No product, no problem!!
VC's are still funding pre-product companies. đ
Koo's founder Mayank Bidawatka raises $4M in seed from Blume, General Catalyst and Athera even before beta launch.
This comes after 2 months of Pre-seed and announcement o
Reality check:
-Koo failed despite raising $50M+
-No clear learnings shared from failure
-New product still in PPT
-Same target market (billions!)
But hey, at least the ESOP pool is good đ¤Ą
No product, no problem!!
VC's are still funding pre-product companies. đ
Koo's founder Mayank Bidawatka raises $4M in seed from Blume, General Catalyst and Athera even before beta launch.
This comes after 2 months of Pre-seed and announcement o
â2 million daily active users to Failureâ
Billions to Bankruptcy #11
Koo was founded in 2020 by Aprameya Radhakrishna and Mayank Bidawatka as a microblogging platform for Indians in multiple languages.Initially experienced a rapid rise due to its p
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