Evernote, the startup that boosts your memory, raises $10 million
Evernote, which lets you record almost any type of data and recall it when you need it, just raised $10 million in a second round of venture-backed financing. It was led by Morgenthaler Ventures, with more funding from earlier investors including Troika Dialog. (The startup said it raised $2 million from NTT DoCoMo in October on top of $4.5 million in a venture-backed round in January. They also raised $6 million in angel funding back… Continue Reading
Evernote raises $4.5M more for memory software
Evernote, the online productivity application that uses pictures, notes and other memory aids to ease information overload, has raised $4.5 million more for development and marketing of its product.
Although it began as a computer application, Evernote has been steadily expanding its support for other devices. However, its core functionality is the ability to organize life’s many tidbits of information.
For example, a user who took a picture of a restaurant receipt with his cell-phone could search… Continue Reading
How big an opportunity is the external memory?
Before the advent of the written word, the story goes, humans had to either store all their memories in their own heads, or by oral tradition passed down through designated members of their tribes. With trade came notation of facts and figures, and later alphabets, books and libraries. With them came the modern brain, which treats recorded knowledge as an extension of itself.
Throughout these developments, previous generations have grumbled that each new advance leaves us… Continue Reading
Evernote releases its brain-aiding software to the public
Evernote, a company that calls its service an “external brain,” is launching a public test version today.
The service lets you store pictures, notes, screen clippings and other “memories” for easy browsing and retrieval.
Evernote is trying to solve is information overload problem, similar to other data storage schemes, including the semantics startup Twine. Evernote’s service is most useful to a busy person whose memory isn’t up to the task of remembering every little detail — a… Continue Reading