Mocavo
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Online services Genealogy Online publishing |
| Founded | 2011 |
| Headquarters | Boulder, Colorado, Colorado, US |
Key people | Cliff Shaw, President/CEO Richard Miller, CTO[1] |
| Website | mocavo.com |
Mocavo is a privately held Internet company based in Boulder, Colorado, United States.[2] It is a for-profit, genealogy search engine with millions of records and historical documents online;[3] it provides a number of tools such as family trees and advanced search features for genealogical and historical research.[4]
History
Founded by Cliff Shaw, Mocavo launched on March 16, 2011.[5] On June 14, 2011, Family Tree Magazine named Mocavo as one of the best 101 genealogy websites of 2011.[6]
Mocavo participated in the Boulder Techstars program in the Summer of 2011.[7]
In September 2011, Mocavo raised a 1 million dollar round from "David Cohen, Dave McClure, David Bonderman, Walt Winshall, David Calone, Dave Carlson, Troy Henikoff, and other angels".[8] Mocavo introduced Mocavo.co.uk on November 29, 2011[9] and launched its first paid service named Mocavo Plus in December 2011.[10] In May 2012, Mocavo received a $4.1 million Series A round of funding from the Foundry Group.[11]
After gaining additional funding, Ryan Hunter and Michael J. Leclerc joined Mocavo as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Genealogist respectively.[12] In September 2012, Mocavo acquired ReadyMicro, a Utah-based company that specialized in digitization and preservation services.[13]
In November 2012, Mocavo launched a free Yearbook collection[14] and rolled out free scanning services for all Mocavo members.[15] In January 2013 Mocavo joined FHISO as one of the founding members,[16] to help maintain, develop and evolve the GEDCOM standards sought by the genealogy community; it also partnered with FreeBMD to add 300 million English and Welsh records to the Mocavo index.[17] On October 11, 2013, Mocavo announced its Free Forever Movement.[18] In June 2014 it was announced that UK based genealogy provider Findmypast had acquired the company for an undisclosed sum.[19]
Products and services
Mocavo offers a variety of historically significant documents and images, such as records from the Social Security Death Index as well as a free yearbook collection.
Mocavo offers three different subscription tiers: Mocavo Basic, Mocavo Silver, & Mocavo Gold.
References
- ^ "DevOps Demands You Fix Twice". InformationWeek.
- ^ LAUNCH Instant 001: Mocavo
- ^ Colorado’s ‘Mocavo’ is a Genealogical Search Engine for Cheapskates like Me
- ^ Brad McCarty (5 August 2011). "Genealogy buffs rejoice as Mocavo indexes countless searches into a single, social site". The Next Web.
- ^ "Genealogy Insider - Free genealogy search engine Mocavo.com launches". familytreemagazine.com.
- ^ "Tech Tools - Family Tree Magazine". familytreemagazine.com.
- ^ "Full Startup Investment and Return Statistics". Techstars.
- ^ Jason Kincaid. "Mocavo Raises $1 Million To Build Its Ancestry-Centric Search Engine". TechCrunch. AOL.
- ^ Mocavo Introduces a U.K. Version of Its Genealogy Search Engine
- ^ Mocavo Plus - The Next Generation of Genealogy Search Engine
- ^ "Mocavo". crunchbase.com.
- ^ "Mocavo Expands Leadership Team with Industry Veterans". businesswire.com. 25 January 2012.
- ^ "Mocavo Buys ReadyMicro For Digitization Technology - Techrockies.com". techrockies.com.
- ^ Randy Seaver. "Genea-Musings". geneamusings.com.
- ^ "GeneaPress". geneapress.com.
- ^ "Let's Connect. Mocavo experts join FHISO Founding Members". Family History Information Standards Organisation.
- ^ "RootsWeb: FREEBMD-SYNDICATES-L FreeBMD Newsletter - March 2013". ancestry.com.
- ^ James Tanner. "Genealogy's Star: Mocavo makes a bid in database race". genealogysstar.blogspot.com.
- ^ "Findmypast buys Mocavo". whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com.