# Mozilla Insights Full Context > Machine-readable context for AI tools and research assistants. Mozilla Insights is an independent project by soeren-hentzschel.at. It is not an official Mozilla website and is not affiliated with Mozilla. Canonical site: https://mozilla-insights.org/ Language entry: https://mozilla-insights.org/en/organizational-structure This file: https://mozilla-insights.org/llms-full.txt Publisher: soeren-hentzschel.at Content language: English Last generated: 2026-07-11 Mozilla, Firefox, and the Mozilla logo are trademarks of Mozilla.org. Use of these names, trademarks, and brands does not imply endorsement. ## Organizational structure English: https://mozilla-insights.org/en/organizational-structure German: https://mozilla-insights.org/de/organisationsstruktur Summary: Mozilla is not a single company. It is a non-profit-controlled group of organizations. Mozilla Foundation forms the non-profit umbrella. Organizations: ### Mozilla Foundation Summary: Mozilla Foundation is the 501(c)(3) non-profit umbrella. It holds the philanthropic mission, makes grants, and places Mozilla.org within Mozilla's non-profit-controlled structure. Key facts: - Sets the non-profit framework in which Mozilla organizations operate. - Organizes and supports projects such as Mozilla Festival, Nothing Personal, and funding programs for an open internet. - Supports human-centered technology, communities, and public-interest initiatives. ### Mozilla.org Summary: Mozilla.org is a 501(c)(3) organization under the Mozilla Foundation umbrella. It oversees long-term strategy, funding, investments, and brand stewardship across Mozilla organizations. Key facts: - Holds Mozilla operating companies and Mozilla trademarks. - Manages long-term financial resources and investments in line with the Mozilla Manifesto. - Funds and coordinates Mozilla activities across the different organizations. ### Mozilla Corporation Summary: Mozilla Corporation is the commercial product company behind Firefox and additional Mozilla products, services, and business models. Key facts: - Responsible for Firefox, Firefox Focus, and browser technology. - Develops and operates Mozilla products such as Mozilla VPN, Mozilla Monitor, Firefox Relay, MDN Plus, Solo, 0DIN, and Tabstack. - Maintains product-related partnerships, including search and distribution relationships, and contributes a major share of revenue within Mozilla's structure. ### MZLA Technologies Corporation Summary: MZLA Technologies Corporation develops Thunderbird and builds companion services. Key facts: - Responsible for Thunderbird as a free mail, calendar, and contacts application. - Develops services such as Thundermail, Appointment, and Send for email hosting, scheduling, and file sharing. - Aligns Thunderbird and companion services with open standards, privacy, and user control. ### Mozilla Ventures Summary: Mozilla Ventures invests in mission-driven founders whose products push the internet and the technology industry in a better direction. Key facts: - Invests in founders whose products put Mozilla Manifesto principles into practice. - Extends Mozilla's impact beyond its own products into independent technology companies. ### Mozilla.ai Summary: Mozilla.ai develops trustworthy, transparent, and controllable AI products, open developer tools, and libraries. Key facts: - Builds open tools for AI agents, model choice, evaluation, safety controls, and local execution. - Develops products such as Otari and Octonous for AI-powered workflows and language model operations. - Aligns AI systems with transparency, control, and the goals of their users. ### Mozilla Data Collective Summary: Mozilla Data Collective is a mission-locked organization. Its platform helps communities and organizations share datasets with control, provenance, and terms they set. Key facts: - Based in the United Kingdom, making it a Mozilla organization located outside the United States. - Builds on Mozilla's experience with community-built datasets such as Common Voice and extends that approach toward controlled data sharing. - Gives rights holders tools to control ownership, access terms, and value exchange when sharing data. ### Mozilla Management Company Summary: Mozilla Management Company is a public benefit corporation. It serves as a shared management and support structure for Mozilla organizations. Key facts: - Handles shared leadership and coordination work for multiple Mozilla organizations. - Supports central operations such as administration, collaboration, and cross-organization alignment. - Creates an operational base while individual organizations keep their