Bangalore-based Relationship App GoGaga Selected for Facebook's FbStart Program

GoGaga, a Bangalore-based start-up and a new age relationship app which connects users to trustworthy individuals through friends, has been selected for the Facebook Start (FbStart) program. GoGaga was launched in 2018 and is a mobile-only app with its Android and iOS.

FbStart is a program built by Facebook to help mobile startups succeed. They offer these startups free tools and services once accepted, that helps the brand build and grow its mobile app. Plus, the brand gets year round mentorship from the Facebook team and be able to connect with an exclusive community of global startups. FbStart has paved digital ways for fresh opportunities to connect directly with the Facebook team and access to an exclusive community of global startups.

Go Gaga is a new age relationship app, focused on relationships, which allows its users to connect to their potential matches using network of their friends, making even their friends as key stakeholders. The app claims to solves the biggest challenge of the dating industry, that is, the trust factor. It resembles the real-world scenario where people meet through common connections.

The app is available for download on Android and iOS phones in India, Europe, Mexico, Russia and 18 other countries.

And now, GoGaga has been accepted into the Bootstrap track of FbStart Program because of the impressive development so far and the potential for continued growth.

With the Bootstrap track, GoGaga developers have become eligible to receive up to $40,000 in free tools and services from Facebook and dozens of partners — including Amazon, UserTesting, NameCheap, Animoto, Zendesk and AngelList, among others. As a member of the Bootstrap track, GoGaga will be adding more user-friendly features in its Android and iOS App to benefit its huge customer base across India and globally.

With this, we would also like to proudly announce the two recent updates on our portal: (a) launch of Wingman / Matchmaker feature on Android that will allow committed users to connect their single friends and join the fun of matchmaking, and (b) launch of GoGaga on Apple’s App store for our iPhone user.

“We feel delighted and proud to be a part of the Bootstrap track of Facebook Start Program. With the help of this platform, our mobile app would become more user-friendly coupled with various unique features thereby making dating trustworthy, fun, safe and relevant for users than ever before,” said Neha Kanodia, Co-founder, GoGaga.

Recently, GoGaga has added many more exciting features to its mobile app. GoGaga helps users to find trustworthy and relevant matches through their friends via a two-layer authentication system. Users first like a profile and request their friends to make an introduction. If the mutual friend vets the connection, the two connected individuals can start a conversation. This two-layer authentication ensures trust and with the mutual friend vouching for the connection, adds an interesting fun aspect to dating.

GoGaga is a digital equivalent of traditional matchmaking where friends and common connections introduce two singles looking out for prospects. It imitates the way couples meet at schools, universities, workplace, friend’s parties, interest groups, travel, clubs, among others, ensuring high-level trust and extreme relevance. The concept resonates well with the classical Indian matchmaking, in the way 7 out of 10 couples meet offline in India.

Hyderbad-based Social Network for Dares STICHIO Incubated into Facebook's FBStart Program; Receives $40000 Boost

Earlier this week, a fast-growing India-born social network, STICHIO, got selected by Facebook to get incubated in its coveted FBStart program. As a part of this program, STICHIO would receive benefits worth US$40000 and avail opportunity to work with Facebook's product and technology team in the US. Founded by 4 IITians and BITSian, STICHIO is built around a unique premise where users express themselves through DARES or challenges.

Indians embracing digital is not new! But won’t you be surprised that today, more than 20 crore individuals are posting self-created “videos” of themselves on social media!? These people are also posting a lot more content on social media now than ever before. Still, selfies and smash videos seem to be the only possible ways to express digitally. But do you really have any other options? Is there a magic wand that can give you a heap of cool ways to express yourself?

Founded in 2016 by Vivek Aalok, Swagatika Das, Ashish Chawla and Rajan Bhuyan, STICHIO is based out of Kukatpally, Hyderabad. It's a first-of-its-kind social network that offers you a large assortment of readily available ideas in the form of DARES or challenges. These challenges can range from fun, talent, fitness and puzzles to totally outrageous ones.

Struggle for ideas is now over for good, as STICHIO keeps feeding you ideas to express yourself differently. To give you a glimpse, "write a funny song on karela”, "show your talent by acting like a potato in a pressure cooker”, "perform 30 back-to-back pushups" and if you are still keen on selfies, you'd find over 5,000 unique selfie ideas. Now imagine being able to give these DARES to your friends. Ain't that the coolest way ever to interact with your friends compared to just liking/commenting/messaging?

Launched in May, STICHIO's Android app is designed exclusively for “desi” junta. The app has already made significant strides and alongwith the website, it has more than 100,000 unique people on it. Within this short span, STICHIO's fresh and innovative ideas have been super popular and highly sought after by users. Watching these DARES is guaranteed to tempt you to jump in yourself!

STICHIO eyes at making DARES an everyday thing - so much so that you ask yourself, “DARE kiya kya aaj?”

