Moonit

Moonit LLC
Available in English,Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish
Headquarters New York
CEO Mason Sexton Jr.
Industry Internet
Products Moonit, Daily Horoscope, Couples Horoscope, Horoscope with Friends, AstroCalc
Website http://www.moonit.com
Commercial Yes
Launched 2009

Moonit is an app developer based in New York City.[1] The company launched as a semi-finalist at TechCrunch50 with its flagship product Moonit, a social discovery and meet-up app based on astrology.[2]

History

Co-Founders Dana Kanze and Mason Sexton launched an alpha version of Moonit.com at TechCrunch San Francisco.[1] The two met while attending The University of Pennsylvania and launched Moonit while Mason was completing his MBA at Columbia Business School.[3] Moonit launched its first iOS application in October 2011.[4] In November 2014, Moonit Labs announced it has raised $1.5 million in new funding. The Company intends to use the funds to expand its global presence.[5]

Moonit had previously raised over $1m via angels in the form of convertible notes.[6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Bhatti, Jay. "TechCrunch Semi-Finalist Passes 1 Million Users with Meeting Through Astrology App Read more:". Business Insider. Business Insider. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
  2. Jay, Bhatti. "NYC's Moonit Labs - TechCrunch Semi-Finalist Passes 1 Million Users with Meeting Through Astrology App". Business Insider. Business Insider.
  3. Barret, Amy; Choi, Amy S. "How 20 Business Ideas Were Hatched". Business Week. Business Week. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
  4. Kincaid, Jason. "Do You Believe In Magic? Moonit Looks To The Stars For Relationship Advice". TechCrunch. TechCrunch. Retrieved 21 September 2009.
  5. Unknown, Unknown. "MOONIT LABS CLOSES $1.5M ANGEL FUNDING". FInSMEs. FInSMEs. Retrieved November 2014. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  6. Unknown, Unknown. "Funding Daily: Today's tech funding news, in one place". VentureBeat. VentureBeat. Retrieved November 2014. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
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