

The startup raised $41 million in 2015 from Spectrum Equity. PicMonkey employs around 50 people all were offered equivalent or better roles with Shutterstock. PicMonkey’s product will continue to exist for now its stock photography will now be provided by Shutterstock. The company said 10 billion images have been made on its platform.
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Shutterstock said integrating PicMonkey will “further empower our customers, regardless of their skill level or expertise, to create beautiful, best-in-class content with efficiency and ease in just a few clicks.” It estimates the market opportunity for creative software and design tools at $8 billion.įounded in 2012, PicMonkey targets small businesses and brands with its suite of cloud-based tools. It is known as a global provider of stock photography but also offers creative tools and music/video clips. All reported religious residents follow some form of Christian faith.The New York-based company launched nearly two decades ago. Baptist Christianity is followed by 4.4% of religious Frankenmuth residents. Lutheranism follows at a close second, at 12.4%. Furthermore, despite the Lutheran origins of the town, the majority of religious residents in Frankenmuth follow the Catholic tradition of Christianity, at 17.9%. Approximately 45% of Frankenmuth identifies as religious. Among the white population,49% of them have German ancestry, 12% have English origin, 6% have Irish ancestry, 8% have Polish ancestry, 4% have French ancestry, and 4.4% of white residents trace their roots to the initial settlers of North America. The remainder of the town's racial makeup consists of various races, as well as mixed-race individuals, amounting to less than a percent of the population each. The Hispanic/Latino community is the second largest demographic, at only 0.95%. The town's residents are majority white at 98%. Editorial credit: T-I / įrankenmuth has a population of 4,987 as per the latest US Census. The Population Of Frankenmuth Frankenmuth Historical Museum in Frankenmuth, Michigan. Today, Frankenmuth relies on tourism and farming to make money. Nonetheless, the town maintained its German architecture and cultural connections to Bavaria as anti-German discrimination dissipated post-war.

Insistence on German language and culture in Frankenmuth fizzled out during the First and Second World Wars, which positioned the United States against Germany both times. The German language was held in high regard, and most residents were required to speak it. The settlement was initially meant to be exclusively for German Lutherans.

Frankenmuth's early history is intertwined with the contemporary Kingdom of Bavaria, to whom all colonists were said to have sworn loyalty upon arriving. The locals modeled Frankenmuth after Bavaria. Many of the natives had moved out a few years after settlement, leaving the immigrants to settle the town more conventionally. The initial purpose of the settlement was the potential conversion of Native American people in the area to Christianity, particularly the Lutheran tradition of Christianity. History Of Frankenmuth Holz Brucke Wooden Covered Bridge in Frankenmuth, Michigan surrounded by a snowy winter scene.įrankenmuth was settled in 1845 by German immigrants, most of whom arrived from Germany's Bavaria region.
