Vidzy

  • San Francisco, USA
  • Artificial Intelligence, Consumer Internet, Mobile, E-commerce, Sharing Economy

Everyday casual gifts, delivered in a delightful way to help people strengthen their social ties.

Founded:
2016
Stage:
Early Revenues
Market:
B2B

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Apr 21, 2016


Founded

Mar

2016
Customer

Reached 100 paid users

Apr

Jobs

Team Summary

3 of the 4 co-founders (Rabi, Ashish and Akshay) have previously built a startup iCouchapp which was acquired by Vidooly. 4th co-founder was Vice President at Star TV and was responsible for growing Hotstar app to 50Mn users in 6 months. 3 of the engineers (backend, iOS and Android) have worked with us for 2+ years and they all have ESOPs.

Team

Founding Team

Rabi Gupta

Rabi Gupta


Founder

Director, Investor Relations @LetsVenture

WORK

Vidzy (2016 - present)
Co Founder

The Morpheus (2011 - 2016)
Member

iCouchapp (2013 - 2016)
Co-founder/CEO (acquired by Vidooly)

EDUCATION

BIT
B.Tech • 2002 - 2006

kv gole market
2000 - 2002

Satwick Saxena

Satwick Saxena


Co-Founder
Ashish Kumar

Ashish Kumar


Co-Founder
Akshay Gupta

Akshay Gupta


Co-Founder

Product/Service Summary

Vidzy a viral mobile app to help people strengthen their social ties through casual gifting has grown from 2 to 100 paid Gifters in just 1 month through pure word of mouth ($0 marketing) and inherent viral nature of app. We are looking to raise $500k to $1 Mn, through angel investors who are looking to invest in 'Silicon Valley' first products.

Product/Service Descriptions

Vidzy App

Step by step flow of sending and receiving a gift.
Sender:
1. Register
2. Select a gift
3. Add a video wish
4. Pay and send gift
5. Invite (optional)

Receiver:
1. Check invite text from sender or Vidzy
2. Download + Register
3. Check out gift
4. Update address, gift preferences and time of delivery
5. Receives gift