USA – Remento, a Los Angeles, CA-based company dedicated to capturing and preserving family stories, raised $3M in Seed funding.
The round was led by Upfront Ventures, with participation from Brooke Hammerling, Chuck Davis, Dan Nova, Emmy Rossum, Sam Esmail, and Sarah Harden.The company intends to use the funds to expand hiring and extend current research and development efforts.Led by CEO Charlie Greene, Remento helps people discover, document, and appreciate their family story. The company’s new mobile app provides conversation prompts to inspire the sharing of stories from every member of the family – from questions about a grandparent’s childhood home, to prompts that add context to images of precious keepsakes or wedding photos. Once selected and customized, these prompts facilitate family conversations that can be recorded directly within the app. Individual stories from these sessions are then showcased in the app’s interactive playback experience, where they can be preserved, shared, and celebrated without any editing required. 08/09/2022
