GONG! Inc. (Apper Labs)

gongsters.com

High-Tech Company

Ceased to Operate Q2/2018

TECH VERTICALS

Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Machine Learning, Mobile Applications, Search

General Data

Sector	Consumer-Oriented Software
Company Stage:	Initial Revenues
Established	2014
Number of Employees	20
Employees in Israel	2

DESCRIPTION

GONG is an innovative playful social news platform where users can actually be a part of and impact today's top stories, rather than just reading them. The company tracks and predictively curate over 100,000 stories daily based on anticipated global social engagement. Users compete to become the most influential curator in their favorite topical communities by racking up points with article submissions, polls, quizzes, text discussions and even GIF or video reactions.

TECHNOLOGY

Machine learning, Big Data, Search, Deep linking

	TARGET MARKETS
	Individuals, Mobile & Smartphone users

	BUSINESS MODEL
	B2C

COMPETITORS

NewsTab

CONTACT INFO

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Main Address: New York, United States

Address	86 Walker St., 3rd Floor
City	New York
State/Province	NY
Country	United States
Zip	10013

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Branch Address: Tel Aviv, Israel

Address	45 Rothschild Blvd.
City	Tel Aviv
Country	Israel
Zip	6578403

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	MANAGEMENT

Key Executive

Name	Title	Previous Position
Mr. Itzik Ben-Bassat	Co-Founder	JVP Management (General Partner)
Mr. Aviv Eyal	Co-Founder

	FINANCIAL ROUNDS

Total Capital Raised
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Financial Rounds

Numbers of Investors

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Stage

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Valuation

Seed

Jun. 01, 2015

Seed

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* New investor

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