| Date | Title | Description |
| 06.05.2022 | OurFamilyWizard Acquires Cozi, #1 Family Organizing App | Over the past 2 years, Spectrum Equity has partnered with OurFamilyWizard, the leading app for peaceful co-parenting, to identify new ways to better serve families living separately. Through the strategic acquisition of Cozi, a bellwether a... |
| 04.05.2022 | Super rich individuals are private equity’s growing LP base | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
It’s been happening over a decade. Rather than settle on endowments or pension funds, the biggest... |
| 04.05.2022 | Seattle family organization app Cozi acquired by co-parenting app OurFamilyWizard | OurFamilyWizard app screen shots. (OurFamilyWizard Images)
OurFamilyWizard, a co-parenting app for families living separately, is acquiring Seattle-based Cozi, a family organizing app founded in 2005, the companies announced Wednesday.
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| 04.03.2022 | What is the Best App for Sharing a Calendar? | “Alone, we can do so little; together, we can do so much.” — Helen Keller As an entrepreneur, that is one of my favorite quotes.
I have long realized that being a part of a startup or family means that you’re just one of several players on ... |
| 03.12.2017 | Lifehacks That Make Being A Working Mom A Little Bit Easier | Shutterstock |
| 08.02.2016 | Why most A/B tests give you bullshit results | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
By now, anyone in product or marketing knows what... |
| 08.02.2016 | Why most A/B tests give you bullshit results | By now, anyone in product or marketing knows what A/B testing is. What we don’t know, or at least won’t admit, is that too many A/B tests yield nothing.
Too often they measure meaningless variants, produce inconclusive results, and nothing ... |
| 06.06.2014 | Roundup: InDemand Interpreting, Cozi, Ada Developers, Accelerators & More | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
This week, we’re catching up on a funding round for medical interpreting service provider InDemand Interpreting, the acquisition by Time of Cozi, expansion at the Ada Develope... |
| 03.06.2014 | Time Buys Seattle-Based Family Organizer Service Cozi | Time, Inc. has acquired Seattle-based Cozi, the makers of a popular family organizer utility for web and mobile, the companies announced on Monday. Founded in 2005 by Robbie Cape and Jan Miksovsky, both previously of Microsoft, Cozi offers ... |
| 02.06.2014 | Time Inc. buys family scheduling app Cozi | Seattle startup Cozi, founded in 2005 by former Microsoft manager Robbie Cape, has been acquired by Time Inc. in a deal of undisclosed size.
The company, with about 10 million users, developed a Web site and mobile application designed to h... |
| 08.04.2014 | Zillow, Haiku Deck, Tred nominated for Webby Awards honoring top apps, websites | Haiku Deck co-founders Kevin Leneway and Adam Tratt were nominated for a 2014 Webby.
Nominations were released today for the 18th annual Webby Awards, the Oscars-style bash for Internet innovation, creativity and other wacky stuff. As usual... |
| 07.02.2014 | 5 popular apps for families on the go | This post is produced in association with Life360.
Between the kids’ soccer games, their school work, keeping up with the grocery shopping, and more, managing a family and figuring out who is supposed to be where is a full-time job. Thankfu... |
| 10.11.2013 | Here’s the iPhone app supermodel Gisele Bündchen uses to organize her busy family life with star QB Tom Brady | Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bündchen seems to have it all — extreme wealth; off-the-charts beauty; and a superstar quarterback for a husband in Tom Brady of the New England Patriots.
But how does the 33-year-old mother and entrepreneur keep... |
| 16.05.2013 | SquareHub emerges with high-profile backers and a goal to connect families | Dave Cotter is a divorced father of three girls — a busy guy who struggles to keep up with his family’s hectic schedule.
“My ex wife and I were just looking for a better way to stay coordinated,” says Cotter, a well known entrepreneur who p... |
| 21.02.2013 | Cozi scores cash to help busy families organize their lives | Cozi, the Seattle startup which helps busy families manager calendars, track locations and find babysitters, has raised an additional $5.7 million, according to a SEC filing.
Last year, the company raised $3 million, and CEO Robbie Cape tol... |
| 15.02.2013 | Roundup: Cozi, X2Impact Raise Funds, Angels Report, and More | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Investors are making bets on Seattle companies including family organizer Cozi and X2Impact, which aims to prevent sports head injuries, while angel groups the Keiretsu Form N... |
| 26.01.2012 | Cozi raises $3M, plans to bolster premium calendar offering as CEO says things are ‘on fire’ | Robbie Cape
With key partnerships in place with the likes of Dell Computer and T-Mobile, Seattle startup Cozi has been adding roughly 20,000 new family members per day.
“Things are literally on fire,” said CEO Robbie Cape in explaining the ... |
| 08.11.2011 | Intelius quietly buys Facebook genealogy app Family Builder | Intelius is best known for its background checks on family members, friends or employees. But now the Bellevue company is expanding in a new direction: Helping busy families connect and communicate.
Intelius quietly purchased popular Facebo... |
| 17.10.2011 | Cozi raises cash to take family calendar application overseas | Cozi has raised an additional $2.5 million, money that the Seattle startup plans to use to expand internationally and further develop its premium offering.
