Product
Meeps lets you find real people – who share real interests – in real time. Discovery is about interests, not social.
Interests define who we are yet are not well organized online for us to easily find what we’re looking for. Our circle of friends and followers don't always have the answers.
Meeps organizes and connects you to people, places and things you find interesting.
“The future of search isn’t search, it’s a conversation with someone we trust.” ~ John Battelle
Founders
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Chris KarrSoftware developer in Chicago. Web & mobile software designer.
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Mat RanauroFounder & CEO of Meeps. Product focused engineer. Parsons School of Design. Crispin Porter + Bogusky. Good enough sucks.
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Sean ZehnderCTO & Co-Founder Socialesque. Georgetown grad. Northwestern Media, Technology, and Society PhD Program (abd). I love human-sized companies (a.k.a startups).
Previous Investors
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Brandon ZeunerCo-founding Partner @ Venture51. Founding team @ Flypaper (acquired in '11). Started at Interact (makers of ACT! & SalesLogix).
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Ryan SwagarCo-founding Partner @Venture51
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Jonathon TriestFounder and managing Partner of Ludlow Ventures. Angel and seed stage investing without the ego.
Advisors
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Gerry CampbellAngel investor & advisor - social, mobile, local tech. Portfolio includes Summize & Tweetdeck, both acq by Twitter. CEO Collecta, Pres Reuters Tech & SVP AOL
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Micah BaldwinFounder Graphicly. Multiple Entrepreneur. Mentor at Techstars & 500startups. Startup Doer and Advisor.
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Patrick MahoneyCo-Founder of SF MusicTech Fund, Collecta Real-Time Search, Whobet Social Gaming, Chesspark, Xiph.Org, Green Witch Internet Radio. Advisor to Meeps.
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Dave RiceEntrepreneurial Product Management and Marketing Leader -
Bill SeamansAdvisor to Meeps.
Referrer
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Micah BaldwinFounder Graphicly. Multiple Entrepreneur. Mentor at Techstars & 500startups. Startup Doer and Advisor.