STICHIO is 7th startup this year to be selected by Facebook's FbStart program. Prior to this, B2B Enterprise SaaS Application Toolyt SFA in April, Applop in March, Edtech Startup Edurev in February and Togedr in January, among others were selected by Facebook under its FbStart programme.

FbStart is Facebook's global program designed to help mobile app developers build and grow their business.

As per news agency IANS, India is the largest market for FbStart outside of the US. According to Satyajeet Singh, who
leads product partnerships for Facebook, over 75% of top-grossing apps in India get integrated with Facebook.

Women’s Health Tracker Maya Recognized as the Regional App of the Year for APAC by Facebook

Women’s fertility and health tracker, Maya, has been recognized as the Regional App of the Year for APAC for Facebook’s FbStartApp of the Year Awards 2017.  The winners of the annual App of the Year Awards were announced to recognize and reward the most innovative startups in the FbStart program.

This year’s competition received 900 applicants from across 87 countries. The competition recognizes FbStart mobile app startups that demonstrate exceptional growth and potential for continued success, deliver great consumer experiences and design, and leverage Facebook developer products to drive engagement. An esteemed panel of mobile development experts, investors, startup founders, and Facebook judged the entries.

Maya enables women to keep track of their health via a mobile application. Women world over use Maya to track their periods, monitor related symptoms, set health reminders, monitor pregnancy and connect with health experts. Maya is a personal health assistant for users that uses data, analytics and machine learning to provide women actionable insights around their health. Using the tracker, women can record vital health information and trace out patterns that help them manage their health better. Menstrual health is one of the most important, yet neglected health parameters in the world. Approximately 70% of all reproductive issues in women are caused due to poor menstrual health. There are 2 billion women of reproductive age globally, who need better mechanisms to monitor their health needs. Taking advantage of smartphone access in the remotest corners, Maya equips women to manage their health better using a smartphone.

Founded in early 2014, Maya has clocked 7 million downloads across 190 countries worldwide. The app logs more than 1 million active users every month and the top geographies are India, Brazil, Italy, Mexico, South Korea and Russia. Maya supports 14 international languages and has garnered a 4.6 Star rating from more than 150,000 user ratings. Featuring world-class design and unparalleled user experience, Maya is available on the Google Play Store and the Apple iTunes Store.

John Paul, CEO, Maya said, “It’s exciting times at Maya! We are honoured and excited about winning this among entries from all over the world. The award recognises the effort Maya puts into understanding a relatively unspoken area of women’s health. We thank Facebook for this recognition and being a valuable partner in Maya’s journey. We resolve to work harder on our mission, to make a difference in the life of women, by helping them track their health better. ”

B2B Enterprise SaaS Application Toolyt SFA Gets Selected for FbStart Program

Toolyt SFA, a business automation tool which helps organizations to increase the productivity of its field force, has been selected by Facebook, Inc. for its startup mentoring program FbStart, it said in a statement on Friday.

Toolyt SFA will receive credits up to $40,000, and free tools and services from Facebook and its more than 30 partners, including Amazon, UserTesting, Dropbox and MailChimp. Besides, it will also get free access to more than 25 services, including open source tools like React Native, FB Login and Account Kit and App Analytics.

Toolyt SFA, a Bangalore based Nasscom 10k startup Incubated Company, founded by Nizamudheen Valliyattu in 2016, has got, in short span of time more than 10 Enterprise companies on board automating their workforce.

Toolyt SFA helps organizations to increase productivity of their Field force by 40%. It does so by automating their workflow, their time on field, expenses etc. with the help of comprehensive insights powered by AI & ML for the Managers and top level executives.

“Toolyt will be the INTELLIGENT personal assistant for the field officers; the value addition being the creation of event and data driven custom workflows to ensure that the team performs well on field and managers get a hand hold of the red hours. We are more field focused and thus enable companies to monitor sales team, service team, pre-sales team etc. using a single application,” Nizamudheen said.

Nizamudheen added, “We are thrilled about having got the opportunity to be a part of the very few B2B startups chosen by Facebook for their incubation program. We will now be able to connect directly with Facebook team and get access to an exclusive community of global startups.”

Facebook and TLabs Join Hands To Fortify Mobile Based Start-ups

Facebook and TLabs accelerator have partnered to strengthen the mobile startup ecosystem in India. Both Facebook and TLabs have a strong focus and expertise on Internet and Mobile businesses, and will build on the knowledge and learnings of in-house senior mentors to engage and educate budding entrepreneurs. As part of this partnership, they will co-host multiple events for solving startups’ issues around user experience, analytics, app installs, monetization and more.

TLabs is a startup accelerator and early-stage seed fund for internet and mobile technology startups in India.

Facebook will also provide FbStart referral codes to TLabs for use by TLabs’s mobile portfolio companies. FbStart is a global program designed to help mobile startups build and grow their apps. Startups with a live mobile app on Google Play/iOS stores or a working Messenger bot can apply for the FbStart Program and membership is awarded to selected start-ups, post a review from the Facebook team.

