Alfonso Cobo

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Alfonso Cobo
Born1992
Canary Islands, Spain
NationalitySpanish
OccupationBusinessman
Known for Unfold

Alfonso Cobo (born 1992, Canary Islands, Spain [1] ) is a Spanish businessman. He is best known as the founder of Unfold, which was acquired by Squarespace in 2019. [2]

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Early life

Alfonso was born in the Canary Islands, Spain and spent much of his childhood in Madrid before moving to the United Kingdom at 17. [3]

Career

As a university student, Cobo studied design and architecture. [4] After working as an architectural designer in London, [5] Cobo received a scholarship to Parsons School of Design and moved to New York. [3] Cobo has a master's degree in strategic design and management from Parsons School of Design and a bachelor's degree in architecture from the University of Brighton.[ citation needed ]

In 2017, Cobo recognized there was no software or app that could create a portfolio of his work on an iPad. Later that year, he launched his portfolio layout app, the first one to exist for iPad. [6]

Unfold

Cobo founded Unfold in 2018 and was later joined by Andy McCune as a co-founder. [6] Unfold, a mobile application that allows users to create Instagram Stories posts using a variety of templates and other tools. [4] [7] It was used by such celebrities as Kim Kardashian, Camila Cabello, Olivia Culpo, Selena Gomez, Ashley Tisdale, Selena Gomez, Mariah Carey, the Jonas Brothers, and Miley Cyrus. [8] [6] [9] [10] Unfold has also partnered with Equinox, Tommy Hilfiger, and Product Red. [8]

In 2019, Unfold was acquired by Squarespace. By then, it had 16 million users. In 2023, Unfold had over 60 million downloads, and over 1 billion stories were created using it. [10] [1] [11] Instagram featured Unfold as a recommended app to help users with their Stories ads. [6]

In 2020, Cobo launched Bio Sites with Squarespace, a tool that allows users to share relevant links. [12]

Cobo received a Gaingels award in 2023. [3] He also launched Hypelist, a social mobile application, in 2023. [13]

Personal life

Cobo currently lives in New York City. [5]

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  8. 1 2 Alfonso Cobo. Fast Company.
  9. ↑ "Billboard Music Awards Pacts With Nascent Stories-Editing App 'Unfold'". April 26, 2019.
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  12. ↑ Ha, Anthony (December 18, 2020). "Unfold launches lightweight, link-centric profiles called Bio Sites".
  13. ↑ Rivera, Abraham (2023-12-27). "¿Por qué nos obsesionan las listas? Alfonso Cobo, el español que creó Unfold, lanza una 'app' para compartir recomendaciones". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-04-08.
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