subject-matter responsibilities. ## Finances English: https://mozilla-insights.org/en/finances German: https://mozilla-insights.org/de/finanzen Summary: This overview shows how Mozilla’s consolidated revenue, expenses, and assets have developed since 2005. Data basis: The figures are based on Mozilla’s published audited financial statements. License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | Year | Revenue USD | Expenses USD | Assets USD | | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | | 2005 | 52,906,602 | 8,172,528 | 29,888,215 | | 2006 | 66,840,850 | 19,776,193 | 57,781,950 | | 2007 | 75,130,722 | 33,327,855 | 82,260,639 | | 2008 | 78,597,590 | 49,396,189 | 94,435,178 | | 2009 | 104,305,000 | 61,158,000 | 120,609,000 | | 2010 | 123,206,000 | 87,348,000 | 147,082,000 | | 2011 | 163,474,000 | 145,484,000 | 170,656,000 | | 2012 | 311,005,000 | 208,587,000 | 240,153,000 | | 2013 | 314,100,000 | 295,460,000 | 255,350,000 | | 2014 | 329,558,000 | 317,849,000 | 266,505,000 | | 2015 | 421,275,000 | 337,698,000 | 323,611,000 | | 2016 | 520,373,000 | 360,600,000 | 426,136,000 | | 2017 | 562,279,000 | 421,787,000 | 514,172,000 | | 2018 | 450,860,000 | 451,371,000 | 523,537,000 | | 2019 | 828,614,000 | 495,279,000 | 787,099,000 | | 2020 | 496,867,000 | 438,815,000 | 843,019,000 | | 2021 | 600,684,000 | 339,961,000 | 1,054,204,000 | | 2022 | 593,516,000 | 425,220,000 | 1,197,847,000 | | 2023 | 653,012,000 | 496,723,000 | 1,335,986,000 | | 2024 | 680,409,000 | 588,215,000 | 1,405,539,000 | Sources: - 2005 audited financial statement: https://static.mozilla.com/foundation/documents/mf-2005-audited-financial-statement.pdf - 2006 audited financial statement: https://static.mozilla.com/foundation/documents/mf-2006-audited-financial-statement.pdf - 2007 audited financial statement: https://static.mozilla.com/foundation/documents/mf-2007-audited-financial-statement.pdf - 2008 audited financial statement: https://static.mozilla.com/foundation/documents/mf-2008-audited-financial-statement.pdf - 2009 audited financial statement: https://static.mozilla.com/foundation/documents/mf-2009-audited-financial-statement.pdf - 2010 audited financial statement: https://static.mozilla.com/foundation/documents/mf-2010-audited-financial-statement.pdf - 2011 audited financial statement: https://static.mozilla.com/moco/en-US/pdf/Mozilla%20Foundation%20and%20Subsidiaries%202011%20Audited%20Financial%20Statement.pdf - 2012 audited financial statement: https://static.mozilla.com/moco/en-US/pdf/Mozilla_Audited_Financials_2012.pdf - 2013 audited financial statement: https://static.mozilla.com/moco/en-US/pdf/Mozilla_Audited_Financials_2013.pdf - 2014 audited financial statement: https://static.mozilla.com/moco/en-US/pdf/Mozilla_Audited_Financials_2014.pdf - 2015 audited financial statement: https://static.mozilla.com/moco/en-US/pdf/2015_Mozilla_Audited_Financial_Statement.pdf - 2016 audited financial statement: https://assets.mozilla.net/annualreport/2016/2016_Mozilla_Audited_Financial_Statement.pdf - 2017 audited financial statement: https://assets.mozilla.net/annualreport/2017/mozilla-fdn-2017-fs-short-form-final-0927.pdf - 2018 audited financial statement: https://assets.mozilla.net/annualreport/2018/mozilla-fdn-2018-short-form-final-0926.pdf - 2019 audited financial statement: https://assets.mozilla.net/annualreport/2019/mozilla-fdn-2019-short-form-0926.pdf - 2020 audited financial statement: https://assets.mozilla.net/annualreport/2020/mozilla-fdn-2020-short-form-0926.pdf - 2021 audited financial statement: https://assets.mozilla.net/annualreport/2021/mozilla-fdn-2021-fs-final-1010.pdf - 2022 audited financial statement: https://assets.mozilla.net/annualreport/2022/mozilla-fdn-2022-fs-final-0908.pdf - 2023 audited financial statement: https://assets.mozilla.net/annualreport/2024/mozilla-fdn-2023-fs-final-short-1209.pdf - 2024 audited financial statement: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Mozilla-Fdn-2024-AuditedFinancials.pdf Reporting: - Exklusiv: Mozilla macht auch im Jahr 2024 wieder Rekordumsatz: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/mozilla/mozilla-umsatz-2024/ - Mozilla macht Rekordumsatz im Jahr 2023: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/mozilla/mozilla-umsatz-2023/ - Mozilla macht knapp 600 Millionen USD Umsatz im Jahr 2022: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/mozilla/mozilla-umsatz-2022/ - Mozilla macht Rekord-Gewinn im Jahr 2021: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/mozilla/mozilla-umsatz-2021/ - Mozilla erneut mit Gewinn im Jahr 2020: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/mozilla/mozilla-umsatz-2020/ - 828 Millionen Dollar - Mozilla erzielte 2019 einen Rekord-Umsatz: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/mozilla/mozilla-umsatz-2019/ - Mozilla 2018 erstmals mit weniger Umsatz, dennoch mit gesteigertem Vermögen: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/mozilla/mozilla-umsatz-2018/ - Finanzbericht veröffentlicht: Mozillas Umsatz auch im Jahr 2017 wieder gestiegen: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/mozilla/finanzbericht-veroeffentlicht-mozillas-umsatz-auch-im-jahr-2017-wieder-gestiegen/ - Mozilla wächst weiter: Umsatz 2016 um 24 Prozent gestiegen: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/mozilla/mozilla-waechst-weiter-umsatz-2016-um-24-prozent-gestiegen/ - Erstes Jahr nach Google: Mozilla steigert Umsatz um 90 Millionen Dollar: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/mozilla/erstes-jahr-nach-google-mozilla-steigert-umsatz-um-90-millionen-dollar/ - Finanzbericht 2014: Mozilla mit gesteigertem Umsatz und mit Gewinn: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/mozilla/finanzbericht-2014-mozilla-mit-weiterer-umsatzsteigerung/ - Finanzbericht: Mozilla 2013 mit Gewinn: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/mozilla/finanzbericht-mozilla-2013-mit-gewinn/ - Jahresbericht 2012: Mozilla steigert Einnahmen um 90 Prozent: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/mozilla/jahresbericht-2012-mozilla-steigert-einnahmen-um-90-prozent/ - Jahresbericht 2011: Mozilla steht finanziell sehr gut da: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/mozilla/jahresbericht-2011-mozilla-steht-finanziell-sehr-gut-da/ Deal markers: - 2005: Google - 2006: Google - 2008: Google - 2011: Google - 2014: Yahoo (https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/firefox/yahoo-neue-standard-suchmaschine-in-firefox-usa/) - 2017: Google (https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/mozilla/mozilla-beendet-deal-mit-yahoo-vorzeitig-neuer-vertrag-mit-google/) - 2020: Google (https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/mozilla/mozilla-verlaengert-vertrag-mit-google/) ## Investments and acquisitions English: https://mozilla-insights.org/en/investments German: https://mozilla-insights.org/de/investitionen Summary: This overview shows documented Mozilla stakes, startup investments, and acquisitions since 2012. Entries: ### Cinder Date: 2026-05 Type: Investment Industry: Trust and safety / Protection against digital abuse Details: Series B Website: https://cinder.ai/ ### Era Date: 2026-04 Type: Investment Industry: Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Software platform for AI gadgets Details: Seed Website: https://era.world/ ### Galtea Date: 2026-03 Type: Investment Industry: Artificial Intelligence (AI) / AI agent evaluation Details: Seed Website: https://galtea.ai/ ### Paper Compute Date: 2026-03 Type: Investment Industry: AI workflows Details: Seed Website: https://papercompute.com/ ### Adaption Date: 2026-02 Type: Investment Industry: Artificial Intelligence (AI) / AI security Details: Seed Website: https://www.adaptionlabs.ai/ ### Transformer Lab Date: 2026-02 Type: Investment Industry: Machine learning and AI research Details: Pre-Seed Website: https://lab.cloud/ ### Union.ai Date: 2026-02 Type: Investment Industry: Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Infrastructure Details: Series A Website: https://www.union.ai/ ### Fiddler AI Date: 2026-01 Type: Investment Industry: Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Observability and security Details: Series B / Series C Website: https://www.fiddler.ai/ Reporting: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/mozilla/mozilla-ventures-investiert-in-fiddler/ ### Highflame Date: 2025-11 Type: Investment Industry: AI security Website: https://www.highflame.com/ ### Probabl Date: 2025-10 Type: Investment Industry: Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Open source data science Details: Seed Website: https://probabl.ai/ ### Filament Date: 2025-09 Type: Investment Industry: Professional networking / Curated online communities Details: Seed Website: https://dealengine.tech/ ### Roseman Labs Date: 2025-09 Type: Investment Industry: Trusted Collective Intelligence Details: Series A Website: https://rosemanlabs.com/en/ ### Jozu Date: 2025-05 Type: Investment Industry: Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Orchestration Details: Seed Website: https://jozu.com/ ### Graze Date: 2025-04 Type: Investment Industry: Social Platform Details: Pre-Seed Website: https://www.graze.social/ ### Koodos Date: 2025-02 Type: Investment Industry: AI data platform