Filepicker.io Rebrands As Ink, Raises $1.8M

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Post by brettcvz » Tue, Jun 18, 2013, 3:44 PM UTC

Filepicker.io Rebrands As Ink, Raises $1.8M
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Re: Filepicker.io Rebrands As Ink, Raises $1.8M

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Post by 2arrs2ells » Tue, Jun 18, 2013, 4:06 PM UTC

Congratulations Brett, Anand & Liyan!

Love the new design.

Re: Filepicker.io Rebrands As Ink, Raises $1.8M

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Post by brettcvz » Tue, Jun 18, 2013, 4:06 PM UTC

For more information about the rebrand, see http://blog.inkmobility.com/post/53283166185/ink-work-togeth....

For all of our customers, we want to thank you for your continuing support, and are looking forward to this next stage in our company's growth.

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Post by tribeofone » Tue, Jun 18, 2013, 4:19 PM UTC

congrats. I remember seeing this about a year ago, not sure what they were thinking, clearly they had a vision. Great website too, couldn't ask for a more potent product marketing hook.

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Post by nailer » Tue, Jun 18, 2013, 4:24 PM UTC

Seems reasonable - FilePicking (and multi-source rich media) is, for example, significantly more difficult problem than 'Social Login', yet JanRain's evaluation is probably far in excess of FPIO / Ink's.

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Post by prgfan » Tue, Jun 18, 2013, 4:37 PM UTC

Mobile's becoming increasingly important. If you saw the Mary Meeker slide deck, it's clear that growth isn't abating. It's an exciting space to be, and it's great to have more tooling around the area.

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Post by kimar » Tue, Jun 18, 2013, 4:49 PM UTC

Nice job Brett and team. Glad to see you guys unveiling your vision.

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Post by palderson » Tue, Jun 18, 2013, 5:00 PM UTC

As a user of the product, I love what these guys have done. Although I'd be curious if the end goal is similar to that of AddThis; i.e. selling user data for ad targeting?

Re: Filepicker.io Rebrands As Ink, Raises $1.8M

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Post by brettcvz » Tue, Jun 18, 2013, 5:09 PM UTC

palderson wrote: post #8

As a user of the product, I love what these guys have done. Although I'd be curious if the end goal is similar to that of AddThis; i.e. selling user data for ad targeting?

No, we definitely do not want to start selling user data. Our whole goal is to connect the applications and services that people use, making it easier for them to work with technology.

Re: Filepicker.io Rebrands As Ink, Raises $1.8M

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Post by jonny_eh » Tue, Jun 18, 2013, 5:21 PM UTC

Big congrats! We've been very happy with the service and the support. I look forward to the day when we can graduate out of the free tier :)