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Instapainting (YC W11) — Custom-made artwork from artists e-commerce marketplace

Instapainting turns any photo (from your phone, Facebook, Instagram, DSLR, the internet) into a hand-painted oil painting on real canvas, for $45 (for 10"x10"), and delivered in less than two weeks. The company is backed by Y Combinator and Start Fund (SV Angel and Yuri Milner).

Instapainting is a Y Combinator company in the Winter 2011 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Custom-made artwork from artists e-commerce marketplace. The founder listed is Chris Chen (Founder/CEO) (Y Combinator directory entry, January 17, 2012).

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Instapainting

New accelerator entry · 2012-01-17 · the record

Winter 2011
batch
2
people
Early
stage
Japan
region
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What the record says

BatchWinter 2011
Announced2012-01-17
StageEarly
StatusActive
Team size2
IndustryConsumer
Sub-industryConsumer -> Home and Personal
RegionsJapan, United States of America, East Asia, America / Canada, Remote, Fully Remote
BasedTokyo, Japan
HiringNo
Sitehttp://instapainting.com
Founded2010
Previously known asLike.fm

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Instapainting turns any photo (from your phone, Facebook, Instagram, DSLR, the internet) into a hand-painted oil painting on real canvas, for $45 (for 10"x10"), and delivered in less than two weeks. The company is backed by Y Combinator and Start Fund (SV Angel and Yuri Milner). Customers include founder and CEO of Pebble Technology, Eric Migicovsky, and founder and CEO of Apportable, Inc., Collin Jackson.

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