HomeGrown Koo has seen a meteoric rise in the past few days amid Twitter volatility. It has become the second most used microblog app with 50 million downloads.
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A flurry of Indian A-list entrepreneurs buyout Chinese investor Shunwei Capital’s stake in Koo – the microblogging site that’s taking on Twitter
A flurry of Indian A-list entrepreneurs buyout Chinese investor Shunwei Capital’s stake in Koo – the microblogging site that’s taking on Twitter
Sanchita DashMar 17, 2021, 15:26 IST
Koo app founders Mayank Bidawatka and Aprameya RadhakrishaKoo
Flipkart CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy,
Zerodha founder Nikhil Kamath feature in the list of investors that bought out Shunwei Capital’s stake.
Shunwei Capital had held over 9% stake in Bombinate Technologies, the parent company of Vokal and Koo.
Koo, the microblogging platform founded by Aprameya Radhakrishna and Mayank Bidawatka, had seen an upsurge in users after the Indian government’s standoff with Twitter.Bombinate Technologies, the parent company of Vokal and Koo, has shown the door to one of its early investors China’s Shunwei Capital as it rides on the ‘Made in India
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French security researcher Robert Baptiste has claimed Koo is leaking its users personal data
Baptiste found that the microblogging platform was exposing sensitive information of its users, such as email addresses, names, gender, and more
The new Indian micro-blogging platform has gained some prominence after the govt warned Twitter to block some accounts related to farmers protest
NEW DELHI: Micro-blogging platform Twitter’s Indian rival Koo is leaking its users’ personal sensitive data, a French security researcher Robert Baptiste has claimed.
Robert Baptiste, who goes by the pseudonym Elliot Alderson (@fs0c131y on Twitter, has claimed that the new Indian micro-blogging app exposes its users personal data.