Pinwheel is a location-focused social product that lets users find and leave public or private notes, photos and categorized tip sets at designated places. The service is in private beta on the web and mobile web, with an iOS app planned as the primary experience. Users can share notes with individuals or everyone, create social graphs of people, places and sets, and receive notifications from chosen sources. Notes serve as containers for stories, advice, memories, facts, advertisements and other contextual information. Pinwheel plans a monetization route that allows businesses to create sponsored notes at given places. The company is hiring and has secured early funding.

Total raised

$2M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Equity

Latest activity

Feb 2012