Space Monkey (company)
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Cloud storage |
| Founded | 2011 in Utah, United States |
| Founder | Clint Gordon-Carroll, Alen Peacock |
| Defunct | 2014 |
| Fate | Acquired by Vivint |
| Headquarters | Utah , United States |
Space Monkey was a cloud storage enterprise established in Utah in 2011 by Clint Gordon-Carroll and Alen Peacock.
The company provided users with 1TB of storage capacity on a custom hard drive installed at their location, while simultaneously backing up data across multiple devices within the user's network using a distributed cloud system. This design sought to mitigate risks of data loss due to hardware malfunctions and enabled worldwide file accessibility via the cloud.
In September 2014, Space Monkey was acquired by the home automation firm Vivint for an undisclosed amount.
History
Clint Gordon-Carroll and Alen Peacock, who met during their tenure at Mozy, founded Space Monkey in 2011. The company rapidly gained attention when Peacock’s pitch secured the "Best New Startup" award at TechCrunch's Launch Festival in March 2012.
During the same year, Space Monkey successfully raised $2.7 million in a Series A funding round led by Google Ventures. The public release of their service occurred in April 2013 after a Kickstarter campaign raised $349,625, exceeding the initial $100,000 target. At its height, Space Monkey operated what was considered the largest peer-to-peer storage network globally.
After being acquired by Vivint in 2014, Space Monkey’s technology continued to be integrated into Vivint’s offerings through at least 2016. Although the Space Monkey brand is no longer active publicly as of 2024, its technology remains embedded within Vivint's Smart Drive product, which handles video storage from home security cameras and supports Vivint's Playback functionality.
In 2019, former employees of Vivint spun off Space Monkey’s technology into CrowdStorage, a company predominantly owned by Vivint that focuses on distributed cloud storage solutions. CrowdStorage was subsequently acquired by Storj, where Space Monkey’s intellectual property now serves as a foundational element of Storj’s platform.