Details: Series A Website: https://koodos.com/ ### Musubi Labs Date: 2025-02 Type: Investment Industry: Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Content moderation Details: Seed Website: https://www.musubilabs.ai/ ### Oumi Date: 2025-01 Type: Investment Industry: Collaborative training of AI models Details: Seed Website: https://www.oumi.ai/ ### Unternet Date: 2024-12 Type: Investment Industry: Open standards Details: Seed Website: https://unternet.co/ ### Germ Network Date: 2024-10 Type: Investment Industry: Encrypted communication Details: Pre-Seed Website: https://germ.network/ ### Credo AI Date: 2024-07 Type: Investment Industry: Artificial Intelligence (AI) / AI governance Details: Series B Website: https://www.credo.ai/ ### trail Date: 2024-07 Type: Investment Industry: Artificial Intelligence (AI) / AI governance Details: Pre-Seed Website: https://www.trail-ml.com/ ### Anonym Date: 2024-06 Type: Acquisition Industry: Privacy preserving measurement of digital advertising Details: USD 31.2 million Website: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/anonym/ Reporting: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/mozilla/mozilla-kauft-anonym-datenschutzfreundliche-messung-digitaler-werbung/ ### Skej Date: 2024-05 Type: Investment Industry: AI-based meeting and scheduling tool Details: Pre-Seed Website: https://skej.com/ ### Answer.AI Date: 2024-04 Type: Investment Industry: Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Research and development Details: Pre-Seed Website: https://www.answer.ai/ ### Opponent Systems Date: 2024-04 Type: Investment Industry: AI family assistance Details: Pre-Seed Website: https://opponent.systems ### Holistic AI Date: 2024-03 Type: Investment Industry: Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Governance, risk and compliance Details: Seed Website: https://www.holisticai.com/ Reporting: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/mozilla/mozilla-ventures-investiert-in-holistic-ai/ ### Flower Date: 2024-02 Type: Investment Industry: Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Federated learning Details: Series A Website: https://flower.ai/ Reporting: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/mozilla/mozilla-investiert-in-deutsches-ki-startup-flower-labs/ ### Nous Research Date: 2024-01 Type: Investment Industry: Open source AI research Details: Seed Website: https://nousresearch.com/ ### Armilla AI Date: 2023-08 Type: Investment Industry: Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Model evaluation and warranty Details: Early Stage Reporting: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/mozilla/mozilla-ventures-gibt-investitionen-in-16-weitere-unternehmen-bekannt ### Bionic Health Date: 2023-08 Type: Investment Industry: Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Preventive healthcare Details: Exit through an acquisition in September 2026 Website: https://thrivebetter.com/ Reporting: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/mozilla/mozilla-ventures-gibt-investitionen-in-16-weitere-unternehmen-bekannt ### Bytez Date: 2023-08 Type: Investment Industry: Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Open source research Details: Pre-Seed Website: https://bytez.com/ Reporting: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/mozilla/mozilla-ventures-gibt-investitionen-in-16-weitere-unternehmen-bekannt ### Deftly Date: 2023-08 Type: Investment Industry: Machine Learning (ML) / Customer feedback Details: No longer in existence since 2024 Reporting: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/mozilla/mozilla-ventures-gibt-investitionen-in-16-weitere-unternehmen-bekannt ### Globe Date: 2023-08 Type: Investment Industry: Large language models (LLM) / Team knowledge Details: No longer in existence since 2025 Reporting: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/mozilla/mozilla-ventures-gibt-investitionen-in-16-weitere-unternehmen-bekannt ### Group Lang Date: 2023-08 Type: Investment Industry: Large language models (LLM) / Group interaction Website: https://grouplang.github.io/ Reporting: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/mozilla/mozilla-ventures-gibt-investitionen-in-16-weitere-unternehmen-bekannt ### HoundDog.ai Date: 2023-08 Type: Investment Industry: Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Data privacy and code security Details: Seed Website: https://hounddog.ai/ Reporting: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/mozilla/mozilla-ventures-gibt-investitionen-in-16-weitere-unternehmen-bekannt ### Hugging Face Date: 2023-08 Type: Investment Industry: AI community Details: