Mesh Communities, Inc.

A safe, secure home for communities, with a Shopify-like toolbox for leaders.

  • Stage Product In Development
  • Industry Software
  • Location Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • Currency USD
  • Founded March 2019
  • Employees 4
  • Incorporation Type B-corp
  • Website meshconnect.us

Company Summary

There's a growing trend toward supportive communities with true safety, security, data ownership, and privacy. Mesh has a beautiful app, plugins for features, and services needed by community leaders.

Business model parallels Shopify's — Mesh is the obviously best way to run a community. Users love it because it's 100% signal. Revenue from monthly subscriptions, a marketplace for plugins, and transaction fees as money changes hands.

Team

  • Drew Thaler
    Co-founder, CEO

    Drew Thaler is a 25-year tech veteran. His first startup was acquired by Steve Jobs' Apple and became part of iTunes and macOS. After that, he joined Sony PlayStation, where he was instrumental in the launch of the PS4 and served on the UX working group. His next startup joined Techstars and was funded at a valuation of nearly $10M within a year. Mesh is his third startup.

  • Jess Wise
    Co-founder

    Jess Zakira Wise is a storyteller, entrepreneur, and connector. She's produced feature-length films and docs, and is an expert community organizer with a network that spans tech, entertainment, and politics.

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