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FamilyLeaf (YC W12) — Help families stay in touch

FamilyLeaf is a private place to share your life with your family. You create a private page where your family can easily share photos, share life updates, store contact information, and post messages.

FamilyLeaf is a Y Combinator company in the Winter 2012 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Help families stay in touch. The founders listed are Henry Liu (Founder), Ajay Mehta (Founder), Brandon Paton (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, November 23, 2011).

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FamilyLeaf

New accelerator entry · 2011-11-23 · the record

Winter 2012
batch
2
people
Early
stage
United States of America
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What the record says

BatchWinter 2012
Announced2011-11-23
StageEarly
StatusAcquired
Team size2
IndustryConsumer
Sub-industryConsumer -> Social
SectorsConsumer, Messaging, Social, Social Network
RegionsUnited States of America, America / Canada
BasedSan Francisco, CA, USA
HiringNo
Sitehttp://familyleaf.com

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FamilyLeaf is a private place to share your life with your family. You create a private page where your family can easily share photos, share life updates, store contact information, and post messages. Our mission is to bring families around the world closer together. Family is the most irreplaceable but overlooked social network; we want to help you share the little things that build a lifetime of love!

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