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Fabric

DefunctYC S16

San Francisco, US · 2 employees · 8 known investors

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Fabric is a mobile app that records and organizes a user's locations, activities, and social interactions into a personal log, allowing users to track where they've been and review associated photos and notes.

Also known as EchoWorks · Echoworks Inc. · fabric_app

ConsumerSocialPrivacyUnited States of AmericaAmerica / Canada

Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (S16)

AVArun Vijayvergiya
Arun VijayvergiyainFounder/CEO
NVNikolay Valtchanov
Nikolay ValtchanovinFounderNikolay Valtchanov is the founder of Fabric, a mobile app for logging and organizing one's locations, activities, and social interactions. He previously spent nearly five years as a product engineer on Facebook's early Platform teams (Mobile Platform, Open Graph) and worked on backend projects including Microsoft IIS and Google Docs, and is a full-stack web and mobile generalist with experience in iOS and product strategy.

Investors · 8

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K
Atento CapitalreportedTulsa · $500K – $1M
General CatalystreportedSan Francisco · $30M
GV (Google Ventures)reportedMountain View · $250K – $50M
Salesforce VenturesreportedSan Francisco · $5M – $50M
Thrive CapitalreportedNew York · $500K – $25M
Vast VenturesreportedFt. Lauderdale · $100K – $1M

Also in the syndicate · 1

Box Group

Funding

SEC filings, press & company announcements

Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.

Company profile

researched Aug 2026

Fabric, operated by Echoworks Inc. of San Francisco, California, was a consumer mobile application that automatically kept track of the places a user visited and let them add custom moments involving the people in their life. The app organized a user's photos by person, place or city and provided search across that personal archive, positioning itself as a way to "search your life like you search the web."

Press descriptions cited on the company's site characterized the product as a way to record and archive digital memories and as an automatic journal of a user's life. The service was discontinued, with users directed to export their data before deletion.

Latest developments

Fabric announced it was shutting down on March 1st, telling users to download their data before it was deleted and providing an email address and Twitter account for questions.

▸Full profile — technology, go-to-market, geography

Technology

The app automatically captured location history to build a log of places visited, and supported user-added moments tied to people. Stored photos were organized by person, place and city, and the resulting personal archive was searchable.

Go-to-market

Individual consumers seeking an automated personal journal and archive of their locations, activities, photos and social interactions.

Geography

Operated by Echoworks Inc., based in San Francisco, California.

Compiled by commissioned research from 1 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.

Competitors · 4

by search overlap
Fluree5 shared keywordsFluree is an enterprise AI data platform that provides a semantic, governed, immutable data layer and knowledge graphs built on W3C standards (JSON-LD, RDF, SPARQL, OWL, SHACL) to make AI outputs trustworthy, explainable, and auditable through cryptographic data lineage. It serves regulated and content-heavy organizations including defense, financial services, media, and pharma customers.
SEMrush4 shared keywordsSemrush provides competitive intelligence, SEO, keyword research, and content generation tools for growth marketers and small teams to improve visibility and optimize their acquisition funnel across Google and AI search.
Fabric Commerce4 shared keywordsfabric is a commerce platform for retailers, and this page presents its technology and solution partner ecosystem. It lists integration partners and agencies that connect with fabric's digital commerce platform.
Fabric Technologies4 shared keywordsFabric offers UGMA custodial investment accounts for children, allowing parents to invest money that grows over time and can be withdrawn for any child-related expenses. The service provides professionally managed portfolios with no hidden fees, penalty-free withdrawals, and tax advantages compared to standard investment accounts.

Companies competing with Fabric for the same Google search keywords, organic and paid, via search-intersection analysis.

Timeline · 1

launches, deals, and filings
Mar 2017
Fabric app shuts down

Fabric announced it was shutting down on March 1st, directing users to download their data before deletion and to contact feedback@echo.works or @fabric_app with questions.

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Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.

In the news

Fabric Raises $60M for its AI Platform that Allows Healthcare Providers to Focus on Providing Patient Care by Streamlining Workflows – AlleyWatchalleywatch.com · Feb 2024Fabric raises 100 million dollars in new funding roundfashionunited.com · Jul 2021Fabric raises $43 Million Series A Funding for development - Fibre2Fashionfibre2fashion.com · Feb 2021Fabric Raises $18M in Series B Funding to Transform How Families Protect Their Financial Futureprnewswire.com · Oct 2020

▸Research sources · 1

primary sources listed

1 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.

Frequently asked questions

What does Fabric do?
Fabric was a mobile personal-journaling app that automatically logged a user's places, moments and photos.
Who founded Fabric?
Fabric was founded by Arun Vijayvergiya, Nikolay Valtchanov.
Who are Fabric's investors?
Fabric's investors include Y Combinator, Atento Capital, General Catalyst, GV (Google Ventures), Salesforce Ventures, Thrive Capital, Vast Ventures.
Where is Fabric headquartered?
Fabric is headquartered in San Francisco, US.