2007 founder mariam naficy headquarters san francisco california united states products stationery wall art home decor holiday cards wedding invitations party decor number of employees 125 website www.minted.com minted is an online marketplace of independent artists and designers . the company crowdsources art and graphic design through monthly challenges . the public votes for the winning entries and minted produces the winning work as stationery wall art and decor . contents 1 history 2 crowdsourcing 3 awards 4 references 5 external links history edit minted was founded in april 2007 by mariam naficy to sell high end lines of stationery and adopted a crowdsourcing model when it realized that designs by independent artists were outselling those of established brands . 1 minted has raised nearly 90 million 2 from investors including norwest venture partners technology crossover ventures benchmark capital led by peter fenton idg ventures yahoo ceo marissa mayer yelp ceo jeremy stoppelman and eventbrite founders kevin and julia hartz . 3 4 5 in 2012 minted expanded outside of its core stationery market by launching wall art prints and party decor . it partnered with every mother counts a maternal health nonprofit organization led by christy turlington burns in which a part of the proceeds from selling customized children s art would go to benefit the organization . 6 crowdsourcing edit minted holds regular design challenges that are open to artists and designers . thousands of independent artists participate in the challenges . visitors to the website vote on the design submissions and the winning designs are sold on the website . the winning artists are paid a cash prize and earn an ongoing commission on sales of their designs . 7 awards edit in october 2014 minted was named 5 on linkedin s 10 bay area startups that are most in demand by local techies . 8 references edit mcmahon regan 2010 11 14 . mariam naficy went from makeup to minted.com . san francisco chronicle . lawler ryan . crowdsourced design marketplace minted raises 38m more adds fabrics and home decor . techcrunch.com . retrieved 31 october 2014 . benchmark marissa mayer put 5.5 m in stationery design and retail site minted . techcrunch . minted raises 5.5 million and tells us what it s like to have marissa mayer as an investor . business insider . stationery startup minted raises 41m for larger crowdsourced design push . wsj allthingsdigital . minted expands beyond stationery with new art print business . techcrunch . in 2000 28 year old mariam naficy sold her startup for 110 million will history repeat itself . business insider . http www.washingtonpost.com blogs on leadership wp 2014 10 01 10 startups where everyone wants to work external links edit http www.minted.com retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title minted & oldid 743699306 categories online retailers of the united statescompanies based in san francisco navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 19 43 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view