Polarr is a
startup
A startup or start-up is a company or project undertaken by an entrepreneur to seek, develop, and validate a scalable business model. While entrepreneurship refers to all new businesses, including self-employment and businesses that never intend t ...
headquartered in
San Jose, California
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, that offers applications to allow creators to make and distribute photos and video filters. Its products include mobile apps for creators to create and search for image filters, as well web-based products to edit photos.
Polarr is venture-backed and invested in by Threshold.vc, Cota Capital,
Pear VC,
StartX
StartX is a non-profit startup accelerator and founder community associated with Stanford University.
It was founded by Cameron Teitelman and Dan Ha in 2011.
It began as a spin-off of Stanford Student Enterprises, the non-profit financial a ...
and
ZhenFund
ZhenFund () is a Beijing-based venture capital firm founded in 2011 by New Oriental co-founders Bob Xu and Victor Wang. It is considered one of the largest Angel investors in China.
Background
In 2011, Bob Xu and Victor Wang established Zhen ...
.
History
In February 2015, Polarr launched an online photo editor.
In June 2015, the first mobile version of Polarr Photo Editor was released.
In the fall of 2015, Polarr released Polarr Photo Editors for
Windows 10
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and
macOS
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.
In December 2017, Polarr launched Album+, an app that organizes photos using on-device A.I.
In March 2019, Polarr announced a $11.5 million Series A led by Threshold Ventures.
In April 2022, Polarr launched the Polarr 24FPS app in which Polarr filters can be used on video.
In January 2023, Polarr launched Polarr Next, an
AI web app that learns the user's style to update photos automatically.
References
External links
{{Portal, California, Companies
Polarr Homepage
Photo software
Companies based in San Jose, California
Internet properties established in 2014
2014 establishments in California