Tuesday
Aug162011
2:32 PM PDT Tue, Aug 16, 2011 AppGrooves is the 'Hot or Not' Decision Engine for Apps
WHAT: An average of 23K new apps debut each month, along with an additional 44K updates, in order to navigate the best content AppGrooves [ @appgrooves ] allows users to vote the best apps up and down 'Hot or Not' style.
LAUNCHERS: Naoki Shibata, co-founder [ LinkedIn ] , Mark Tsuchida, [ LinkedIn ]
GROWTH: 80,000 downloads in past 6 days.
BUSINESS MODEL: Charge 50 cents per feedback, but users can earn 12.5 cents back for their own feedback.
LAUNCHERS: Naoki Shibata, co-founder [ LinkedIn ] , Mark Tsuchida, [ LinkedIn ]
GROWTH: 80,000 downloads in past 6 days.
BUSINESS MODEL: Charge 50 cents per feedback, but users can earn 12.5 cents back for their own feedback.
RAISING: $800K, $510K already committed.