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| Apr 29, 2014 | Asian mobile chat startup Mig33 raises $2.2M, rebrands as MigMe | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Mobile chat firm Mig33 is raising money and rebranding as MigMe. The move will allow the company to pivot as the Asian mobile phone mar... |
| Feb 19, 2014 | Entertainment Platform mig33 Acquires Celebrity Site AlivenotDead | mig33, a mobile social entertainment platform based in Singapore, announced today that it has acquired AlivenotDead (AnD), an online community for celebrities to connect with fans through official accounts. The acquisition of AnD, which was... |
| Aug 31, 2012 | biNu Socializes Its Feature Phone App Platform | biNu, a startup backed by Eric Schmidt’s TomorrowVentures, allows owners of feature phones and lower-end smartphones to access apps like Facebook and Twitter. Now the company is getting more ambitious on the social networking side.
CEO Gour... |
| Jan 17, 2012 | Mig33 launches Twitter-like Miniblog for emerging mobile markets | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Mig33, which operates mobile social networks in emerging markets, is launching a new Twitter-like social communication service called t... |
| Apr 13, 2011 | Japan's GREE And Mobile Community mig33 Sign Deal To Bring Social Games To Asia | Big news from Asia’s social games industry today: Japanese mobile social gaming juggernaut GREE and mig33, a mobile community that’s especially popular in Asia, have just announced [PDF] a cooperation with the potential to change the social... |
| Apr 12, 2011 | Mg33, Gree build mobile social powerhouse across Asia | Gree is a major mobile social network in Japan. Mig33 has a growing platform in emerging countries. Today, the two are teaming up to extend their networks for mutual benefit.
The alliance will help Gree expand beyond Japan’s borders, while ... |
| Nov 12, 2010 | Funding roundup - week ending 11/12/10 | Too many startups to list, this was definitely a killer week of funding
We covered nearly twenty startups and companies raising new venture capital this week, quite possibly a record! So much for a slumping economy. This week, we've separat... |
| Nov 9, 2010 | Mig33 raises $8.9M to play social in Asia | Migg hopes to bring their "mobile first" market philosophy to Asia
The mobile market is booming, all around the world, and where there is growth, you will find companies looking to get a piece of the action. One place to find new ... |
| Nov 9, 2010 | Mig33 Receives $8.9 Million in Series C; To Focus On India, S Africa | Mobile community Mig33 announced that it raised $8.9 million in Series C funding led by Indonesian telecom entrepreneur Sugiono Wiyono Sugialam and Japanese social networking firm Gree Inc. It was also supported by existing investors Accel ... |
| Nov 8, 2010 | Social mobile platform Mig33 raises $8.9M from Japan’s Gree and Indonesian entrepreneur | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Mobile social networking service Mig33 has raised $8.9 million in a third round of funding.
Indonesian telecom entrepreneur Pak Sugiono... |
| Nov 8, 2010 | mig33 Raises $8.9M in Series C Funding | mig33, a mobile social entertainment service, has received $8.9m in Series C funding.
The capital infusion is designed to further develop the company’s monetization channel.
The round was led by Indonesia telecom entrepreneur Pak Sugiono Wi... |
| Nov 8, 2010 | Social mobile platform Mig33 raises $8.9M from Japan’s Gree and Indonesian entrepreneur | Mobile social networking service Mig33 has raised $8.9 million in a third round of funding.
Indonesian telecom entrepreneur Pak Sugiono Wiyono Sugialam and Japan’s Gree led the round. Sugiono is a well-known regional entrepreneur with ties ... |
| Nov 3, 2010 | Mig33 launches mobile social game platform for feature phones | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Mobile community Mig33 has brought together 40 million registered users on humble feature phones around the world. They play games, soc... |
| Nov 3, 2010 | Mig33 launches mobile social game platform for feature phones | Mobile community Mig33 has brought together 40 million registered users on humble feature phones around the world. They play games, socialize, and browse the web using Mig33’s mobile-first platform.
