KOO Shutting Down: Why India’s Twitter rival is closing operationsKoo, a homegrown social media platform and alternative to Twitter, is shutting down. Co-founders Aprameya Radhakrishna and Mayank Bidawatka...
03 Jul, 2024, 03.21 PM IST
Koo halts salary payments from April; founder says company 'will remain operational'Koo cofounder Mayank Bidawatka had first said in September 2023 that the company was looking to raise funds or tie up with a strategic part...
25 Apr, 2024, 06.26 PM IST
Microblogging site Koo in talks for acquisition by VerSe InnovationKoo’s cofounder Mayank Bidawakta stated in a LinkedIn post that the microblogging platform was in discussions with “multiple partners” for ...
28 Feb, 2024, 05.57 PM IST
Koo says in talks for strategic partnership as Dailyhunt eyes acquisitionMayank Bidawakta announced on LinkedIn that Koo is in discussions for a strategic partnership with multiple partners. VerSe Innovation is i...
28 Feb, 2024, 11.30 AM IST
Koo needs funds, strategic tie-up to scale operations: Cofounder Mayank BidawatkaKoo was touted as an alternative to X, formerly Twitter, after the American microblogging site announced its subscription plan where users ...
16 Sep, 2023, 12.14 AM IST
Koo seeks fresh funds, may partner with strategics as it faces a slow marketThe Bengaluru-based firm had to move from growing rapidly to cutting down on growth and proving unit economics, all within six months of re...
15 Sep, 2023, 07.20 PM IST
Koo lays off 30% of its workforce over the course of the yearThe three-year-old firm added that it was important for businesses of all sizes to adopt 'efficient and conservative approaches' to see thi...
20 Apr, 2023, 07.47 PM IST
Koo’s valuation to double in new funding roundDesi Twitter alternative is finalising a $15-$20 million round largely led by existing investors.
25 Nov, 2022, 06.00 AM IST
Koo, India’s answer to Twitter, raises $10 million in two tranchesAs part of the first tranche, which was executed in January, Koo said it has allotted 3,389 Series B2 compulsory convertible preference sha...
25 Feb, 2022, 05.44 PM IST
Koo’s valuation rises five times in three months in new funding roundTiger Global is leading Koo app’s new funding round, while there are two new investors—IIFL’s venture capital fund and South Korea's Mirae ...
26 May, 2021, 08.45 AM IST
Koo in talks to raise funds; hopes to close a deal in 3-4 monthsKoo is looking at raising 'more than what was raised in the last round'
14 May, 2021, 03.52 PM IST
Shunwei Capital exits Bombinate Technologies, parent company of Vokal & KooKoo was founded in March 2020 by Radhakrishna and Mayank Bidawatka, as a micro- blogging platform for Indian languages.
17 Mar, 2021, 03.16 PM IST
Neither Left nor Right, Koo perches firmly on the fence“Neither am I right-wing or left-wing, nor is my technology or product,” Koo app’s co-founder Aprameya Radhakrishna says, terming the label...
17 Feb, 2021, 06.11 AM IST
Indian entrepreneurs back Koo app as Chinese investor exitsThe investment from BookMyShow’s Ashish Hemrajani, Bounce's Vivekananda Hallekere and Zerodha’s Nikhil Kamath is in addition to the $4.1 mi...
12 Feb, 2021, 01.10 PM IST
ETtech Evening Briefing on Feb 11, 2021: Koo app’s Indian investors, Facebook’s Clubhouse cloneKoo app has brought on a clutch of Indian investors even as its Chinese backer is in the process of an exit. Clubhouse, the invite-only “so...
11 Feb, 2021, 09.12 PM IST
Twitter clone Koo, endorsed by govt, trends amid standoffKoo App was trending on Twitter earlier today amid the latter’s ongoing kerfuffle with the Indian government on accounts linked to the ongo...
10 Feb, 2021, 07.22 PM IST
Microblogging platform Koo bags $4.1 million in fundingFounded in 2020, Koo allows users to connect, comment and engage in 13 local languages.
05 Feb, 2021, 01.10 PM IST