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Acquired byCritical Path
Date1/10

General Information

Websiteshozu.com
Blogshozu.vox.com
CategoryMobile/Wireless
Phone415 503 3673
Email
Employees
DescriptionMobile upload service

Offices

San Francisco, USA
600 Townsend St., Suite 120E
San Francisco, CA, 94103
USA
HeadQuarters
36 Tanner Street
London, SE1 3LD, GBR

People

Chairman & CEO
VP Products and Marketing
VP Engineering & Operations

Funding

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Shozu

ShoZu creates technology to transfer content from your phone directly to as many as 30 content sharing sites including YouTube, Facebook, Flickr, and Webshots. This is done using ShoZu’s patented upload system. In addition to the convenience that the service provides, users also save money on data costs by only sending a single message, ShoZu handles the rest. ShoZu works in both directions, users can have online content sent to their phones. Over 300 cell phones are compatible with ShoZu.

Milestones

  • Handshake
    Shozu was acquired by Critical Path. (1/4/10)
    Posted 1/4/10 at 3:40pm
  • Dollar
    Shozu received $12M in Series C funding. (1/29/08)
    Posted 2/12/08 at 6:02pm
  • Dollar
    Shozu received $12M in Series B funding. (5/1/05)
    Posted 12/22/07 at 6:12am
  • Dollar
    Shozu received $12M in Series A funding.
    Posted 12/22/07 at 6:21am
  • Check
    Shozu added Graham French as VP Engineering & Operations.
    Posted 4/9/08 at 8:47pm
  • Check
    Shozu added Jennifer Grenz as VP Products and Marketing.
    Posted 4/9/08 at 8:47pm
  • Check
    Shozu added Chris Wade as Chairman & CEO.
    Posted 6/23/09 at 3:33am

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Products

ShoZu

WebsiteShoZu.com
Blogshozu.vox.com
Tags mobile
Shozu screenshot
Above: ShoZu Website
Uploaded: 7/11/09
Shozu screenshot
Above: Choose how you want to ShoZu
Uploaded: 7/11/09

Videos

Above:

N95 ShoZu Guide

ShoZu Dekstop

StageBeta
Launch DateMarch 13, 2008

ShoZu Desktop is a Mac & PC compatible software that allows you to drag and drop photos or videos on your computer to over 30 destinations including Facebook, MySpace, Flickr, YouTube, etc. You can add tags, titles, and descriptions to any photo or video before uploading.

Shozu screenshot
Above: ShoZu Dekstop Screenshot -- #1
Uploaded: 4/10/08

Videos

Above:

Shozu Desktop on a mobile PC

ShoZu iPhone App

Launch DateJuly 10, 2008
Tags iphone-app

The Shozu iPhone app allows users to interact with a number of social websites, including YouTube, Facebook, flickr, and a number of others. Users can upload photos to these services, comment on other users’ profiles, and send status updates, depending on the site involved.

Shozu screenshot
Above: ShoZu iPhone App Screenshot -- #1
Uploaded: 7/10/08

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Sources

  1. Done deal: Critical Path acquires Shozu, CEO Chris Wade stays on as consultant (eu.techcrunch.com) [edit]
  2. telecommagazine.com [edit]
  3. shozu.com [edit]
  4. Shozu Raises 6 Million Pounds in Series C Funding (uk.techcrunch.com) [edit]
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