Now the Singapore-based company is launch... |
| Sep 26, 2010 | From Accelerate 2010 In Singapore: List Of "Asia's Top 50 Apps" | Earlier this week, I attended Accelerate 2010 in Singapore, a two-day tech and mobile industry event that attracted no less than 2,000 international attendees. Organizer and major telco SingTel (which boasts around 350 million customers wor... |
| Jul 15, 2010 | Mig33’s virtual gifts business grows 400 percent in second quarter | Mig33 has built itself a good business by remembering that billions of people worldwide use the humble feature phone instead of newfangled smart phones. The latest evidence of that is the growth of Mig33’s virtual gifts business on feature ... |
| Jul 15, 2010 | Mig33’s virtual gifts business grows 400 percent in second quarter | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Mig33 has built itself a good business by remembering that billions of people worldwide use the humble feature phone instead of newfang... |
| Mar 17, 2010 | mig33’s mobile chat service finds success in emerging markets | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
mig33 has been through an odyssey to find the right way to make money from its data networking business on cell phones. But now it look... |
| Mar 17, 2010 | mig33’s mobile chat service finds success in emerging markets | mig33 has been through an odyssey to find the right way to make money from its data networking business on cell phones. But now it looks like the company has hit its stride by moving into emerging markets where it can bring the Internet to ... |
| Mar 12, 2010 | South Asian Mobile Social Network Mig33 Sending Twice As Many Messages A Day As Twitter | Mobile social networks have tremendous potential to flourish in developing countries where mobile phone usage trumps internet connectivity. SMS based social networks like SMSGupshup have gained considerable traction in Asia because of this.... |
| May 12, 2009 | Clickatell Social Network Customers Poised to Monetize Demand; SMS Proven to Build Communities, Increase Interaction and Enable Advertising Revenues | -- Developers Rejoice at Ease-of-Use, Rapid Deployment using Clickatell Mobile Social Networking Solutions
-- Brightkite, Mobiluck, mig33 Use Clickatell to Grow Communities, Create Real-Time Community Interaction and Real User Value
Redwood... |
| Apr 7, 2009 | Mobile Socializing: Limbo Merges With Brightkite And Announces $9 Million Funding Round | In the nascent world of mobile social networking, there are the big dogs (Facebook and MySpace) and everyone who wants to be a big dog. Two of the puppies just got bigger. Limbo is buying Brightkite, which all the tech kids are raving about... |
| Apr 1, 2009 | SinglePipe calls up $5M for VoIP services | SinglePipe Communications, provider of voice over internet protocol (VoIP) services, says it brought in $5.1 million in second-round funding from Chrysalis Ventures, Kentucky Science and Technology Corp. and Meritus Ventures. The Louisville... |
| Mar 16, 2009 | Jajah holds strong, dials up $2.8M to expand VoIP services | Jajah, a voice over internet protocol (VoIP) communication service, has taken in $2.75 million of an anticipated $5 million fourth round of funding, peHUB reports. The Menlo Park, Calif.-based company provides service to millions of users, ... |
| Feb 16, 2009 | iSkoot's Kalaida Platform Makes Your Plain Phone Smarter | iSkoot, the startup that specializes in creating software for the billions of mobile phones that aren’t smartphones, has released its new Kalaida Platform, allowing users to access their social networks, RSS feeds, and Email from their basi... |
| Oct 29, 2008 | Trutap races to be the mobile IM aggregator of choice | If instant messaging, and now mobile IM is a commodity market, then UK-based mobile startup Trutap has decided to try and become the aggregator of choice for the mainstream consumer. The TechCrunch40 finalist from 2007 now supports a host o... |
| Oct 29, 2008 | The Race To Be The Mobile IM Aggregator Of Choice | If instant messaging, and now mobile IM is a commodity market, then UK-based mobile startup Trutap has decided to try and become the aggregator of choice for the mainstream consumer. The TechCrunch40 finalist from 2007 now supports a host o... |
| Jul 18, 2008 | These 10 companies will demo on MobileBeat stage | After some tough decision-making, we’ve settled on the ten companies to present to the full audience on stage at MobileBeat next Thursday, July 24.
They’ve beat out far more than a hundred companies after several rounds of selection. They a... |
| Jul 15, 2008 | Clickatell Preferred by Mobile Social Networking Communities – Around the World | Bluepulse, mig33, MXit and Rummble Use SMS to Improve Mobile Social Experience
Redwood City, US: July 15, 2008 – Clickatell, global mobile messaging leader, today announced that mig33, Bluepulse , MXit and Rummble have selected Clickatell’s... |
| Jul 7, 2008 | Ringfree Mobility seeking round for Internet calling service | Ringfree Mobility is seeking a round of funding to expand its mobile Internet voice calling solution for smart phones including the iPhone.
The company is entering a crowded space, as Matt Marshall wrote last week in a profile of a couple o... |
| May 13, 2008 | Too Many Choices, Too Much Content | Sometimes it’s just hard to keep up. In this technology-focused niche we all live in there are new applications, new initiatives, and new platforms that spring up every day, not to mention constantly breaking news that fills our RSS readers... |
| May 12, 2008 | Nimbuzz – VOIP/IM aimed at mobile and social networks | Back in early 2007 Netherlands-based Nimbuzz launched a beta for its free application which supported voice, presence, and SMS. TechCrunch UK reports that Tuesday will see it aim squarely at mobile handsets and social networks, launching wi... |
| Mar 18, 2008 | iSkoot promises carrier-friendly VOIP | Mobile operators can no longer avoid the free voice calling that comes with voice-on-the-Internet (VOIP) protocol. They might as well embrace it. And the start-up iSkoot says it has a version of mobile VOIP service that could even make wire... |
| Jan 28, 2008 | Mobile services suite Mig33 raises $13.5 million, grows around the world | We last covered Mig33, an integrated mobile service that’s been growing fast around the world, back in May when it raised $10 million.
Then, Burlingame, Calif.-based Mig33 had gained four million subscribers in less than 18 months, by offer... |
| Jan 28, 2008 | Big Money For Mig33's Mobile Social Network | Mobile social network Mig33 has pulled in a $13.5 million Series B round led by DCM with participation from existing Series A investors Accel, Redpoint and TVP. Mig33 will put the money toward expanding the company in the U.S. and internati... |
| Jan 15, 2008 | Mig33 Gets Into The Calling Card Business | If you’ve ever traveled abroad, you’ve probably had some experience with pre-paid calling cards. For about $10 you get what you expect, a code that gives you minutes on your mobile phone. However, mobile social network Mig33 is looking to o... |
| Jul 31, 2007 | Berggi, which makes “dumb” phones “smart,” raises cash | Berggi, a company whose product lets you transform an ordinary “dumb” phone into a princely one that can send e-mail, instant messages, and free SMS texts, has raised $9 million.
Avanzit, a major telecom company in Spain, led the round.
Ber... |
| May 7, 2007 | Obscure mobile company Mig33 grows quickly, raises $10M | Unheard of mobile service company Mig33 is showing explosive growth — by offering a simple way to text, IM and make cheap voice calls.
The company has gained four million subscribers in less than eighteen months, mostly in South East Asia, ... |
