Business Description:In India (and certain other geographies) there is a huge demand for SMS based content whether it's "useful" content (like cricket score, news etc.) or "just entertainment" content (jokes, shayari etc.). Vakow! satisfies that need.
Vakow! is a community of people who love to share SMSes. They can post their SMS (from web or phone), receive SMSes from friends or tags, find new SMSes to share on phone, email or various social networks.
It's like Youtube for SMSes.
Industry:IT/ Internet/ Software
Founded in:2007
Source of idea:Wanted it as an individual customer
Significant Competitors:smsgupshup, mytoday
Company Details :
Company Name:Vakow!
HeadQuarters:Mumbai
Stage of the company:Scaling up
No of Employees (2006):0-5
No of Employees (2007):0-5
Office Locations(2006):0-1
Office Locations(2007):0-1
No of companies promoted:Yes (1)
Profits (2006):losing money
Profits (2007):losing money
>Partnerships:N.A.
Initial Funding:Personal savings
Addl Funding:
Institutitional Capital:No
Revneue Model:Vakow will display advertisements on website, wap site and SMSes that we send out. Vakow will also create premium mobile communities
Awards & honors:N.A.
Promoters Details :
Promoters Name(s):Rahul Gupta
Age:29
HomeTown:Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
Education:Bachelors
No of companies promoted:Yes (1)
Family Background:First gen entrepreneur
Job:Sr. Product Manager at Webaroo
Ex-Job Description:Managing
Favorite Book/Movie:Pulp Fiction
