Memoir
Techstars '11New York City, US · 9 employees on LinkedIn · 7 known investors
New York City-based mobile app for private, contextual sharing of personal photos and memories.
Also known as Memoir
Investors · 7
Also in the syndicate · 2
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Memoir is a New York City-based consumer mobile application described as a photo sharing app that centers on private sharing of memories. The product aggregates a user's photos and memories from the device camera roll and from connected accounts including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Foursquare, presenting them back to the user in a way intended to let them relive past moments. Content is private by default and can be shared selectively.
The company positioned the product as a personalized, contextual and collaborative social network organized around memories rather than public broadcast feeds. Available sourcing on the company is limited to a single funding announcement from November 2014; no material describing later product iterations, user numbers, or the company's current state is present in the sources reviewed.
Latest developments
The most recent development identified in the sources is the November 2014 announcement of a $5.5 million Series A financing led by Redpoint Ventures.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history, risks & controversies
Market position
Positioned as a private, contextual and collaborative memory-sharing network rather than a public social feed.
Technology
The application ingests photos and posts from a user's camera roll and from Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Foursquare, and surfaces them contextually as private, shareable memories.
Go-to-market
Consumers who want to collect and privately share personal photos and memories drawn from their phone and social accounts.
Geography
Headquartered in New York City, United States.
History
Memoir was co-founded by CEO Lee Hoffman and Angela Kim and launched in September 2013. In November 2014 the company announced a $5.5 million Series A round led by Redpoint Ventures, with proceeds earmarked for growing the platform.
Risks & controversies
Note on name twins: several sources retrieved concern unrelated entities sharing the Memoir name or the memoir subject matter, including memoir-writing services (Write My Memoirs, StoryTerrace), memoir book lists, and a 2026 Y Combinator company called Memoir (trymemoir.ai, San Francisco) that builds AI marketing tooling. These were excluded from this profile.
Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Timeline · 2
launches, deals, and filingsNew York City-based photo sharing app Memoir raised $5.5 million in Series A funding led by Redpoint Ventures, with participation from Thrive Capital, Founder Collective, Box Group, Lerer Hippeau Ventures and Joel Spolsky. The company said it would use the funds to grow the platform.
$5.5M source ↗
Memoir, co-founded by CEO Lee Hoffman and Angela Kim, launched its private memory-sharing application.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
In the news
▸Research sources · 8
primary sources listed
- memoir-memoir.com | Stories From Livesmemoir-memoir.com · web
8 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Memoir do?
- New York City-based mobile app for private, contextual sharing of personal photos and memories.
- Who are Memoir's investors?
- Memoir's investors include Techstars, Founder Collective, Lerer Hippeau, Redpoint Ventures, Thrive Capital.
- Where is Memoir headquartered?
- Memoir is headquartered in New York City, US.