WeddingWire Inc. is a U.S. software company that hosts a wedding destination site for engaged couples and provides on-demand software for small and mid-market wedding businesses. It is incorporated in Delaware and headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland.

Profile

The company was founded in 2005 by Timothy Chi, who was one of the founding members of Blackboard Inc.

Blackboard Inc.

Blackboard Inc. is an enterprise software company with its corporate headquarters in Washington, D.C. and is primarily known as a developer of education software, in particular learning management systems. Blackboard was founded by CEO Michael Chasen and chairman Matthew Pittinsky in 1997 and...

 (NASDAQ: BBBB). Today, WeddingWire is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland.

History

On May 1, 2007, WeddingWire publicly launched the first version of its product offering to engaged couples and local wedding vendors

On February 19, 2008, WeddingWire secured a $5.5MM Series A strategic investment round from Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia

Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia

Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. is a diversified media and merchandising company founded by Martha Stewart. It is organized into four business segments: Publishing, Internet, Broadcasting media platforms and Merchandising product lines....

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On June 19th, 2008, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia

Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia

Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. is a diversified media and merchandising company founded by Martha Stewart. It is organized into four business segments: Publishing, Internet, Broadcasting media platforms and Merchandising product lines....

 announced they now offer a full suite of online wedding planning tools, powered by WeddingWire.

On July 11th, 2011, WeddingWire announced the acquisition of Project Wedding from eHarmony

EHarmony

eHarmony is an online dating website grounded in relationship science that matches single men and women for long-term relationships. To optimize the matching process, eHarmony operates eHarmony Labs, a relationship research facility, and publishes eHarmony Advice, a relationship advice site...

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