THE DAILY PENNSYLVANIAN – Feb 1 – Two Penn students have taken a gap semester to develop a dating app after their project went viral on TikTok, attracting investors. They created Monet, a dating app that asks users to respond to a drawing prompt proposed by their potential match. The platform launched for iOS on Dec. 16, and has already had ~20K downloads. Their video, posted on Oct. 13, went viral within a day, attracting 570K views and 180K likes to date. Following the post's rise, venture capital firms reached out to the team about investing in the app. By December, Monet had closed its first round of funding, allowing them to raise ~$500K.
by Alana Kelly
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