| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Internet, Computer software |
| Founded | Seattle, WA (March 14, 2005) |
| Headquarters | Seattle, WA, USA |
| Key people | Robbie Cape, CEO/President Jan Miksovsky, Co-Founder, Chief Products Officer |
| Products | Calendaring and Family Software |
| Employees | 35 (June 24, 2011) |
| Website | www.cozi.com |
Cozi is an American startup company, that provides mobile and Internet-based applications to help families stay organized. The company had 35 employees as of June 24, 2011,[1] and is based in Seattle, Washington. Cozi's tag line is "Family Life. Simplified."
Cozi was co-founded by Robbie Cape and Jan Miksovsky after the two of them left Microsoft.[2] Most of the company's employees worked previously at Amazon.com, Expedia, or Microsoft. The company's first product was called Cozi Central and released on September 25, 2006, and includes a family calendar, shopping lists, family messaging, and a photo collage screensaver. Cozi was relaunched as a web-oriented company on June 3, 2008.
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Cozi uses Tupperware-style events called Mom's parties to conduct market research.[3]
On June 5, 2011, Cozi set a Guinness World Record for the longest line of ducks in a row. The line stretched for one mile and was made up of 17,782 rubber ducks.[4]
Cozi received the 2010 Industry Achievement Award organized by the Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA)[5]
Cozi was a finalist for the 2010 "Washington Best Workplaces" by the Puget Sound Business Journal.[6]
The same year, Cozi was named in Lead411's Hottest Seattle Companies list.[7]
The company also won the Gold Medal in the 2010 Mom's Choice Award.[8]