Snap has acquired Saturn, a calendar app that helps students manage their school schedules and share them with others, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Friday. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Saturn will continue to operate as a standalone app.
The news was first reported by Engadget.
Snap says almost the entire Saturn team is joining Snap as part of the acquisition, with just under 30 full-time employees coming on board.
Although Snap didn’t share much about its plans for the acquisition, a spokesperson for the company told TechCrunch in an email that Snap will bring Saturn’s calendaring expertise into Snapchat in innovative ways.
Founded in 2018, Saturn reimagines the calendaring experience by bringing in a social element. The idea behind the startup is to allow high school and college students to connect with their classmates and see which classes their friends are in without having to share a bunch of pictures of different schedules.
Users can share their schedules with their friends to see what they’re up to in real time and what they have coming up in order to make plans. In addition to classes, users can share their schedules for practices, rehearsals, meetings, games, and more.
Snap says that Saturn is used by a large number of schools and that 80% of U.S. high schools have support for Saturn. Snap believes that Saturn has built its success by turning scheduling into a more engaging and dynamic experience. The two companies will work together to foster more real-world connections, Snap says.
Forbes reported in 2021 that Saturn raised $44 million in a funding round led by General Catalyst, Insight Partners, and Coatue, with participation from Bezos Expeditions, Marc Benioff, Dara Khosrowshahi, and Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary’s Sound Ventures, among others.