Founded in 2005 by entrepreneurs Robbie Cape and Jan Miksovsky, Cozi is an online ca... |
| 14.09.2011 | Skedi: Calendar app looks to keep busy families organized | If you’re like me, organizing schedules of family members is one royal pain in the butt.
And while a number of companies have tried to solve that problem — including Seattle’s Cozi — each day passes in my family without any real solution. (... |
| 06.06.2011 | Startup sets world record, lines up 17,782 rubber ducks | Maybe this will go down in the history books as one of the bigger accomplishments in Seattle’s tech industry. Well, let’s hope not. On Sunday afternoon, Seattle startup Cozi set a Guinness World Record for the longest line of rubber ducks. ... |
| 19.05.2011 | Cozi lays it on the line, goes for world record in rubber duckies | Cozi wants to make sure that families keep their “ducks in a row.” And just how is the Seattle online family scheduling and calendar startup planning to get its message across? But, of course, by creating the “longest line of little yellow ... |
| 01.12.2010 | Cozi Inks Deals with AOL, Intel, to Reach More Families Trying to Manage Chaos of Daily Life | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Big partnerships are often a key to success for startups. Especially one that plays in a crowded consumer tech sector like Cozi, which makes software for helping busy families... |
| 23.03.2010 | DEMO: CalendarFly targets schools with social calendar | CalendarFly is one of 65 companies chosen by VentureBeat to launch at the DEMO Spring 2010 event taking place this week. These companies do pay a fee to present, but our coverage of them remains objective.
Managing a busy schedule can be a ... |
| 17.03.2010 | Cozi, Climbing Ranks of Consumer Software, Looks to Deliver on Family-Focused Vision in Mobile Market | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
As Don Corleone said in The Godfather, “A man who doesn’t spend time with his family can never be a real man.” If that’s true, then a Seattle company called Cozi should help q... |
| 17.02.2010 | Cozi CEO Confirms $5M Funding, Affirms Advertising Business Model | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Maybe online advertising revenues are coming back—at least in certain markets. That’s what I thought after catching up yesterday with Robbie Cape, the founder and CEO of Seatt... |
| 17.07.2009 | Cat’s in the Cradle: Family Websites Long Forgotten? | Sampa, the start up company best known for allowing families to upload and privately share pictures, blog posts and other milestones is closing its doors. In a letter sent to RWW, CEO Paul Gross explains, “There is no big story behind it, j... |
| 08.06.2009 | Isn't It Time Your Kid's School Used A Web-Based Calendar? | It can be a struggle for parents to juggle their kids’ school events, games and conferences and it’s becoming increasingly common for parents to use web services to manage family calendars. But schools still remain stubbornly disconnected f... |
| 05.06.2009 | Cozi Founder Talks About Dell Deal, a Great Mentor, and Why He Had to Start a Company | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
I recently had a good chat with Robbie Cape, the founder and CEO of Seattle-based Cozi. We talked about some key issues in tech startups and entrepreneurship, as well as the d... |
| 26.11.2008 | Cozi Surpasses 1 Million Members, Looks to Replace Pen and Paper for Managing Family Life | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Want to simplify your holiday shopping lists this year? What about keeping track of who’s picking up the kids from the airport, or who’s going to watch the bird in the oven wh... |
| 20.11.2008 | Bsquare Founder Bill Baxter Comments on TestQuest Acquisition—Sees Marginal Benefit | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
This morning, there was news about Bellevue, WA-based Bsquare buying the assets of TestQuest, a Minneapolis, MN-based mobile software firm, for $2.2 million. It made me think ... |
| 06.11.2008 | Ruling to Block “Business Method” Patents May Spur Innovation, Say Entrepreneurs and Investors | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
It’s what everyone has been talking about lately. No, not the election—software patent reform. (Bear with me, non-IP folks.) Last Thursday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the F... |
| 24.09.2008 | In Google’s Phone, a Major Clash Between Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft Heats Up | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Updated Sep. 24 (see below): OK, this is getting good. Yesterday’s announcement that Amazon’s MP3 music store will be pre-loaded onto the G1—the first mobile phone to be power... |
| 19.06.2008 | Gannett Gets Cozy With Cozi | Cozi, an intriguing Seattle based startup that’s most easily described as a social network for a family unit, is announcing an investment and business deal with newspaper conglomerate Gannett Co. later this morning. The size of the investme... |
| 11.07.2007 | Cozi, the family social network, raises $4M more | Seattle-based Cozi, the social network designed to help families manage their lives, has raised $4 million from angel investors. Seattle’s John Cook has the story.
We last wrote about the company here.
The company earlier raised $4.3 millio... |
| 30.01.2007 | Nexo, the social network for families, or small groups | Nexo bills itself as the social network for families, or small groups.
What? Not another social network! Well, the thinking of co-founder Craig Jorasch is that there’s still need for one more. There’s no site on the Web, he argues, where yo... |
| - | Making a few easy changes could help you save money on your next grocery bill | This story is part of CNBC Make It’s One-Minute Money Hacks series, which provides easy, straightforward tips and tricks to help you understand your finances and take control of your money.
The typical American family spends about $387 a mo... |