Series D Website: https://huggingface.co/ ### OpenSouls Date: 2023-08 Type: Investment Industry: Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Autonomous characters Reporting: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/mozilla/mozilla-ventures-gibt-investitionen-in-16-weitere-unternehmen-bekannt ### Pangaea Date: 2023-08 Type: Investment Industry: Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Game development Details: No longer in existence since 2026 Reporting: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/mozilla/mozilla-ventures-gibt-investitionen-in-16-weitere-unternehmen-bekannt ### Plastic Labs Date: 2023-08 Type: Investment Industry: Machine Learning (ML) / Human learning Details: Pre-Seed Website: https://plasticlabs.ai/ Reporting: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/mozilla/mozilla-ventures-gibt-investitionen-in-16-weitere-unternehmen-bekannt ### Sendmarc Date: 2023-08 Type: Investment Industry: Email authentication Details: Series A Website: https://sendmarc.com/ Reporting: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/mozilla/mozilla-ventures-gibt-investitionen-in-16-weitere-unternehmen-bekannt ### Shader Date: 2023-08 Type: Investment Industry: Augmented Reality (AR) / Camera filter Details: Pre-Seed, No longer in existence since 2025 Reporting: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/mozilla/mozilla-ventures-gibt-investitionen-in-16-weitere-unternehmen-bekannt ### Truepic Date: 2023-08 Type: Investment Industry: Visual Risk Intelligence Website: https://www.truepic.com/ ### Unakin Date: 2023-08 Type: Investment Industry: Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Game development Details: Seed Website: https://www.unakin.ai/ Reporting: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/mozilla/mozilla-ventures-gibt-investitionen-in-16-weitere-unternehmen-bekannt ### Waverly Date: 2023-08 Type: Investment Industry: Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Idea network Reporting: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/mozilla/mozilla-ventures-gibt-investitionen-in-16-weitere-unternehmen-bekannt ### Grasp Date: 2023-07 Type: Investment Industry: Online learning Details: Seed Website: https://grasp.study/ Reporting: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/mozilla/mozilla-investiert-in-lernplattform-grasp/ ### Vera Date: 2023-07 Type: Investment Industry: Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Usage policies for generative AI Details: Pre-Seed Website: https://www.askvera.io/ Reporting: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/mozilla/mozilla-ventures-gibt-investitionen-in-16-weitere-unternehmen-bekannt ### Blue Fever Date: 2023-06 Type: Investment Industry: Mental health / Community Website: https://www.bluefever.com/ Reporting: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/mozilla/mozilla-ventures-investiert-in-blue-fever/ ### Fakespot Date: 2023-05 Type: Acquisition Industry: Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Product review analysis Details: USD 27.4 million Reporting: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/mozilla-ai/gegen-fake-bewertungen-beim-online-shopping-mozilla-kauft-fakespot/ ### Rodeo Date: 2023-05 Type: Investment Industry: Gig work / Data transparency Details: Seed Website: https://www.gorodeo.app/ Reporting: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/mozilla/mozilla-ventures-weitere-investitionen/ ### Lockr Date: 2023-04 Type: Investment Industry: Email management Details: Pre-Seed, Exit through an acquisition in March 2025 Website: https://loc.kr/ Reporting: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/mozilla/mozilla-ventures-weitere-investitionen/ ### Pindo Date: 2023-04 Type: Investment Industry: Communication platform for developers Details: Pre-Seed Website: https://www.pindo.io/ Reporting: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/mozilla/mozilla-ventures-gibt-investitionen-in-16-weitere-unternehmen-bekannt ### Lelapa AI Date: 2023-02 Type: Investment Industry: Artificial Intelligence (AI) / African languages Details: Seed Website: https://lelapa.ai/ Reporting: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/mozilla/mozilla-ventures-weitere-investitionen/ ### Mammoth Date: 2023-02 Type: Investment Industry: Mastodon app / Social media Details: Pre-Seed, lead investor Reporting: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/mozilla/mozilla-wird-hauptinvestor-der-mastodon-app-mammoth/ ### Themis AI Date: 2023-02 Type: Investment Industry: Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Uncertainty modeling Details: Seed