| Acquired by | Sonic Solutions |
| Price | $6M |
| Date | 4/08 |
| Category | Consumer Web |
| Phone | 415-568-2900 |
| Employees | |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Description | Memory Sharing Service |
| Our Pictures, 9/05 |
| TOTAL | $7.1M |
| FUNDING TOTAL | $7.1M |
| Seed, 8/03 Venrock | $800k |
| Series A, 8/05 Venrock Agile Capital Partners | $6.3M |
Simple Star, Inc. develops and distributes software products and services that help consumers to share memories. The company provides PhotoShow, a photo platform that is used to organize and edit digital photos and video clips into multimedia photo shows, including credits, captions, transitions, special effects, and animations with musical soundtracks, as well as allows users to share photo shows on personal computers, televisions, and handheld devices. It also offers various theme packs that turn photo shows into holiday greetings, graduation celebrations, declarations of love, and patriotic celebrations. The company also provides an online service to make and post photo shows on the Web. It provides its products through its partners, including cable companies, digital media software providers, online photo service providers, retailers with photo finishing services, and hardware manufacturers. Simple Star, Inc. was formerly known as Noize Play, Inc. The company was founded in 2001 and is based in San Francisco, California. As of April 24, 2008, Simple Star, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Sonic Solutions (NasdaqNM:SNIC).
