Kicksend
The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.
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01 / WHAT IT BUILT
What the company did
Kicksend was a Mountain View-based mobile photo sharing and printing startup founded in 2011 by Pradeep Elankumaran and Brendan Lim, part of Y Combinator's Summer 2011 batch. It started as dead-simple, no-size-limit file sharing, then pivoted to mobile photo sharing and printing: users could share full-resolution photos and order prints from their phones at over 20,000 retail locations (Walmart, Walgreens, CVS, Target) with one-hour pickup or home delivery. It raised $1.8 million in seed funding led by True Ventures in November 2011 and was acquired in April 2016.
02 / FAILURE REASONS
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03 / EVENT HISTORY
Events in the structured record
- Founded and seed round
Kicksend was founded in 2011 by Pradeep Elankumaran and Brendan Lim, joined Y Combinator's Summer 2011 batch, launched its beta file-sharing service in August, and raised $1.8 million in seed funding led by True Ventures in November.
- Walmart photo printing deal
The company signed a deal with Walmart allowing users to send print jobs to some 3,800 US stores, adding to existing deals with Walgreens, Target and CVS; revenue topped $150,000 per month and grew 30% month-over-month.
- Acquired
Kicksend was acquired in April 2016 (acquirer undisclosed in accessible records).
04 / CONTEMPORARY REBUILD ASSESSMENT
Difficulty of rebuilding this project today
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05 / CAUSAL CHAIN / AFTERMATH
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