Our History of Preserving Your Memories
From a Bay Area startup in 1999 to the leader in memory digitization — trusted by over 12 million families worldwide.
Capture, formerly known as YesVideo, has a rich history of innovation and leadership in the memory preservation industry.
Founded in 1999, the company's vision was to enable consumers to view and enjoy their analog memories online even though it was ahead of its time.
Over the years, Capture has continuously innovated, introducing groundbreaking products such as the YesCD, YesDVD, and MemorySafe, and expanding its offerings for the commercial market.
With a focus on direct-to-consumer and retail partnership, YesVideo quickly grew to service over 34,000 retail locations and expanded globally to countries such as Japan, Korea, Australia, and India.
The company has also been recognized for its innovation, winning a CES Consumer Innovations award and being named a hosting provider for Microsoft's Windows Movie Maker.
In 2021, YesVideo launched its Capture brand, refreshing its image after 20+ years. Today, Capture is proud to continue its legacy of preserving memories. We have recently been invited to pilot a new partner program with Google Photos, allowing users to seamlessly digitize and preserve their memories.
1999
Year Founded
12M+
Families Served
34K+
Retail Locations
16+
Patents Held
A Trip Down Memory Lane
Founded in 1999
Our founder, Sai-Wai Fu, had a visionary concept to enable consumers to view and enjoy their analog memories online, which we called webcasting back then. We started by digitizing videotapes to CDs at our processing facility in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Early 2000 — Retail Partnership
Recognizing the lack of online business at the time, we knew a retail supply chain was necessary to reach consumers. In May 2001, we took our first step into retail with independent camera stores through Kodak Processing Labs, then expanded to large retail chains through Kodak and Fujifilm. Rapid expansion led us to servicing over 25k retail locations by 2004, including Walgreens, Target, Rite Aid, and more.
Rapid Growth — Started in 2003
In 2003, YesVideo expanded to transfer movie film, slides, and prints to CD and DVD. Kodak/Qualex was enabled to capture on site using YesVideo's platform. That same year, YesVideo launched minilabs behind the Geek Squad desk in key Best Buy stores, which ultimately found its best fit in Ritz Camera stores.
Global Licensing — Early 2000
In 2002–2006, YesVideo expanded globally through licensing their patented technology in Canada and Japan, as well as partnering with key retailers in Asia, Europe, and beyond. We opened logistics in Puerto Rico in 2006 to service Walgreens and other retailers.
First Online Storage — 2009
In 2009, we started allowing customers to prepare their orders at home and drop them off at one of over 30,000 retail locations for processing. We also opened a second processing facility on the east coast. That same year, we launched MemorySafe, our cloud storage platform enabling private online access for viewing and sharing of videos and photos.
Direct-to-Retail in US & Japan — 2010
In 2010, YesVideo began working directly with major retailers such as Costco, Walmart, CVS, Rite Aid, Walgreens, and Best Buy, servicing approximately 85% of photo counters in the US. That same year, we launched HD video to Blu-ray conversion and MemoryEditor, allowing users to create custom video collages.
Direct-to-Consumer Journey — 2011
In July 2011, we launched a DTC business with 34k retail locations, building our brand as a stand-alone entity. With new investment and a new leadership team, YesVideo deepened relationships with national retailers and built new products to help people share their personal video and photo memories in the cloud.
Innovations & Milestones
YesVideo had several innovative product offerings between 2010 and 2016, such as an innovation award at Rootstech, Facebook Timeline integration, an iOS app to stream transferred videos, and a Snapshot feature. By 2014, we had served over 8 million families in our 15 years of preserving memories.
Working with Google Photos — 2018
In 2018, YesVideo was invited to pilot a new partner program with Google Photos, allowing consumers to have their newly digitized memories seamlessly added to their Google Photos account. As of 2019, YesVideo has helped unlock the memories of 12 million families.
Meet our team.
The people behind every digitized memory.
Featured Coverage
Our Work With Military Makeover
Capture is a featured product partner on Military Makeover airing on Lifetime TV. We joined with Photo Repair Pro to create The Memory Makeover Project to help families preserve their fading photo, film, and video memories.
Read more Google PhotosHelping To Bring Your Legacy Life Timeline To The Cloud With Google Photos
Capture holds over 16 patents covering processing, editing, scene detection, scanning and composing. Providing high quality, publish-ready digitized content via the cloud with Google Photos is making everyone's photo timeline accessible at the touch of a button.
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Our Locations
Corporate Office
1999 S Bascom Ave, #700, Campbell, CA 95008
Production Studio
5555 Oakbrook Pkwy, Bldg 600, Ste #600, Norcross, GA 30093
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