Koo, an Indian rival to X that had raised $60M+ from Tiger Global, Accel, and others, shuts down after last-resort acquisition talks with Dailyhunt collapsed
The Indian social media platform Koo, which positioned itself as a competitor to Elon Musk's X, is ceasing operations …
TechCrunch Manish Singh
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@pranavdixit
@pranavdixit
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Indian social network Koo is shutting down as buyout talks collapse. As I reported in 2021, Koo started off as a Twitter alternative filled with hate speech and embraced by India's government at a time when Twitter the government were locked in a tug of war over free speech.
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@newindianxpress
@newindianxpress
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The yellow bird says goodbye as Indian social media platform #Koo has announced that it will be discontinuing its service following the failure of partnership talks. In a farewell message, the company said, “we explored partnerships with multiple larger internet companies, [image…
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@chandrarsrikant
Chandra R. Srikanth
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It's official. Koo is shutting down, per a detailed LinkedIn post from its founders @mayankbidawatka “The yellow bird says its final goodbye” [image]
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@being_humor
@being_humor
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Koo was the second winner of Aatmanirbhar App Challenge award. 😭 [image]
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@zoo_bear
Mohammed Zubair
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Now You can't Koo on Koo. You have to continue Kooing on X.
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@baxiabhishek
Abhishek Baxi
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Nothing good comes from aligning with the Indian right wing.
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@madhavchanchani
Madhav Chanchani
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🚨 Koo is shutting down operations after sale talks fail, co-founder Mayank Bidawatka says in a LinkedIn post “We needed 5-6 years of aggressive, long term and patient capital to make this dream a reality” Koo had raised about $70 mn in funding and was valued at $270 mn [image]
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@chandrarsrikant
Chandra R. Srikanth
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Tiger Global-backed Koo had raised $65 million so far from Accel, 3one4 Capital, Naval Ravikant, Balaji Srinivasan, Kalaari Capital and several others https://www.moneycontrol.com/ ...
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@jagmeets13
Jagmeet Singh
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Initially projected as India's answer to Twitter/X, Koo is reportedly shutting down after months of struggling to raise fresh funds and find a new owner.
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@samidhas
@samidhas
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The Indian alternative to Twitter, Koo has shut down after a prolonged effort to sell itself to the likes of Dailyhunt. Its founder @aprameya said so in a LinkedIn post https://www.linkedin.com/...
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@baxiabhishek
Abhishek Baxi
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Koo is shutting down. I wonder why? [image]
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@akm1410
Ashish K. Mishra
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Exclusive. Koo is shutting down. In talks with Daily Hunt for a sale, Daily Hunt won't buy the company anymore saying its priorities have changed. https://themorningcontext.com/ ...
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@thedeshbhakt
@thedeshbhakt
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This was waiting to happen for a long time & Koo is not the only one - there are other apps in the hood that will face trouble soon. Cuz the days of easy VC money & fooling people in name of nationalism is getting over. This is why I don't agree with the headline @Harveen_A; #Koo…