The Kive Company (DBA Artkive)[1][2] is an American company based in Van Nuys, California[3] that preserves children's artwork as digital images, custom books and framed mosaics.[4][5] Artkive "was created with the missions of using technology to make parents' lives easier."[6] The business is praised for the ease of its concierge service and timely customer service.[7]
History
The company was founded in 2012 by cousins Jedd Gold and Jeff Lipp as a solution to preserve artwork for families.[8] Gold brought with him a background in marketing, previously working for Pepsi and Variety Magazine.[9] Lipp previously worked in eCommerce and corporate finance. He also brought a wealth of business experience as the co-founder and CEO of Chockstone, Inc. and Pure Payments, Inc.[10] The Kive Company raised $500,000 in seed funding “from Los Angeles-based startup accelerator Amplify, which The Kive Company has joined, and from various angel investors.”[11][12]
The company's first product was the Artkive App, a mobile application to preserve children's art. Users were able to upload and organize personal art images, with an option to order a custom book through the app.[13][14]
In 2018, The Kive Company launched the Artkive Box, a concierge service that sends parents a box for their children's artwork. Parents return the art with a prepaid shipping label. Each piece of art is then professionally photographed, edited, and then formatted into a custom art book.[15] At first, profitability was minimal. As a last ditch effort Gold and Lipp decided to “hire an agency, make a viral video and give it 90 days.”[16] The video went on to receive over 10 million views.[15] Soon after, Artkive Box sales per day would equal their rate of sales per month. To meet demand, the company scaled and would hire 100 new employees within the next 12 months.[17]
In 2019, The company expanded into a 10,500 square foot warehouse space designed by AAmp Studio in order to accommodate the business’ growing needs.[18]
In 2023, Artkive launched Cardkive, a similar concierge service to Artkive, offering a smaller box and shipping label to preserve greeting and wedding cards into a keepsake book.[19]
In 2024, The Kive Company acquired Mombox[20], a business that sells “a curated kit of postnatal care products focused squarely on the mom rather than the child.”[21]
Description
The Kive Company offers multiple ways to preserve art, cards, and photo albums. There is also a membership program for ongoing file storage of art, cards, and/or photos. The two main products are an art book and a framed mosaic print.[22]
Artkive is a concierge service offering photography, photo editing, book design, and book printing for children’s art sent through a paid label shipping box.[23][24]
Photokive is a concierge service offering photography, photo editing, book design, and book printing for photos and albums sent through a paid label shipping box.[25]
Cardkive is a concierge service offering photography, photo editing, book design, and book printing for greeting cards sent through a smaller paid label shipping box.[19]
Awards and Acknowledgements
2013
- Splash SF February 2013 People’s Choice Award[26][27]
- Startup World LA 2013 Winner[28]
2020
- Inc. Magazine named Artkive to their top 300 list of fastest growing private companies in America.[29]
2021
- Artkive Framed Mosaic Featured in the fall edition of Oprah’s O-List[30][31]
- Artkive was featured in Good Housekeeping's 2021 Storage Awards.[32]
2025
- In the wake of the Los Angeles fires, the company’s Photokive product was featured in the television show, The View.[33]
References
"Artkive". AAmp Studio. Retrieved 2026-04-01.
Comment: In accordance with the Wikimedia Foundation's Terms of Use, I disclose that I have been paid by my employer for my contributions to this article. Artkive (talk) 08:23, 2 April 2026 (UTC)