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Website: http://www.chirp.com/

Blog: http://blog.chirp.com/

Chirp creates solutions that help people stay connected to their friends and derive value from their relationships. Their first product, chirpscreen, helps you discover fun content from your friends and beyond, via a desktop viewer and a screen saver, from sites like Facebook, Flickr, Twitter and eBay.

Chirp was acquired by thePlatform (a subsidiary of Comcast) in July 2008.

Address: 1417 Valencia St. San Francisco, CA 94110 Map it »

Phone: 415-401-8901

Founded: 08/2007

Industry: Software

Sub-Industry: Home / Recreation

Legal Structure: Corporation

Ownership: Subsidiary

Parent Company: thePlatform

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Eve Phillips [x]

Date	Type	Capital Amount	Post-Money Valuation	Investors
01/2008	Seed	Unknown	Unknown	Greylock, SoftTech VC, Reid Hoffman, Jay Adelson, Dave Samuel

Name:	ChirpScreen
Product URL:	http://www.chirp.com/products
Date Launched:	01/2008
Description:	Chirp's flagship product, chirpscreen, displays content you care about via a desktop viewer and an interactive screen saver. chirpscreen provides: * Automatic, effortless display of your friends' latest photos and messages from Flickr, Facebook & Twitter * Public Flickr photos on the topics of your choice: celebrities, cities, you name it! * Window Shopping, powered by eBay: live eBay auctions of items you're interested in * Interaction: share items, leave comments * Customization: choose which friends to see * Windows XP/Vista compatible; Mac under development

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User Opinions

Bullish Opinions (6)	Author/Date
Offers download for PC and Mac Add Comment	steve 04/28/2008	100% 1 vote 1 0% 0
There is a desktop viewer as well as a screen saver Add Comment	mrjefft 04/22/2008	100% 2 votes 2 0% 0
I'd rather see my social network visualized than just read it as text Add Comment	daveheld 04/17/2008	83% 6 votes 5 17% 1
Chirpscreen is perfect for the computer in my kitchen. Add Comment	aaron.b99 04/17/2008	80% 5 votes 4 20% 1
Chirp has an impressive list of angel investors Add Comment	blogger 04/12/2008	100% 8 votes 8 0% 0
Chirpscreen is a very cool product Add Comment	blogger 04/12/2008	100% 9 votes 9 0% 0

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Bearish Opinions (6)	Author/Date
Screensaver-based product isn't a good idea. Add Comment	drapaport 04/28/2008	100% 2 votes 2 0% 0
Need to download product, hampers adoption Add Comment	steve 04/28/2008	100% 3 votes 3 0% 0
Saw product at an Expo - not enough control over content Add Comment	green33 04/22/2008	75% 4 votes 3 25% 1
Only for PC Add Comment	bmorrow 04/22/2008	33% 3 votes 1 67% 2
Screensaver = when I'm not using or looking at my computer Add Comment	blogger 04/12/2008	82% 11 votes 9 18% 2
Screensavers is so 1990's Add Comment	blogger 04/12/2008	67% 6 votes 4 33% 2