Website: https://themisai.io/ Reporting: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/mozilla/mozilla-ventures-weitere-investitionen/ ### Webacy Date: 2023-02 Type: Investment Industry: Crypto wallet security Details: Seed Website: https://www.webacy.com/ Reporting: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/mozilla/mozilla-ventures-weitere-investitionen/ ### Pulse Date: 2022-12 Type: Acquisition Industry: Machine Learning (ML) / Personalization Reporting: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/mozilla/mozilla-uebernimmt-pulse/ ### Active Replica Date: 2022-11 Type: Acquisition Industry: Virtual spaces and events Reporting: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/mozilla-hubs/mozilla-uebernimmt-active-replica/ ### Array Insights Date: 2022-11 Type: Investment Industry: Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Patient data Details: Seed Website: https://arrayinsights.com/ Reporting: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/mozilla/mozilla-ventures-startup-investitionen/ ### Block Party Date: 2022-09 Type: Investment Industry: Anti-harassment tools / Social media Details: Seed, Exit through an acquisition in March 2026 Website: https://www.blockpartyapp.com/ Reporting: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/mozilla/mozilla-ventures-startup-investitionen/ ### heylogin Date: 2022-09 Type: Investment Industry: Password manager without master password Details: Pre-Seed, lead investor Website: https://www.heylogin.com/ Reporting: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/mozilla/mozilla-investiert-in-passwort-manager-heylogin-aus-deutschland/ ### Deno Date: 2022-06 Type: Investment Industry: JavaScript/TypeScript runtime Details: Seed / Series A Website: https://deno.com/ ### Spike Date: 2021-07 Type: Investment Industry: Team communication and collaboration Details: Series A Website: https://www.spikenow.com/ ### Ramp Date: 2021-06 Type: Investment Industry: Crypto-fiat payment infrastructure Details: Seed Website: https://ramp.network ### Flux Date: 2021-03 Type: Investment Industry: Mobile financial services Details: Pre-Seed Website: https://iflux.app/ ### Blueloop Date: 2020-12 Type: Investment Industry: Digital financial services Details: Pre-Seed Website: https://blueloop.app/ ### Supabase Date: 2020-12 Type: Investment Industry: Open source backend platform Details: Seed Website: https://supabase.com/ ### Talium Date: 2020-07 Type: Investment Industry: No-code websites Details: Pre-Seed ### Spring in Africa Date: 2020-06 Type: Investment Industry: Digital wallets and payments Details: Seed Website: https://www.springinafrica.com/ ### Arc Date: 2019-09 Type: Investment Industry: CDN and website monetization Details: Seed ### Pocket Date: 2017-02 Type: Acquisition Industry: Read-it-later service and content recommendations Details: USD 30 million Website: https://getpocket.com/ Reporting: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/mozilla/mozilla-kauft-read-it-later-pocket-wird-open-source/ ### Cliqz Date: 2016-08 Type: Investment Industry: Privacy products Details: USD 1.8 million, 10 percent share, sold back in 2019 Reporting: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/mozilla/mozilla-beteiligt-sich-an-cliqz/ ### EverythingMe Date: 2012-11 Type: Investment Industry: Contextual search and Open Web Apps Details: Series C Reporting: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/firefox-os/mozilla-investiert-in-everything-me/ ### Amara Date: 2012-05 Type: Investment Industry: Subtitles and video translations Website: https://amara.org/ ## Discontinued products English: https://mozilla-insights.org/en/discontinued-products German: https://mozilla-insights.org/de/eingestellte-produkte Summary: This overview highlights notable products and services Mozilla has discontinued and explains what they were built for. Entries: ### Pocket Lifespan: 2007-2025 Category: Productivity Summary: Pocket was a service for saving articles to read later and discovering recommended web content. Source: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/mozilla/mozilla-stellt-pocket-und-fakespot-ein/ ### Fakespot Lifespan: 2016-2025 Category: Shopping Summary: Fakespot analyzed product reviews and was designed to protect users from fake reviews while shopping online. Source: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/mozilla/mozilla-stellt-pocket-und-fakespot-ein/ ### Orbit by Mozilla Lifespan: 2024-2025 Category: AI Summary: Orbit by Mozilla was a Firefox extension that used AI to summarize text, web pages, and videos. What remained: Firefox has native integration for