Welcome to our feature highlighting the numerous Colorado tech companies that make cool stuff. These little snippets are intended for readers to explore the technology being made right here. One company at a time, of course.
Photobucket
Photobucket helps procrastinators with the ultimate last-minute gift (and no clue it was created the same day). Just pull up the new Photoshop Express app, pick a book layout, add photos and press order. Pick up in as little as an hour at nearby Walgreens.
Who knew? You can now slap favorite photos on to pillows, blankets and shower curtains . Home wares is just one market newish to the Denver photo company. (And yeah, this market is not new. And it’s crowded — even and will sell you pillows.) But with newer photo sites getting , Photobucket isn’t standing still. As one of the top back in the ‘OOs, Photobucket has held its own still a month. It’s raised a bunch of venture capital this year, plus acquired a few apps and launched a that turns smartphone photos into a photo book you can order and pick up within an hour at a nearby Walgreens. Win-win for all last-minute gift givers and receivers!
Headquarters: 2399 Blake Street in Denver
Founded: 2003
Founders: Darren Crystal and Alex Welch, who left the company in 2009. Welch returned this year when by Photobucket.
CEO: Tom Munro, who was part of Ontela, which bought . in 2007.
Employees: About 60 mostly in Denver
Recent news: Raised to help fund purchases and grow the company.
Contact:support@photobucket.com
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