Private company

Famigo

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Former technology company

Famigo is a defunct Austin, Texas-based company that provided a directory of child- and family-friendly applications for mobile devices, as well as a parental control app for the Android operating system. The company raised $1 million in funding. The company is no longer active and the website has been taken over by another company.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2009Founded1
  • HeadquartersAustin1
  • Website

Famigo is a defunct Austin, Texas-based company that provided a directory of child- and family-friendly applications for mobile devices, as well as a parental control app for the Android operating system. The company raised $1 million in funding. The company is no longer active and the website has been taken over by another company.2

The story

Q Beck founded Famigo in the fall of 2009, and was the CEO. The Austin Technology Incubator, an Austin-based start-up resource, helped launch Famigo.

Famigo raised $1 million for its app-directory and parental control software. Silverton Partners, Zilker Ventures, Liahona Ventures, and Capital Factory helped fund the initiative.

From Wikipedia’s article on Famigo, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

  1. 2009Founded Founded1