About Us
Cardkive is made by the team behind Artkive. After more than a decade of preserving children’s artwork, we kept hearing the same thing from customers: “Can you do this with my greeting cards too?” Wedding cards. Sympathy cards. The stack from a milestone birthday. We listened, designed a box and a process built specifically for cards, and Cardkive was born.
2012
When it began
30m
Cards and artworks transformed
500k
Happy families served
Cardkive Beginnings
Jedd Gold and Jeff Lipp are more than co-founders. They're also cousins. And they're fellow dads who share a passion for innovation, quality, and community.
Jedd and Jeff grew up on the East Coast and found themselves both living in Los Angeles pursuing entrepreneurial endeavors. With complementary skill sets and a similar problem — what to do with all the mementos (art, greeting cards, photos) that were pilling up inside their homes — they came together to find a solution. What started as a way to preserve their own kids’ art has become a service families use for every kind of paper memory — and cards have become one of the most emotional categories we work with.
Cardkive Now
Jedd's focus is on the customer experience and identifying new ways to grow. He shares a mutual love of musical theater with his two daughters, and serves on the board of Make-A-Wish, which grants life-changing wishes to children with critical illnesses.
Jeff makes sure Artkive runs like a well-oiled machine. When he isn't working closely with the outstanding operations and production teams, he's with his wife and kids or in a yoga class. He's on the board of the Santa Monica College Foundation, whose mission is to eliminate barriers to ensure academic success for Santa Monica College students.
Located in sunny Los Angeles
The Cardkive Studio: our 20,000 square foot creative studio slash warehouse slash office in Los Angeles where all of the magic happens. It's usually buzzing at all hours of the day while our photographers, editors, and book designers transform your cards into keepsakes.
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