Scheduling Software Startup Meekan Comes Out of Stealth with a $750k Seed from Horizons Ventures
Tel Aviv, Israel (PRWEB) November 06, 2014 -- Meekan, the Israeli-based startup developing the technology that will connect the world’s calendars, has announced a seed funding round of $870k: $750k from Horizons Ventures and $120k from private investors. The funds will go towards developing a portfolio of products based on Meekan’s patent-pending technology, as well as expanding its R&D and sales workforce.
‘We are honored to have Horizons Ventures as our investors and welcome Gilad Novik to our board of directors. Over the past months we’ve worked hard on developing a portfolio of products that will provide the best value for consumers and businesses alike’, said Lior Yavor, Co-Founder & CEO. ‘The scheduling & optimization engines we develop can disrupt several industries and we have much more in store.’
Meekan was founded in 2013 by a father-son duo, Lior & Eyal Yavor, along with veteran product executive Matty Mariansky. As VP Operations and Chief Pilot at El-Al Israeli Airlines, Lior has experienced too many times what happens when a 15-people meeting needs to be rescheduled, so he brought this up at the Friday dinner table, which sparked Eyal’s problem-solving mind.
Meekan’s scheduling & optimization engines are the core of the technology, alongside the Flexible Time Algorithm. 3 months ago the company released a beta version of its iOS app for iPhone and iPad devices, which aims at simplifying scheduling of business meetings. Meekan for iPhone/iPad can pinpoint the best times for a meeting, taking into account free/busy availability, time zones and working hours, of all attendees - regardless of their calendar vendor (Gmail, Google Apps, Exchange/Office365 and iCloud).
Gilad Novik, CTO at Horizons Ventures: ‘"Scheduling meetings is a daily task, and it is also often a time consuming one, especially when different time zones and many parties are involved. Bolstered by the Flexible Time Algorithm, Meekan takes the hassle out of this task, and provides a simple solution to an avoidable inconvenience, allowing us to work more efficiently - it is much more than a productivity or calendar app. We are thrilled Meekan is joining the family at Horizons Labs.”
The company is continuing to develop its portfolio of products, which includes the iPhone/iPad app and an API for 3rd party developers and online booking services. An Android app and an Outlook plugin are coming soon, along with an enterprise product for businesses running on Microsoft Exchange.
Download Meekan for iPhone: http://goo.gl/zFl6jA
Access Meekan API: http://playground.meekan.com
About Meekan
Meekan is a cross-vendor calendar scheduling platform which enables you to share free/busy times and availability options with everyone, on any calendar (Google, Exchange, iCloud, etc). Our vision is to connect the world’s calendars and change the way people schedule meetings by leveraging our scheduling and optimization engines (patent-pending). Our predictive, AI-like technologies will enable you to optimize your calendar automatically, save valuable time and remind you to stay in touch with colleagues and business partners from the past.
Co-Founders Lior Yavor, Eyal Yavor and Matty Marianksy joined forces in 2013, after Lior wasted precious hours trying to schedule meetings at El-Al Airlines, where he served as VP Operations & Chief Pilot for 7 years.
Based in Tel Aviv, Israel, Meekan is a privately-held company, backed by Horizons Ventures and private investors.
Dvir Reznik, Meekan, http://www.meekan.com/press-kit, +972 525799899, [email protected]
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