Zivity

A social art patronage platform for pinup photography.

Zivity, a San Francisco startup which launched at TechCrunch40 in 2007, is a premium subscription and fan interaction platform. Zivity celebrates artists through crowdsourced curation and editorial moderation of photography that highlights unique beauty. Fans freely interact with artists and support their favorite artists through microdonations and recurring monthly support. In July 2009 [Zivity spun off Top Fans into a separate company](http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/23/zivity-splits-employees-execs-venture-funding-into-two-companies/).