Dan Novaes, Founder & CEO of Mode Mobile, explains how early arbitrage instincts grew into a global earning platform that pays users for everyday smartphone activity. He breaks down how Mode’s EarnOS works, why user ownership matters, and what it takes to build a consumer business at scale with investors and users aligned.
Dan Novaes is the Founder & CEO of Mode Mobile, an earning-technology company that has facilitated nearly $1B in earnings and savings to users through everyday smartphone activity. A lifelong entrepreneur, Dan began identifying arbitrage opportunities at an early age and went on to build multiple profitable consumer businesses before graduating high school.
Prior to Mode Mobile, Dan founded and scaled top-grossing App Store products, raised venture capital with backing from Mark Cuban, and built consumer platforms reaching tens of millions of users globally. Today, Mode Mobile has just under 200M MAU users across 170+ countries, generated tens of millions in annual revenue, and built one of the largest user-shareholder communities in the world through innovative crowdfunding and Reg A financing.
He has been a 3i Member since 2024.
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