500px co-Founder Oleg Gutsol departs, says he was “ousted from the company that he created”
A year ago, Toronto-based photo sharing service 500px brought on a few “tech heavy hitters” to grow its business. Andy Yang, formerly the managing…
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500px Brings on a Few Tech Heavy-Hitters in Andy Yang and Patrick Lor
It’s been a productive few months for 500px, the popular Toronto-based photo community powered by creative people. Last month they raised a massive $8.8…
500px Closes $8.8 million in Series A Funding to Launch Online Photo Marketplace
There is no shortage of places to share photos on the Internet today, but only one Toronto-based photo sharing service is nearing its goal…
Foap Launches Missions Feature to Let Brands Pay Users to Snap Marketing Photos
BetaKit last covered Swedish startup Foap when it secured $500,000 for its crowdsourced stock photo app that lets users monetize their smartphone photos, selling them to media…
Photo Community Pixoto Launches New Crowd-Ranked Stock Photo Service
In March 2012 BetaKit covered Pixoto, a photo community that is trying to offer an alternative to popular platforms like Flickr and 500px, while…
Trover Adds Desktop Uploader to Move Away from Being Mobile-First Travel Site
BetaKit covered Seattle-based Trover when it launched a web companion to its mobile discovery app targeted at travelers and photography enthusiasts, and today the…
500px Launches iPhone App to Bring its Photo Community to Everyone’s Pocket
Hot off its recent partnership with CanvasPop as its print-to-order fulfillment partner for North America and last week’s acquisition of French iOS app studio Pulpfingers, Toronto-based…
Cap That Adds $2.3M, Instagram Integration to Turn Video & Images Into Products
Los Angeles-based Cap That wants to help anyone create a piece of custom merchandise based on a video or photo, and today the company…
With 1.4M Images Uploaded, Foap Adds $500K for Crowdsourced Stock Photo App
Foap, an app that lets users sell their iPhone photos, announced today that since it launched in June over 1.4 million images have been uploaded…
500px Partners With CanvasPop to Power Photo Printing Marketplace
With the photo printing sector growing at more than 20 percent per year and projected to be a $1.9 billion industry in 2012 alone,…
500px Makes First Acquisition, Recommendation Software Startup Algo Anywhere
Photo-sharing site 500px today announced the acquisition of fellow Toronto-startup Algo Anywhere, in a stock and cash deal the specific terms of which were…
500px Debuts Android App, Updates iPad Version for Retina Display
Toronto-based photo sharing site 500px, which has done a good job of attracting away pro and advanced amateur photographers from sites like Flickr, today…
Pixoto Growing Photo-Ranking Community for Photographers
Flickr might be the de facto photo-sharing community, but new entrants are trying to lure photographers and users alike. One of the most popular…