Canvas Networks

Canvas Networks was a website centered on sharing and remixing media, particularly images. The website was established by the founder of 4chan, Christopher Poole, and backed by Andreessen Horowitz, SV Angel, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Founder Collective, and Joshua Schachter. It closed in 2014.

Company and funding

Reports indicate that Canvas Networks received at least US$3.63 million in seed funding. The site had seven employees and was based in New York City.

History

On January 31, 2011, Canvas officially opened, sending out invitations to users who had previously signed up to receive updates. In March 2011, Canvas made its discussion threads viewable by users who were not registered, while remaining in closed beta status. In early 2011, Poole began to virally market Canvas on sites such as Reddit. Canvas moved from private beta to open beta on September 6, 2011, at which point Poole reported that over fifty thousand users had registered during the private beta period. On January 21, 2014, the Canvas blog announced that the site was shutting down. The Canvas team promised that users would be able to download their contributions to the site in the near future, and proposed the possibility of an archive of the site's old threads.