app development founded 2012 in chicago founder daniel novaes and kiran panesar headquarters chicago illinois united states services nativ website mobilex labs mobilex labs is a chicago based app development company . contents 1 founding 2 nativ 3 mxlapps and mxlgames 4 references 5 external links founding edit mobilex labs based in chicago illinois was founded by ceo daniel novaes and kiran panesar in 2012 . while novaes was attending indiana university he met pansar on an odd jobs website when he was looking to develop an app for his music blog . after hiring panesar to complete the app the two worked on other apps together before deciding to develop software that would allow users to develop apps with no coding required . 1 2 prior to founding mobilex labs novaes founded various companies including elekteks inc. his first business was exporting discount clothing and other merchandise online . 3 4 nativ edit in july 2014 the company raised 1.5 million in seed financing from the garland funds in advance of the beta launch of mxl build app builder later renamed nativ . mark cuban was brought on as an advisor . mxl developed 20 000 users in its beta form . the program provides users with app development tools that require no knowledge in computer coding . mlx creates native apps and does not use hybrid building software . 1 2 5 6 the app builder was initially targeted at the music industry ; in order to allow musicians and music companies to develop their apps . 3 mxlapps and mxlgames edit the mobilex labs software originally was composed of mxlapps and games . the software combines social utilities and gaming to create apps for download on apple google play and amazon . the company also develops its own apps using the mxlapps platform . 4 two of the first apps developed by mobilex labs urban pictionary and wakaville created the revenue flow to keep the company operating . the company has designed other apps for companies like instagram . 2 references edit a b carly okyle september 15 2014 . top 30 startups to watch . entrepreneur . retrieved november 21 2014 . a b c john pletz july 15 2014 . app developer mobilex lands 1.5 million . crain s chicago business . retrieved november 21 2014 . a b aidan sakiri june 14 2012 . entrepreneur profile daniel novaes . elite daily . retrieved november 21 2014 . a b will schmidt october 21 2013 . mobilex labs bootstrapping from near nothing to success . tech cocktail . murry shohat july 15 2014 . mobilex labs announces 1.5 m in funding to democratize app stores . venture beat . retrieved november 21 2014 . josh ong october 21 2014 . mobilex labs launches its app building platform nativ as an open beta . the next web . retrieved november 21 2014 . external links edit mobilex labs retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mobilex labs & oldid 743336881 categories 2012 establishments in illinoiscompanies based in chicagointernet companies of the united statescompanies established in 2012 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 04 59 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view