Video Sharing App Josh Gets Funding From Google, Microsoft
After Chinese-owned app 'TikTok' had been banned, a local short-video app 'Josh' has raised more than $100 million from investors like Google and Microsoft. After the investment, the Bengaluru-based 'Josh' has been valued at $1 billion. Earlier in September, 'ShareChat' had raised around $40 million from Twitter.Inc and Lightspeed Ventures for its new platform 'Moj'. According to Google's Play Store, both 'Josh' and 'Moj' have around 50… read-more
Tags: Google, Microsoft, TikTok, Indian App Store
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Paytm Rolls Out A Mini App Store; Provides A Platform To Indian Developers
Paytm has introduced its own mini-app store to provide Indian developers a platform. Reportedly, the app might be a competitor to Google. Paytm has mentioned that their app-store will help developers reach more people and over 300 apps, including Decathlon, Ola, and Netmeds, has already joined them. Paytm Founder, Vijay Shekhar Sharma, had recently discussed the chances of introducing an Indian app-store with 50 other app-founders.
Tags: Paytm, Indian App Store, Google Playstore, Rivals
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