SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwired - Jun 19, 2013) - Muzy, Inc., an early-stage microblogging service focused on mobile content creation, today announced a $4.4 million round of investment funding. The startup has attracted more than 20 million users globally and is adding more than one million new users each month.
Investors include WPP (
Headquartered in San Francisco, Muzy was launched in 2011 by its cofounders, CEO Andrew Chen and CTO Matt Rubens. Muzy will use the new investment to further scale the engineering team and build out the suite of creative publishing tools for the Muzy platform. Muzy currently offers more than 50 mobile publishing tools and a global network for sharing content, and Muzy is a "Top 100" photo app in 70+ countries.
"This investment allows us to build stronger distribution in Asia, with our new partners in Japan and China," said CEO Andrew Chen. "We also look forward to partnering with WPP and its significant clients to develop our advertising model."
About Muzy Muzy (pronounced "Muse-zee") is a new kind of blog for your creative side. Over 20 million users post, enhance, create and share photos, thoughts, drawings, animations, collages and all kinds of fun content. Muzy offers more than 50 publishing tools on Android, iOS, and web, and a global network for sharing content. Having earned 25,000+ reviews with 4.5 out of 5 stars, Muzy is a Top 100 photo app in 70+ countries. Muzy launched in 2011 and is based in San Francisco, CA. For more information, visit www.muzy.com .
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