A Swansea graduate has become an internet sensation through creating the pet photo sharing app Fuzmo.
Elliot Thomas, a Business and ICT graduate from Swansea Metropolition University in 2013, created Fuzmo with his business partner Jack Morris.
They raised the cash for the Swansea-based venture through online crowd funding which saw them raising £50,450 in only 11 days.
Fuzmo already has 2000 members and an amazing three million followers on Instagram. Its purpose is to create a place where animal lovers across the world can interact and share with each other.
Elliot told us: “Fuzmo was born from our Instagram accounts where one of our co-founders, Jack, started posting pictures of cute animals. The account is @Insta_Animal, and with this account achieving great success and us getting thousands of requests to post other people’s pet pictures, we realised that people wanted this type of app so we decided to create a place where pet picture enthusiasts could share their own images while getting involved in our like-minded community.”
He added: “We have faced many challenges, money was the biggest issue in the early days however we were very fortunate enough to gain a lot of traction when we first launched our website and this led us to crowd funding platform Seedrs where we were lucky enough to raise £55,450.”
Fuzmo’s offices are in Wind street Swansea and the company currently employs two Swansea University graduates Andrew Ryan and Michael Dec.
Micheal Dec, who studied Mathmetics at Swansea University, said : “Fuzmo literally emanates enthusiam and a friendly atmosphere. We have designed graphics and pursued business opportunities, fixed codes and even contrbuited to some open source projects.”
Elliot said: “Fuzmo has grown much quicker than we anticipated however we are thrilled to see itdoing so well.”
“My advice to students is just go for it, I don’t think many things have gone to plan for us however that’s part of the journey, learning at each hurdle is not only important but amazing. There is a lot of support for new businesses, especially in Wales.”
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