MySocialCloud

MySocialCloud
Password storage and protection
Headquarters Los Angeles, United States
Key people
 Scott Ferreira (CEO)
Website http://mysocialcloud.com/

MySocialCloud is a cloud-based bookmark vault and password website that allows users to log in to all of their online accounts from a single, secure website.[1] The company’s investors include Sir Richard Branson, Insight Venture Partners’ Jerry Murdock, and PhotoBucket founder Alex Welch.[1][2][3] The company and its founders have been featured in TechCrunch and The Huffington Post.

The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, and Scott Ferreira is the current CEO.[4]

History

MySocialCloud was co-founded by Scott Ferreira, Stacey Ferreira, and Shiv Prakash in 2011.[2][5] The idea for a one-stop password storage and login tool came when a computer crash left Scott without documents he used to store access information to his online data.[1]

In 2013, the siblings sold MySocialCloud to Reputation.com.[6]

Services

MySocialCloud is cloud-based, and the platform lets users securely store passwords and automatically log in to several social media websites simultaneously.[1] The website auto-populates password fields, letting the user log in to all of the sites at the push of a button.[7][8]

The service also provides users with security updates for the websites they have included in their profile, and informs users if a website has been hacked.[9] Security played a major role during development of the platform.[1] Passwords stored on the service are salted and hashed with a two-way encryption method known as AES.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Sarah Perez (March 16, 2012). "Sir Richard Branson & Flipboard Investor Jerry Murdock Put Nearly $1M Into MySocialCloud". Techcrunch. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  2. 1 2 Dinah Wisenberg Brin (July 12, 2012). "Young entrepreneurs turn a Tweet from Richard Branson into $1 Million". Yahoo Small Business. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  3. ↑ Ferreira, Stacey (March 18, 2013). "18 Year-Old Gets Investment from Richard Branson: On Dropping Out and Leaning In" (Blog). Women2.com. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  4. ↑ "MySocialCloud.com Profile". Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  5. ↑ "Meet The Whiz Behind MySocialCloud.Com". Girls in Tech. October 5, 2012. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  6. ↑ "The Deal: Reputation.com Acquires MySocialCloud". TheStreet.com. July 25, 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  7. ↑ Andrea Huspeni (June 29, 2012). "Richard Branson's Tweet Scored An 18-Year-Old's Startup $1 Million In Funding". Business Insider. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  8. ↑ "About MySocialCloud.com". MySocialCloud. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  9. 1 2 "Security". MySocialCloud. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
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