several chatbots, including the ability to summarize webpages. Source: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/firefox/orbit-by-mozilla-firefox-erweiterung-wird-eingestellt/ ### Mozilla Social Lifespan: 2023-2024 Category: Social media Summary: Under the name Mozilla Social, Mozilla operated its own Mastodon instance and developed a Mastodon app for Android. Source: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/mozilla/mastodon-instanz-mozilla-social-wird-eingestellt/ ### Didthis Lifespan: 2024-2024 Category: Social media Summary: Didthis was an experimental leisure journal for Apple iOS that let users track personal progress and optionally share it with others. Source: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/mozilla/didthis-einstellung-des-projekts-code-wird-open-source/ ### Mozilla Location Service Lifespan: 2013-2024 Category: Data Summary: Mozilla Location Service was an open geolocation database based on cellular, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth signals. Source: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/location-service/mozilla-location-service-wird-eingestellt/ ### Mozilla Hubs Lifespan: 2018-2024 Category: Virtual spaces Summary: Mozilla Hubs was a platform for browser-based 3D and VR spaces. Source: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/mozilla/mozilla-strukturiert-um-hubs-wird-eingestellt/ ### Firefox Better Web Lifespan: 2020-2022 Category: Publisher support Summary: Firefox Better Web was an experimental subscription offering from Mozilla and Scroll designed to provide a less ad-heavy reading experience on participating websites while directly supporting publishers. What remained: Existing users were transitioned to Scroll. ### Firefox Lockwise Lifespan: 2018-2021 Category: Security Summary: Firefox Lockwise was a password manager for Apple iOS and Android. What remained: On iOS and Android, the Firefox browser can also be used as a cross-app password manager. Source: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/firefox-lockwise/firefox-lockwise-unterstuetzung-endet/ ### Firefox Lite Lifespan: 2017-2021 Category: Browser Summary: Firefox Lite, originally launched as Firefox Rocket, was a lightweight Android browser for the Asian market that used Chromium WebView instead of Mozilla's GeckoView engine and integrated features for shopping, travel planning, and games, among others. What remained: Mozilla directed users to the globally available Firefox for Android. Source: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/firefox-lite/firefox-lite-android-eingestellt/ ### Firefox for Amazon Devices Lifespan: 2017-2021 Category: Browser Summary: With Firefox for Fire TV and Fire TV Stick as well as Firefox for Echo Show, Mozilla offered two browsers for Amazon devices. Source: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/firefox/firefox-amazon-eingestellt/ ### Mozilla Stumbler Lifespan: 2013-2021 Category: Data Summary: Mozilla Stumbler was an Android app that let users contribute Wi-Fi and cellular signals together with location data to Mozilla Location Service. What remained: Mozilla Location Service initially continued and was also discontinued in 2024. ### Firefox Reality Lifespan: 2018-2020 Category: Browser Summary: Firefox Reality was Mozilla’s browser for VR and AR headsets. What remained: Igalia continued developing the browser under the name Wolvic. Source: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/wolvic/firefox-reality-wolvic/ ### Firefox Send Lifespan: 2019-2020 Category: File transfer Summary: Firefox Send was a free service for sharing encrypted files through temporary links. What remained: In 2026, MZLA brought the service back under the new name Thunderbird Send as part of the paid Thundermail offering. Source: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/mozilla/firefox-send-und-notes-by-firefox-eingestellt/ ### Notes by Firefox Lifespan: 2018-2020 Category: Productivity Summary: Notes by Firefox was a notes extension for desktop Firefox as well as a notes app for Android with synchronization. Source: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/mozilla/firefox-send-und-notes-by-firefox-eingestellt/ ### Thimble Lifespan: 2012-2019 Category: Web editor Summary: Thimble was a browser-based editor that let users create, edit, and publish simple websites while learning about the underlying code. What remained: Users could migrate their projects to Glitch. ### Lightbeam Lifespan: 2012-2019 Category: Data Summary: Lightbeam was a Mozilla Firefox extension that visualized connections between visited websites and tracking