Timehop, a startup that humbly began as 4SquareAnd7YearsAgo, has just bagged a $1.1 million round of seed funding led by OATV and followed on by Techstars with additional participation from Spark Capital and a pretty worthy list of angels including Foursquare’s Dennis Crowley, Naveen Selvadurai and Alex Rainert, Groupme’s Steve Martocci and Jared Hecht, Rick Webb and Kevin Slavin.
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Super excited to be a part of this. Anyone who’s been to my house knows that I am a deeply, deeply nostalgic person. I have short shrift for the aggro, don’t look back mentality. Nostalgia to me is like time travel, it’s like reading a good book, it transports you to other places, and Timehop has been a really wonderful treat for me. As an aside, I am also seriously nocturnal, and I’ve been using Timehop lately to remind myself to go to bed, as the email come sin each morning at 5:20 AM or so.
Just yesterday, timehop sent me my email, and reminded me that a year ago I was seeing the reunion of one of my favorite boston bands from the 90’s, Mistle Thrush. It was a great day, and seeing a ton of old friends was really wonderful. It was also the last time I saw my friend Billy before he died. Some people might think that is sad and not want to be reminded of it, but it was actually really nice, taking a pause and thinking of him.
Lately, I’ve been Tweeting random things just so I can re-read them in a year, like a little time capsule to myself. I think the fun of it can increase over time, now that I know I’ll see certain things again in a year. Today, I am moving out of my old apartment for a new one, and I am already looking forward to the one year anniversary when the email comes in.
Congrats, guys.
