Shotnote Secures Seed Funding from Prominent Business Angel Investors
Munich, October 27, 2014 (Newswire.com) - Today, the photo sharing app Shotnote announced that it has just closed a six-digit seed financing round with two German business angels. Among the investors is Marcus Englert, general partner at Texas Atlantic Capital and former member of the executive board at ProSiebenSAT.1 Media AG.
"This investment is the result of our extremely promising public beta test we’re currently seeing. It will allow us to officially launch Shotnote next month as well as to further develop the product", says Julian von Eckartsberg, CEO and founder of Shotnote.
This investment is the result of our extremely promising public beta test we're currently seeing. It will allow us to officially launch Shotnote next month as well as to further develop the product
Julian von Eckartsberg, CEO & founder, Shotnote
Shotnote is a unique photo sharing app with a simple and fun location-based sharing and discovery concept: With Shotnote users can take a photo, tag it to a specific location and leave it to their friends. Friends will discover the Shot once they end up close enough to that location and are then notified immediately.
Shotnote is currently preparing for the official launch in early November and has been in public beta since September. Initial usage insights have been very positive with great user feedback and engagement, especially by high school students. While these young Shotnoters are using the app mainly for funny pictures, Shotnote can also be used for other reasons such as party invitations or local recommendations, e.g. to let friends know when they walk by a great restaurant. Also, friends can organize small scavenger hunts and couples can surprise each other with love notes.
The company has recently been selected for the ALPHA program at the web summit in Dublin, which presents a unique opportunity for the young startup. "We are thrilled to be attending this event. It's an incredible platform to launch our app to the public. We're also looking forward to meeting with other founders and potential partners", says Nils Ziehn, CTO and co-founder of Shotnote.
Shotnote was initiated by the CEO and founder Julian von Eckartsberg together with CTO and co-founder Nils Ziehn. Previously, Julian has founded an online classifieds company and worked at a leading management consulting firm. Nils is a highly experienced iOS developer and software engineer as well as founder of three companies.