domains. What remained: Lightbeam is now available again as a privately maintained community project. Source: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/firefox/lightbeam-eingestellt/ ### X-Ray Goggles Lifespan: 2014-2019 Category: Web literacy Summary: X-Ray Goggles was a learning tool that let users reveal, modify, and share how web pages were built. ### Firefox ScreenshotGo Lifespan: 2018-2019 Category: Productivity Summary: Firefox ScreenshotGo was an Android app for capturing, organizing, and searching screenshots, including collections and text recognition. ### Firefox Marketplace Lifespan: 2012-2018 Category: Platform Summary: Firefox Marketplace was an app store for web apps, especially around Firefox OS, but also for Android. Source: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/firefox-os/mozilla-macht-weitere-ankuendigung-zur-zukunft-von-firefox-os-und-firefox-marketplace/ ### Mozilla Persona Lifespan: 2011-2016 Category: Authentication Summary: Mozilla Persona was a decentralized authentication service that let users sign in to websites with an email address. What remained: The idea was continued under the name Portier, among others by former Persona developers, without being a direct or official successor. Source: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/persona/mozilla-schaltet-persona-server-ab/ ### Firefox OS Lifespan: 2013-2016 Category: Platform Summary: Firefox OS was an operating system for smartphones, smart TVs, and other devices based on web technologies. What remained: KaiOS is based on Firefox OS and continues to exist as an operating system for so-called feature phones. Source: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/firefox-os/mozilla-beendet-entwicklung-von-firefox-os/ ### Firefox Hello Lifespan: 2014-2016 Category: Communication Summary: Firefox Hello was a service integrated into Firefox and Firefox OS for video and voice calls, including chat and screen sharing, without requiring a sign-in. Source: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/firefox-hello/mozilla-entfernt-firefox-hello-aus-firefox-49/ ### Webmaker App Lifespan: 2015-2015 Category: Content creation Summary: Webmaker was an app for Android and Firefox OS for creating and publishing original content. It picked up Appmaker's idea, but used web URLs instead of apps. What remained: Since late 2023, Mozilla has offered Solo, a comprehensive solution for creating and running websites without programming knowledge. ### Appmaker Lifespan: 2013-2015 Category: App builder Summary: Appmaker was a tool that let users create simple mobile apps with visual building blocks and without programming knowledge. What remained: Although the approach was different, the Webmaker App carried forward the basic idea of making it easy to publish original content for the web. ### Popcorn Maker Lifespan: 2012-2015 Category: Content creation Summary: Popcorn Maker was a tool for creating interactive web videos with embedded content and timed elements. ### Camino Lifespan: 2002-2013 Category: Browser Summary: Camino was a browser built specifically for Mac OS X with a native Cocoa interface. Unlike other Mozilla products, it did not use XUL and also supported older Mac OS versions that Firefox no longer supported. What remained: Firefox remains available as a browser for Apple macOS. Source: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/mozilla/camino-projekt-gibt-offiziell-einstellung-des-mac-browsers-bekannt/ ### Firefox Home Lifespan: 2010-2012 Category: Productivity Summary: Firefox Home was an iOS app that gave users access to synced Firefox tabs, bookmarks, and history data. What remained: In 2015, Mozilla returned to iOS with Firefox as a standalone browser. Source: https://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/firefox-ios/mozilla-entfernt-firefox-home-aus-apple-app-store/ ### Prism Lifespan: 2007-2011 Category: Platform Summary: Prism made it possible to run web applications like standalone desktop programs. What remained: In 2025, Mozilla introduced a Firefox feature that is conceptually similar to Prism. ### Sunbird Lifespan: 2005-2010 Category: Productivity Summary: Sunbird was a standalone calendar application. What remained: Mozilla focused its calendar work on the Thunderbird extension Lightning. Later, calendar features were integrated natively into Thunderbird. ### Minimo Lifespan: 2004-2007 Category: Browser Summary: Minimo was a browser for small devices such as PDAs and Windows Mobile devices. What remained: The project was discontinued in favor of Firefox Mobile development, whose first preview version appeared in 2009.