Founding History of Snap
Founded by Evan Spiegel, Bobby Murphy, and Reggie Brown.
Incorporated as Future Freshman LLC in July 2010.
Started design and development in April 2011.
Amended the company name to Toyopa Group LLC in June 2011.
Purchased the picaboo.me domain and launched the Picaboo app in July 2011.
Purchased the snapchat.me domain name and launched the Snapchat app in September 2011.
Purchased the snapchat.com domain name in February 2012.
Amended the company name to Snapchat Inc. in May 2012.
Amended the company name to Snap Inc. in September 2016.
Raised more than $2.6 billion in 7 funding rounds.
Started trading on the NYSE in March 2017.
Headquartered in Santa Monica, USA.
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Year 1 of Snap
Backstory
Month 0
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Version 1 of Snap (Mobile App)
SEP 2011
Stats of Snap (Pre-IPO)
2010 to 2013
2014 to 2017
Full Year 1 of Snap
Y1 of Snap.pdfAPR 2011 to MAR 2012
Extras of Snap
2010 JUL.pdf2010 JUL Articles of Incorporation
Form S-1.pdf2017 FEB Form S-1