Country USA Parent organization Bauhaus Software Inc. | Markets World-Wide Founded 2006 | |
Product type Online Animation Community Owner MyToons Holdings, Inc. Co-Founders: Paul Ford, Stacey Ford ,Dan Kraus Headquarters San Antonio, Texas, United States Founders Stacey Ford, Dan Kraus, Paul Ford | ||
MyToons was a free online community for animation that supported content sharing and social networking. MyToons.com was headquartered in San Antonio, Texas.
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The site was founded in 2006 by Paul Ford, Stacey Ford and Dan Kraus as a spinoff of Bauhaus Software. The Texas Emerging Technology Fund supported it with a $500,000 grant.
After four months of private beta, the site launched publicly in March 2007 during the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, and began distributing member-created animation videos to Internet audiences worldwide. Three weeks after its launch, MyToons had received more than 1.5 million unique visitors.
Milestones
In June 2008, MyToons.com became the first global animation community to offer users the ability to upload and view animations in High Definition. At this time, the HD animation contest Get With the Times! was also launched.
In January 2009, MyToons laid off a large part of its staff.
In April 2009, MyToons closed down completely after venture capital funding ceased.