 Kerpoof was founded in March 2006 by Krista Marks, Tom Fischaber, Brent Milne and Jonathan Ballagh, and launched its first public product in January 2007.The company has partnered with non-profit organizations such as the National Center for Women and Information Technology and the BizWorld Foundation in order to produce fun and educational content, and its Make a Movie application was supported by two SBIR awards from the National Science Foundation, totaling $150,000.In September 2007, Kerpoof was selected to participate in TechCrunch 40, and launched Make a Movie at that event.