The Stanford-StartX Fund has participated in the $4.3m seed round for Stanza, a company aiming to change the way internet-connected calendars are used.
Stanza, a US-based online calendar curation system, has raised $4.3m in its seed round from a consortium including the Stanford-StartX Fund, a fund run by the non-profit business incubator associated with Stanford University.
The Stanford-StartX fund was joined in the round by US-based venture capital firms Metamorphic Ventures, Founder Collective, Tekton Ventures and Western Technology Investment, and two angel investors.
Stanza, formerly known as SpotOn.it allows users to add updating events to their calendars and subscribe to event entries by external organisations. This, for example, allows for events to be updated after they have happened with scores after a sports match or recipes after a cookery course has been attended.
Tracey Downing, an elementary parent-teacher association leader and early Stanza user, said: “The teacher gave us all the field trips for the year and I added them to Stanza that night. All the trips were immediately in everybody’s calendar, including the sign-up forms for parents. From that standpoint I knew this could help everyone stay updated and be organised.”
Stanza’s product works with any device with an internet-connected calendar.
