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Indian TikTok clone Josh gets $100 million in fund raise; Google and Microsoft invest The parent of a TikTok copycat from India has raised more than $100 million from investors including Alphabet Inc's Google and Microsoft, months after the Chinese-owned short-video app was banned in the country. December 22, 2020 5:53:08 pm The app, Josh, is one of several home-grown short-video platforms that have sprung up since India blocked the wildly popular TikTok in June (image source: Josh) The parent of a TikTok copycat from India has raised more than $100 millio...

Google Helps Birth Two Social Media Unicorns in Rapid Succession Bloomberg 12/22/2020 Saritha Rai © Bloomberg A man wearing a protective mask looks at a smartphone while leaning against a mural at Khan Market in New Delhi, India, on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. India continues to suffer from the world's second-worst coronavirus outbreak with the number of confirmed cases standing at 9.93 million as the morning of Dec. 17, according to data collected by Johns Hopkins University and Bloomberg News. (Bloomberg) -- Google investments helped create India’s two youngest technolo...

(Representative image) BENGALURU: The Indian parent of a TikTok copycat has raised more than $100 million from investors including Alphabet Inc's Google and Microsoft , months after the Chinese-owned short-video app was banned in the country. The app, Josh, is one of several home-grown short-video platforms that have sprung up since the government blocked the wildly popular TikTok in June amidst a border crisis with China, attracting global investor interest in applications filling the gap. Bengaluru-based VerSe Innovation, which owns Josh, is valued at more than $1 billion following the in...

Indian TikTok clone gets Google and Microsoft backing in $100m fund raise By Reuters Share Bengaluru - The parent of a TikTok copycat from India has raised more than $100 million from investors including Alphabet Inc's Google and Microsoft, months after the Chinese-owned short-video app was banned in the country. The app, Josh, is one of several home-grown short-video platforms that have sprung up since India blocked the wildly popular TikTok in June amidst a border crisis with China, attracting global investor interest in applications filling the gap. Bengaluru-based VerSe Innovation, which ...

VerSe Innovation that owns Josh, said it is valued at more than $1 billion (Representational) Highlights India blocked wildly popular TikTok in June amid border crisis with China Josh installed on 50 million devices, as per data from Google Play Store Bengaluru: The parent of a TikTok copycat from India has raised more than $100 million from investors including Alphabet Inc's Google and Microsoft, months after the Chinese-owned short-video app was banned in the country. The app, Josh, is one of several home-grown short-video platforms that have sprung up since India blocked the wildly popula...