Timehop aggregates users' historical social posts and photos to show what they posted on the same day in prior years. The app pulls from social networks (examples cited include Facebook and Twitter) and is available on iOS and Android. The company has experimented with diary-like features and plans integrations such as Google+ and fuller iPhone photostream support. Timehop reports about 3 million people check the app every day, and roughly 80% of its users are female; many users are in high school or college and are largely located in the U.S. and the U.K. Usage spikes on Thursdays, likely driven by the "throwback Thursday" trend. The new funding will be used primarily to expand product teams to support its core technology, while new features and experiments are a lower priority. Timehop, originally 4SquareAnd7YearsAgo, is a New York–based mobile-first app that pulls up status updates, photos, and other social posts from a year or more ago. The product is positioned as a dedicated place to reminisce online, reminding users of friends they’ve lost contact with and past moments. CEO Jonathan Wegener said the company will use the new funding to build out the team beyond its current seven employees and to focus on improving its mobile apps. Timehop recently shut down its e-mail service as it concentrates on mobile. The company reports that one-third of its user base opens the product on any given day, a metric the team cites as strong stickiness and retention. Earlier backers include angels such as Dennis Crowley, Naveen Selvadurai, Alex Rainert, Steve Martocci, Jared Hecht, Rick Webb, and Kevin Slavin. Timehop aggregates users' past activity from services like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Foursquare to surface memories via a daily email and a newly released iPhone app. The app adds Flickr and camera‑roll photos and shows every item from a given day going back to when users started those services. It surfaces daily push notifications and makes sharing items (each with its own URL) to Twitter, Facebook, text or email a one‑tap action. The company positions the product as a social network of past experiences with built‑in commenting and liking potential. Timehop has about 150,000 users and has continued operating alongside its email product. The company is New York‑based and is led by co‑founder and CEO Jonathan Wegener.

Total raised

$14M

Funding rounds

3

Latest round

Series B

Latest activity

Jul 2014