a photo database and community for the home design market, has raised
$2M from investors including Oren Zeev, who has backed digital
media leaders such as Audible and Chegg; Donald Katz, Founder CEO of
Audible.com; Gary Ginsberg, Executive Vice President of Time Warner
Inc.; Jeff Fluhr, Co-Founder of StubHub.com (and CEO until its sale to
eBay); Amos Wilnai, Founder of MMC Networks, and other outstanding
entrepreneurs.
Inspired by their own remodeling experience, Silicon Valley couple Adi
Tatarko and Alon Cohen created Houzz as a digital solution to clipping
design photos from magazines and stuffing them into a folder. Since its
inception in 2009, Houzz has grown into the largest online home design
photo database. On Houzz.com, users can:
scroll through more than 60,000 full-size home decor photos uploaded
by 10,000+ design and remodeling professionals
save favorite photos to their personal ideabooks
find design professionals in their area and send them ideabooks to
jumpstart projects
tap into Houzz's passionate community for design advice, tips and
trends
The site has spawned a highly engaged and robust community of
homeowners, professionals and general home design enthusiasts. Already,
more than 130,000 personal ideabooks have been created, with new ones
added every hour.
On Thursday, Houzz released its next-generation iPad app, available for
free on the iTunes
App Store. The app brings the swipe-and-touch experience to the
Houzz experience. The app may be viewed in an online
video demonstration.
"The organic growth of the Houzz community has been overwhelming, and
the feedback on Houzz.com
tells us that we have struck a chord within the home design community,"
says Adi Tatarko, CEO of Houzz. "Our funding allows us to continue to
innovate in the home design space, beginning with our groundbreaking new
iPad app that we believe will simplify how users search for inspiration
and realize their design dreams."
About Houzz:
Houzz is a community and photo database for home design enthusiasts,
with the largest collection of high quality home design photos available
online. More than 10,000 design professionals have showcased their
portfolios and uploaded more than 60,000 inspiring photos. To date, over
130,000 ideabooks have been created by Houzz members. Houzz is
headquartered in Palo Alto, California.
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