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<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>New Delhi: Twitter<\/a> rival Koo<\/a> is in discussions with investors to raise funding and hopes to close a deal in the next 3-4 months, Koo<\/a> co-founder Aprameya Radhakrishna said. Koo, which has over the past few months seen a massive surge in user base in the country, is looking at raising \"more than what was raised in the last round\".

In February, Koo said it had raised
USD<\/a> 4.1 million in series A funding from Accel, Kalaari Capital, Blume Ventures and Dream Incubator, and 3one4 Capital. In all, it has raised about USD<\/a> 10 million in total funding through multiple tranches.

\"We raised some money in January and we are in talks with folks who are quite interested to invest money. Talks are on, we will see what works out,\" Radhakrishna told .

He added that the company is pretty hopeful of closing a transaction in next 3-4 months.

While Radhakrishna remained tight-lipped about the amount of funding Koo is looking at raising, he said the platform would want to raise more than what it had raised in the previous round.

\"The kind of appetite for
social media<\/a> is being seen in the VCs,\" he said. Koo, which has about 60 lakh users on its platform, sees a lot of headroom for growth and is investing on expanding its infrastructure and strengthening its headcount.

\"Koo is a
social media<\/a> platform, which needs to be built over the next decade or so. We will have stages of raising money and different amounts at different stages based on our performance,\" Radhakrishna said.

Koo had unveiled its new logo on Thursday. The new logo is a continuation of the yellow bird but with a fresh new look.

The social media platform - which is looking at significantly scaling up its user base on the platform, especially driven by vernacular subscribers - is aiming to hit the 100 million downloads.

India remains a critical market for Internet companies like Facebook, WhatsApp and
Twitter<\/a> with its large population base and burgeoning Internet adoption. The country is the world's second-largest telecom market and the biggest consumer of data.

Over the past many months, there have been clarion calls for expanding the ecosystem of homegrown digital platforms.

Interestingly, homegrown social media platform
ShareChat<\/a> had last month raised USD 502 million (about Rs 3,725 crore) in funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Tiger Global, valuing the homegrown social media platform at over USD 2.1 billion. Twitter - an existing investor in ShareChat<\/a> had also participated in the funding along with Snap Inc (which owns photo-messaging app<\/a> Snapchat<\/a>) and India Quotient among others.

The pandemic has provided a major boost to digital platforms with a sharp increase in consumers opting for e-services. This is also driving greater investor interest in these businesses.

In the past few weeks, a number of startups in the country including
Meesho<\/a>, Groww, ShareChat and Cred have raised funding and entered the Unicorn Club<\/a> (companies with valuation of over a billion dollar).<\/body>","next_sibling":[{"msid":82629562,"title":"Alibaba reports first operating loss as a public company","entity_type":"ARTICLE","link":"\/news\/alibaba-reports-first-operating-loss-as-a-public-company\/82629562","category_name":null,"category_name_seo":"telecomnews"}],"related_content":[],"msid":82629783,"entity_type":"ARTICLE","title":"Koo in talks to raise funds; hopes to close a deal in 3-4 months","synopsis":"Twitter rival Koo is in discussions with investors to raise funding and hopes to close a deal in the next 3-4 months, Koo co-founder Aprameya Radhakrishna said.","titleseo":"telecomnews\/koo-in-talks-to-raise-funds-hopes-to-close-a-deal-in-3-4-months","status":"ACTIVE","authors":[],"analytics":{"comments":0,"views":695,"shares":0,"engagementtimems":2517000},"Alttitle":{"minfo":""},"artag":"PTI","artdate":"2021-05-14 15:40:38","lastupd":"2021-05-14 15:43:35","breadcrumbTags":["koo","APP","snapchat","Meesho","Twitter","unicorn club","USD","ShareChat","MVAS\/Apps","social media"],"secinfo":{"seolocation":"telecomnews\/koo-in-talks-to-raise-funds-hopes-to-close-a-deal-in-3-4-months"}}" data-authors="[" "]" data-category-name="" data-category_id="" data-date="2021-05-14" data-index="article_1">

古永锵筹集资金进行谈判;希望在3 - 4个月成交

Twitter对手古与投资者筹集资金,希望在未来3 - 4个月成交,古永锵创始人Aprameya Radhakrishna说。

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新德里消息:推特竞争对手在讨论与投资者筹集资金,希望达成协议在未来3 - 4个月,联合创始人Aprameya Radhakrishna说。古,在过去的几个月里看到一个巨大的用户群激增,看着提高“超过在最后一轮长大”。

今年2月,古永锵表示,它已经提高美元410万系列资金从Accel Kalaari首都布卢姆企业孵化器和梦想,和3 one4资本。总之,这引起了美元1000万年的总资金通过多个部分。

