Twenty20Formerly | Instacanvas |
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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Stock photography |
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Founded | February 1, 2014 (2014-02-01) in Marina Del Rey, California, US |
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Founders | Matt Munson, Todd Emaus, Kevin Fremon |
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Defunct | July 31, 2022 (2022-07-31) |
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Headquarters | 1038 Princeton, Marina Del Rey, California , U.S. |
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Website | www.twenty20.com |
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Twenty20 is a crowd-sourced stock photography marketplace founded in 2014 by Matt Munson, Todd Emaus, and Kevin Fremon. It is headquartered in Marina Del Rey, CA, United States. Twenty20 maintains a library of over 45 million royalty-free stock photos.
History
The company was initially founded in April 2013 as Instacanvas, a service to print Instagram photographs on canvas. In October 2013, it rebranded itself as Twenty20, changing its focus to become a crowdsourced stock photography marketplace for social media advertising campaigns.[1] Along with Series A round funding, they announced in February 2015 they had over 45 million photographs.[2] The service ended its beta test in March 2015.[3] The company handles legal issues in-house and focuses on authenticity, which they have cited as desirable to millennials.[4] Joining is free for photographers, who share the revenue with Twenty20.[5] Twenty20 offers both à la carte and subscription-based access to advertisers.[6] ABC News described the most popular images as those that "show healthy lifestyles, modern workplaces and scenes from everyday life".[7]
Purchased by Envato Elements in 2019, it was shutdown by them July 31, 2022.
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