# Made in Toronto: 500px

By [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com) · 2015-07-22

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[Sunset in Toronto by Daniel Fernandes on 500px](https://500px.com/photo/65426797/sunset-in-toronto-by-daniel-fernandes)

[https://500px.com/embed.js](https://500px.com/embed.js)

If you’re a regular reader of Architect This City, you’ll know that I generally like to include at least one photo with every post. Sometimes I run out of time and I don’t always do that, but that is at least the intent.

You might have also noticed that my go-to for stock photography is [500px](http://500px.com). That is the case for a few reasons. 

I find the photos to be of higher quality than any other service. I can easily “embed” them into my posts while giving appropriate credit to the author and linking back to 500px. The company was founded by [a good friend of mine](https://twitter.com/tchebotarev) and snowboarding compadre. And the company is made in Toronto.

That’s why it’s exciting to report that [yesterday the company announced an additional $13M in funding](http://techcrunch.com/2015/07/21/500px-raises-another-13m-to-take-on-getty-and-flickr/) (Series B). To date the company has raised $23M of outside funding, from some big names like [Andreessen Horowitz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreessen_Horowitz). This is great for the everyone in the company, and I believe it’s great for this city.

Why is that?

Well, [here’s a video from the New York Times’ Cities For Tomorrow conference](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp9D-JCd_LQ#t=644), where Andrew Ross Sorkin and Fred Wilson talk about creating startup hubs. It’s about 20 minutes long and well worth a watch.

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*Originally published on [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com/made-in-toronto-500px)*