“我们1月份筹集了一些钱,我们正在与人谈判投资很感兴趣。会谈,我们将看到什么作品,Radhakrishna告诉。

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他补充说,该公司非常希望关闭交易在未来3 - 4个月。

对于资金的数量虽然Radhakrishna仍然守口如瓶古看着抚养,他说这个平台想要筹集更多比它在上一轮了。

”的胃口社交媒体被风投们,”他说。古,大约60多数用户在其平台上,看到很多的空间增长和扩大基础设施投资和加强其员工。

“古是一个社交媒体平台,这需要建立在未来十年左右。我们将筹集资金阶段和不同数量在不同阶段根据我们的表现,Radhakrishna说。

古有周四公布了它的新标志。新标志是黄色小鸟的延续,但一个新的外观。

社交媒体平台——这就是看着大幅扩大用户基础平台,特别是由方言用户,目标是达到1亿下载。

印度仍然是一个Facebook等互联网公司的关键市场,WhatsApp和推特以其庞大的人口基数和新兴的互联网应用。中国是世界第二大电信市场和最大的消费数据。

在过去的几个月,号角呼吁扩大国产数字平台的生态系统。

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有趣的是,本土社交媒体平台ShareChat上个月已经筹集了5.02亿美元(约3725卢比)的资金光速创投和老虎为首的全球、本土社交媒体平台的市值超过21亿美元。Twitter——现有的投资者ShareChat还参加了资金以及快速公司(拥有照片信息吗应用程序 Snapchat)和印度商等等。

大流行提供了一个主要的推动数字平台与急剧增加,消费者选择电子商务。这也是推动更大的投资者对这些企业的兴趣。

在过去几周,许多创业公司包括MeeshoGroww ShareChat和信誉提高了资金和进入独角兽俱乐部(公司估值超过十亿美元)。
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<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>New Delhi: Twitter<\/a> rival Koo<\/a> is in discussions with investors to raise funding and hopes to close a deal in the next 3-4 months, Koo<\/a> co-founder Aprameya Radhakrishna said. Koo, which has over the past few months seen a massive surge in user base in the country, is looking at raising \"more than what was raised in the last round\".

In February, Koo said it had raised
USD<\/a> 4.1 million in series A funding from Accel, Kalaari Capital, Blume Ventures and Dream Incubator, and 3one4 Capital. In all, it has raised about USD<\/a> 10 million in total funding through multiple tranches.

\"We raised some money in January and we are in talks with folks who are quite interested to invest money. Talks are on, we will see what works out,\" Radhakrishna told .

He added that the company is pretty hopeful of closing a transaction in next 3-4 months.

While Radhakrishna remained tight-lipped about the amount of funding Koo is looking at raising, he said the platform would want to raise more than what it had raised in the previous round.

\"The kind of appetite for
social media<\/a> is being seen in the VCs,\" he said. Koo, which has about 60 lakh users on its platform, sees a lot of headroom for growth and is investing on expanding its infrastructure and strengthening its headcount.

\"Koo is a
social media<\/a> platform, which needs to be built over the next decade or so. We will have stages of raising money and different amounts at different stages based on our performance,\" Radhakrishna said.

Koo had unveiled its new logo on Thursday. The new logo is a continuation of the yellow bird but with a fresh new look.

The social media platform - which is looking at significantly scaling up its user base on the platform, especially driven by vernacular subscribers - is aiming to hit the 100 million downloads.

India remains a critical market for Internet companies like Facebook, WhatsApp and
Twitter<\/a> with its large population base and burgeoning Internet adoption. The country is the world's second-largest telecom market and the biggest consumer of data.

Over the past many months, there have been clarion calls for expanding the ecosystem of homegrown digital platforms.

Interestingly, homegrown social media platform
ShareChat<\/a> had last month raised USD 502 million (about Rs 3,725 crore) in funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Tiger Global, valuing the homegrown social media platform at over USD 2.1 billion. Twitter - an existing investor in ShareChat<\/a> had also participated in the funding along with Snap Inc (which owns photo-messaging app<\/a> Snapchat<\/a>) and India Quotient among others.

The pandemic has provided a major boost to digital platforms with a sharp increase in consumers opting for e-services. This is also driving greater investor interest in these businesses.

In the past few weeks, a number of startups in the country including
Meesho<\/a>, Groww, ShareChat and Cred have raised funding and entered the Unicorn Club<\/a> (companies with valuation of over a billion dollar).<\/body>","next_sibling":[{"msid":82629562,"title":"Alibaba reports first operating loss as a public company","entity_type":"ARTICLE","link":"\/news\/alibaba-reports-first-operating-loss-as-a-public-company\/82629562","category_name":null,"category_name_seo":"telecomnews"}],"related_content":[],"msid":82629783,"entity_type":"ARTICLE","title":"Koo in talks to raise funds; hopes to close a deal in 3-4 months","synopsis":"Twitter rival Koo is in discussions with investors to raise funding and hopes to close a deal in the next 3-4 months, Koo co-founder Aprameya Radhakrishna said.","titleseo":"telecomnews\/koo-in-talks-to-raise-funds-hopes-to-close-a-deal-in-3-4-months","status":"ACTIVE","authors":[],"analytics":{"comments":0,"views":695,"shares":0,"engagementtimems":2517000},"Alttitle":{"minfo":""},"artag":"PTI","artdate":"2021-05-14 15:40:38","lastupd":"2021-05-14 15:43:35","breadcrumbTags":["koo","APP","snapchat","Meesho","Twitter","unicorn club","USD","ShareChat","MVAS\/Apps","social media"],"secinfo":{"seolocation":"telecomnews\/koo-in-talks-to-raise-funds-hopes-to-close-a-deal-in-3-4-months"}}" data-news_link="//www.iser-br.com/news/koo-in-talks-to-raise-funds-hopes-to-close-a-deal-in-3-4-months/82629783">