Australian startup Spoony has announced its founding team and set a launch date for the rollout of its new online dating app. The app will be available from a date set in Q4 of 2024. 

Spoony aims to revolutionise the dating landscape for neurodivergent, chronically ill and disabled individuals. Founders Kenneth Liang, Blake Crichton, and Nicholas Carlton built Spoony in response to Nicholas’s experiences as a chronically ill person. 

Today’s dating apps are a frustrating experience for most people but for those that face existing challenges from their chronic illness, disability or neurodivergence the frustration can feel more intense and distressing and many of these users are already socially isolated. 

The founders have ambitious plans to become the leading dating and friendship app for the billions of people globally who are neurodivergent, living with a chronic illness and/or a disability. The app is designed to fix the problems of mainstream online dating services. 

Spoony has a strong focus on inclusion, safety and understanding where individuality is celebrated and connections are deeply valued. 

With plans to launch in Melbourne first, it’s only a matter of time Spoony reaches wider populations. Spoony is poised to make a meaningful impact on the lives of millions worldwide, soon to reach the rest of Australia.