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Affle

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Affle is a leading international mobile media company headquartered in Singapore. Affle’s investors include Microsoft Corporation, Itochu Corporation of Japan, Bennett Coleman Company Limited (BCCL) of India, Centurion Private Equity and D2 Communications of Japan (JV between NTT DoCoMo & Dentsu)

Affle has consistently delivered innovations that enhance the user experience on mobile messaging and make mobile media a reality. Affle’s flagship products include leading mobile messaging products like Pinch (www.pinchapp.com) & SMS2.0 Live (www.ismslive.com) which have already got over 20 Mn downloads and 5 Mn users worldwide.

Affle’s also provides ad serving (AffleAds) and ad sales representation services to a lot of top carriers and publishers in Asia. Some of Affle’s partners in this domain include leading Asian carriers like airtel, Telekomsel, AIS, TATA DoCoMo etc. and top publishers like ESPN STAR, eBuddy amongst many others.

Through its products and advertising services Affle has been able to deliver exciting mobile advertising campaigns for top advertisers including Unilever, PepsiCo, Coca Cola, Maruti Suzuki, Nike, Nokia, Samsung amongst many others.

Milestones

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  Affle added Dr, Mandar Chitre as Board Member.
  Posted 6/23/11 at 2:55am
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  Affle added Jack Baron as Board Member.
  Posted 6/23/11 at 2:55am
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  Affle added Richard Humphreys as Board Member.
  Posted 6/23/11 at 2:55am
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  Affle added Raj L Gupta as Board Member.
  Posted 6/23/11 at 2:55am
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  Affle added Charles Yong as Director - R&D and Product Development. (2/1/06)
  Posted 6/23/11 at 2:55am
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  Affle added Ben Fones as Executive Director (SEA). (2/1/06)
  Posted 6/23/11 at 2:55am
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  Affle added Anuj Khanna Sohum as Founder & Chairman. (2/1/06)
  Posted 6/23/11 at 2:55am
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  Affle added Anuj Kumar as CEO. (2/1/06)
  Posted 6/23/11 at 2:55am
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  Affle received $10M in Venture Round funding. (10/4/11)
  Posted 10/4/11 at 6:14pm via techcrunch.com
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  Affle received in Series B funding. (2/3/11)
  Posted 6/23/11 at 2:55am via medianama.com
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  Affle received in Series B funding. (2/25/10)
  Posted 6/23/11 at 2:55am via co.jp
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  Affle received in Series B funding. (2/11/09)
  Posted 6/23/11 at 2:55am via moconews.net

Videos

Screenshots

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Above: Pinch
Uploaded: 6/27/11

Products

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Sources

1. Microsoft Invests In Mobile Marketing Firm Affle (moconews.net) [edit]
2. ITOCHU Takes Stake in Affle Holdings Pte. Ltd., a Mobile Content & Advertising Distribution Service Company (itochu.co.jp) [edit]
3. Affle Partners D2 Communications For Strategic Alliance (medianama.com) [edit]
4. Mobile Media Company Affle Raises $10M+ From D2C (A NTT DoCoMo Subsidiary) (techcrunch.com) [edit]