| Acquired by | Critical Path |
| Date | 1/10 |
| Website | shozu.com |
| Blog | shozu.vox.com |
| Category | Mobile/Wireless |
| Phone | 415 503 3673 |
| Employees | |
| Description | Mobile upload service |
| Total | $36M |
| Series A Atlas Venture TLcom Capital Partners TTP Ventures | $12M |
| Series B, 5/05 Atlas Venture Crescendo Ventures TLcom Capital Partners TTP Ventures | $12M |
| Series C, 1/08 SEB Venture Capital Atlas Venture Crescendo Ventures TTP Ventures | $12M |
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.
| Stage | Beta |
| Launch Date | March 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 Desktop on a mobile PC
| Launch Date | July 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.