’s technology directly. It was an instant success, having been downloaded nearly a million times in its first week alone and recently moving into the App Store’s Top 25 list overall (and top three in the Photos category).
“We are thrilled with the positive response we continue to receive from developers, partners, and consumers using Aviary’s technology,” said Avi Muchnick, Aviary CEO & co-founder. “Powering millions of people’s photos every day is an incredibly motivating milestone on our company’s journey to power the world’s creativity.”
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About Aviary Aviary’s mission is to power the world’s creativity. Founded in 2007 and based in New York, Aviary’s technology is used by millions of consumers and over one thousand apps. Aviary’s effects and editing tools, combined with seamless integration, offers app developers unrivaled imaging capabilities at no cost. The SDKs are available for all major web and mobile platforms.
About Spark Capital Spark Capital is a venture capital firm that partners with exceptional entrepreneurs seeking to build disruptive, world-changing companies. Founded in 2005, the firm is a tight-knit group of partners managing approximately $1 billion across three funds. Headquartered in Boston, Spark maintains an office in New York City and invests across the globe. The firm provides seed and early stage financing to emerging technology companies as well as growth capital to those looking to establish category leadership. Spark Capital invests across a number of key market segments including: advertising & monetization, commerce & services, cloud & infrastructure, social, mobile and content. Spark’s portfolio includes companies such as Twitter, Tumblr, Foursquare, AdMeld, OMGPOP, ThePlatform, IPWireless and 5Min. To learn more, visit www.sparkcapital.com.
About Bezos Expeditions Bezos Expeditions is the personal investment company
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