The app is gaining tremendous traction amid the government s row with Twitter.
17 Feb, 2021 - 08:20 AM IST | By indiantelevision.com Team
NEW DELHI: The Chinese investor in the parent firm of Koo, the homegrown app which has gained immediate prominence in the country, is on its way out, said Koo s founder and chief executive officer Aprameya Radhakrishna.
The app was one of the winners of the MyGov Atmanirbhar app challenge conducted last year. Over the last six months, Koo has crossed the milestone of three million app downloads. However, it rose to fame only recently, after the government s tussle with Twitter intensified over the removal of certain tweets and accounts. The app is now being widely endorsed by the government and its various ministries and several influential personalities.
While KOO claims itself to be an Indian registered company, ethical hacker Elliot Alderson posted screenshots of the domain (kooapp.com ) registered on April 16, 2017 by Tao Zhou from China
Nationalistic Koo app s parent has Chinese investor
While KOO claims itself to be an Indian registered company, ethical hacker Elliot Alderson posted screenshots of the domain (kooapp.com ) registered on April 16, 2017 by Tao Zhou from China
Nidhi Singal | February 11, 2021 | Updated 18:50 IST
The microblogging platform KOO that shot to fame following some ministers joining the platform has been surrounded with questions about its link with China. While the company has cleared the air about Chinese investments in its parent company - Bombinate Technologies Pvt Ltd., it hasn t clarified details around the domain registration.
Hailed to be an Indian alternative of Twitter, KOO has been co-founded by entrepreneurs Aprameya Radhakrishna and Mayank Bidwatka. The parent company is Bombinate Technologies Pvt Ltd that launched Vokal, the Indian version of Quora. The company recently received an investment of $4.1 million led by 3one4 Capital, which is an Indian investor. China-based Sh
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