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Follow on Google News | A 21-Year-Old Student Releases a New Social Networking Mobile App and Receives a Valuation of $3mln'Spontime', a new Mobile App founded by 21-year-old Karolina Demianczuk, helps to make spontaneous plans with friends and enjoy more time together in real life. Although the App is not released yet, Investors top their bids, valuing startup at $3mln.
By: Spontime Inc. As stated by the Founder, Spontime's mission is to 'bring people together'. Users simply post what they feel like doing, and their friends can join them or not. In this way they are constantly informed about what their friends are up to, so that they 'never miss out on the fun'. There are no 'chat' or 'comment' features, however. „We want to minimize the time people spend in front of their screens. The point is to make them see people face-to-face more often, not talking through the App." - says Karolina. What pushed her to create Spontime the most were her broad experiences abroad. She has visited more than thirty countries and lived in three (Poland, the U.S. and Singapore), being able to compare lifestyle and behaviors of her peers around the world. „It does not matter if we are in America, Europe, Africa or Asia. With today's speed on life, inevitable digitalization, and globalization, it is harder to maintain real, in-person relationships." The concept seems to work well. Students are already looking forward to the App release and massively sign up for a pre-release version of Spontime - in the first day of its beta tests the company received more than 2000 download requests. Not surprisingly, the company is already in the process of negotiating seed investment deals with Angel Investors from the US, Sweden and Poland who valued the startup at $3mln. The company plans to close the deal by the end of March. "We were surprised by how many investors and VCs have approached us. We were not expecting this much interest in such an early stage, we have not even been looking for funding yet." - says Demianczuk. Spontime is currently having its closed beta. The company has not announced the release date yet, although the App is planned to be launched in early spring. Availability: Spontime will be available for free on the App Store and Google Play Store. Sign up on its website to be the first one to get Spontime when it's out. About: Spontime Inc. was founded in October 2015 and is based in San Francisco, CA. The company's mission is to bring people together by helping them organize spontaneous meetups with friends. More information: https://www.facebook.com/ End
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