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Clipboard
Web clipping and social bookmarking service for saving rich web snippets (Clipboard.com).
Stage
acquired
Status
acquired
Coverage
full
Why Clipboard is interesting
Gary Flake reinvented web clipping with rich embeds — a16z and Index backed it before Salesforce acquired and shut the consumer service in 2013.
Key facts
- Acquired by Salesforce (May 2013): ~$12M; consumer service shut Jun 2013 (TechCrunch)
- Seed (2011): a16z, Index Ventures, First Round, CrunchFund, DFJ (TechCrunch)
- Source: https://techcrunch.com/2013/05/09/clipboard-acquired-by-salesforce-will-be-shuttered-on-june-30th/
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Industries
Consumer
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FAQs about Clipboard
Funding context and why this company shows up in venture coverage.
Clipboard was a web clipping service that let users save rich snippets from any webpage — with images, formatting, and embeds intact — and share them on collaborative boards.
Andreessen Horowitz (see /fund/andreessen-horowitz), Index Ventures (see /fund/index-ventures), and First Round (see /fund/first-round) backed Clipboard's seed round in 2011.
Clipboard had raised seed funding before Salesforce acquired it in May 2013 for approximately $12M.
Clipboard pioneered rich web clipping with social sharing — a precursor to Pinterest-style curation and modern knowledge-capture tools, though the consumer product did not survive post-acquisition.
No. Salesforce acquired Clipboard in May 2013 and shut down the consumer service on June 30, 2013.
Last updated: 2026-07-24