These startups will receive ad credits from Facebook and benefits from more than 30 partners, including AWS, Dropbox, SalesForce and MailChimp. Along with these benefits, startups in the FbStart program will also get support and mentorship from Facebook’s product experts and join an exclusive community of global start-ups.

TLabs COO, Abhishek Gupta said, “It’s an incredible step by Facebook for the mobile ecosystem, and start-ups would be highly benefited from being a part of the Facebook global community.”

Satyajeet Singh, Head - Product Partnerships, Facebook India, commented that partnering with TLabs was a progressive decision towards creating an empowered start-up ecosystem in the country.

Notably, with 50+ companies, 7 Exits, $200M+ market cap of the portfolio and connecting to over 200 Angels and most VCs India and abroad, TLabs has seen a tremendous success rate with over 65% of the companies getting funded after graduation raising over $450k investments per team.

Facebook Selects Applop for FbStart Programme

The programme, aimed at developers, is designed to help early-stage mobile-focused startups build and grow their apps. Under the programme, the startup will receive $40,000 worth of credits and services from Facebook and its partners like AWS, Dropbox, Adobe and MailChimp. Applop will also receive mentoring from the Menlo Park-headquartered Facebook’s engineering teams.

Applop Gyan provides byte size information on various subjects for students all over the country via a mobile app. It always a necessity in country like india where everyone is struggling to get proper information/ right knowledge.

“In social media there is pool of information available that is not filtered and is not authentic; with Gyan anyone can share information in social media easily with just a click and these guys moderate the information available in Gyan, even facebook is struggling big time on filtering FakeNews” said Rahul Singhal, Founder Applop.

Jyoti Singhal said that “Gyan Guru is taking e-learning to a next level. With byte size information it is easy to remember the information.” Jyoti is heading the product and content part of the app is handled by Gagan Agrawal.

The startup claims to have thousands of students connected on its platform with wide usage all over India. Currently, the startup is not focusing on generating revenues, but on adding users to its platform. Jyoti said that her team is in the process of exploring various fronts for revenue generation.

Gagan Agrawal is having 3 years of experience in EduTech field as he is associated with Bansal Classes Kota as faculty, he left his job at Cognizant to drive his passion towards teaching by joining the Bansal classes.

Applop is a Gurgaon based startup that help anybody to create his own mobile app within minutes and come-up with MVP in least possible time.

Online Coupons and Deals Startup Couponhaat Selected for ‘Bootstrap Track of FbStart Program’

Couponhaat.in, a Delhi based start-up and Indian e-commerce company which provides best coupons and deals for online shoppers has been selected for the Facebook Start (FbStart) program. Couponhaat was launched in 2015.

Couponhaat’s Android app has been accepted into the Bootstrap track of FbStart Program, which will help in building, growing and monetizing the mobile app. With the Bootstrap track, Couponhaat developers have become eligible to receive up to $40,000 in free tools and services from Facebook and over 30 partners – including Amazon, UserTesting, App Annie, and MailChimp among others. As a member of the Bootstrap track, Couponhaat will be delivering more user-friendly features in its Android App to benefit its huge customer base across Indian marketplace.

“We feel delighted and proud to be a part of the Bootstrap track of Facebook Start Program. With the help of this platform, our mobile app would become more user-friendly coupled with various unique features thereby making online shopping more smart, fun, and rewarding for customers than ever before,” said Vipin Kumar Yadav, Founder & CEO, Couponhaat.in.

FbStart was launched by Facebook in 2014 to help early stage mobile startups to build and grow their apps. It provides an exclusive community platform, worldwide events and mentorship from Facebook to the selected startups along with $80,000 in free tools and services. FbStart has paved digital ways for fresh opportunities to connect directly with the Facebook team and access to an exclusive community of global startups.

Recently, Couponhaat has added many more exciting features to its mobile app. Couponhaat’s mobile app enables buyers to shop from more than 20 shopping categories and benefit from more than 5000 discounted coupons.

Couponhaat’s Android app added the following features:

1. ‘Search’ feature is available for offers, stores and categories.
2. New menu option called ‘Store’ is available. Users can browse Coupons and Deals from their favourite stores.
3. ‘Forgot password’ option is also available in the app.
4. New menu option ‘Rate Us’ is available for customer feedback and rating to Couponhaat’s App.
5. ‘Small bug fixes and UI improvements’ for better usability.

Couponhaat app brings the best daily deals, offers and coupons tailored to personal shopping wishes of online buyers. One of the key features of the app is that it lets the user browse the offers even if he/she is offline.

The app also provides an opportunity to set your personal preferences and see only the offers you are really interested in. We all know that our shopping preferences change over time and this app allows you to redefine them any time. Couponhaat is setting new trends to transform the e-commerce shopping platform with best discounts to benefit its customers in countless ways.

The app can be downloaded from the following link:
http://promo.couponhaat.in/mobile-apps/