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Exclusive: Koo co-founder rolls out photo sharing app PicSee

EntrackrEntrackr · 11d ago
Exclusive: Koo co-founder rolls out photo sharing app PicSee
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Exclusive: Koo co-founder rolls out photo sharing app PicSee Koo co-founder Mayank Bidawatka has begun the beta rollout of PicSee, an artificial intelligence-powered photo sharing app, under his new venture Billion Hearts Software Technologies. PicSee enables users to automatically discover and exchange photos with friends using face recognition and AI-based matching. According to information available on Play Store, the app lets users get photos from friends only when they share their own in return. It also offers features such as device-only storage, end-to-end encryption, screenshot blocking, a 24-hour review window, and a recall option. PicSee is currently available for both Android and iOS users in beta, but has not been officially launched. Billion Hearts was incorporated in September 2024 after Koo shut down due to investor constraints and unsuccessful acquisition talks. In the same month, the company raised around $250,000 in a pre-seed round from founders of redBus, Ola, InMobi, Myntra, and others. Two months later, Billion Hearts secured $4 million in a seed round led by Blume Ventures with participation from General Catalyst and Athera Venture Partners. The company said the funds were allocated for building global technology products and team expansion. PicSee is the company’s first product, and it plans to add AI-based photo and video editing tools, storage optimisation features, and private social sharing in subsequent updates.

Exclusive: Trading app Investmint halts services; explores M&A deal

EntrackrEntrackr · 1y ago
Exclusive: Trading app Investmint halts services; explores M&A deal
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Signal-based trading app Investmint has halted its services as the company found it difficult to figure out a reliable business model, sources aware of the development told Entrackr. In October 2022, Investmint raised $2 million in Seed round led by Nexus Venture Partners, with participation from other angel investors. As per sources, the firm had decent traction with substantial money left from the last fundraise but the team couldn’t translate them into monetization. “Investmint has been exploring acquisition opportunities with well capitalized wealth management companies,” said one of the sources requesting anonymity. Founded in February 2022 by Aakash Goel and Mohit Chitlangia, Investmint used to assist users in arriving at investment decisions and managing wealth with data backed signals. “If the acquisitions talks won’t materialize, the company may return remaining capital to its backers,” said another source who also requested anonymity. The company’s spokesperson confirmed that the team has discontinued Investmint as a product and is re-evaluating its offerings. “We’re in late-stage talks with a few big players for M&A,” the spokesperson said. A clutch of startups have returned or are in the process of returning investors’ money after their startup failed to find a product market fit (PMF) or sustainable business model. Earlier this year, Nintee, a digital health startup launched by Wingify founder Paras Chopra, announced shutting down its operations. The firm also announced that it will return the majority of funding it raised from the investors. As per an ET report, fashion startups Virgio and Fashinz are planning to return most of the capital they raised from the investors after a failed pivot. Virgio has raised nearly $40 million while Fashinza has scooped up over $150 million in funding to date. While the majority of investors don’t like to exit out from a portfolio company with a slice of their original investment, the trend of returning capital by founders seems to be a progressive one. After all, there is no point in being stuck when things aren’t working out for long.

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