Trovebox
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Type of site | Image Hosting Service |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | USA |
| Founder(s) | Jaisen Mathai and Patrick Santana |
| URL | trovebox |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Not required for viewing |
| Launched | 2011 |
| Current status | Acquired |
Trovebox was a for-profit open source digital photography sharing and management platform. The site was acquired in July, 2014 and the hosted service was shut down on March 31, 2015.
Trovebox was initially started by Jaisen Mathai and Patrick Santana as a Kickstarter project[1] and launched in December 2011.[2] Trovebox was originally known as OpenPhoto until being rebranded in January 2013.[3]
Trovebox received funding from the Shuttleworth Foundation.[4]
The site was acquired[5] by Western Digital in July, 2014 to be integrated into the My Cloud product line.
As part of the acquisition, the company announced[6] on January 16, 2015 that they would be shutting down the hosted service on March 31, 2015.