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How do you get 1.5 million users after your company nearly hit the wall? That’s what I asked Ouriel Ohayon , co-founder of AppsFire, a discovery service for mobile apps. You’ll hear how he did that, as well as how he launched TechCrunch France and ISAI, the French entrepreneurs’ investment firm. Ouriel Ohayon is the co-founder of AppsFire, which is building a discovery platform for mobile applications. He is also the co-founder of ISAI, the French internet entrepreneurs’ fund. His previous experience includes founding TechCrunch France.
How AppsFire Is Conquering The Mobile Apps Marketplace – with Ouriel Ohayon | Case Studies & Business Tips
AppsFire est un un service de recommandations d’applications sur iPhone et Android , créé par Ouriel Ohayon et Yann Lechelle. Une fois installé AppsFire sur votre mobile, vous pouvez partager avec vos amis vos applications préférées. Depuis sa création, AppsFire a segmenté son offre et propose des guides d’applications gratuites, payantes, ou encore pour enfants. AppsFire enregistre plus de 2 millions d’utilisateurs, principalement aux Etats Unis, France, Espagne, Allemagne, Autriche et Turquie.
Levée de fonds de 2,5 millions d’euros pour AppsFire | FrenchWeb.fr
Appsfire Scores $3.6M As App Discovery Demands Grow Tech News and Analysis
With Apple’s App Store hitting the half billion million app mark and Android Market poised to overtake it later this year , it’s a busy time to be in the app discovery business. Appsfire , a France-based startup, is reaping the benefits, scoring $3.6 million in Series A funding from French investors Idinvest. The funding will help the company accelerate its growth as it looks to strike more partnerships with publishers and developers and build up its team of seven employees. The funding signals the growing opportunity in app discovery, which is becoming a major issue for both consumers and developers. With a sea of content available, there is increasing money flowing to start-ups that can help developers and publishers get their apps recognized and downloaded by consumers.
Créé par Ouriel Ohayon et Yann Lechelle, AppsFire est un service de recommandations d’applications sur iPhone. Après avoir installé AppsFire, vous pouvez partager avec vos amis vos applications préférées. Depuis son lancement l’été dernier, AppsFire a partagé plus de 10 millions d’applications. Ainsi AppsFire devient un catalyseur de trafic pour les éditeurs d’applications. AppsFire est actuellement disponible sur iPhone, et devrait être porté sur Blackberry et Android. La société franco/israelienne vient de finaliser un premier tour réunissant de prestigieux investisseurs français, dont Marc Simoncini (iFrance/Meetic), Xavier Niel (iliad/free), Jacques-Antoine Granjon (ventes privées), et Jean-David Blanc (Allociné), dont le montant n’a pas été dévoilé.
Appsfire fait un 1er tour de table avec des investisseurs français! | FrenchWeb.fr
Independent mobile app store GetJar announced it has grabbed $25 million in Series C funding as it looks to become the premier open Android market. The San Mateo, Calif.-based start-up’s latest round was led by Tiger Global Management, and Accel Partners, which participated in earlier rounds, will also contribute. The latest investment brings GetJar’s total funding to $42 million . GetJar said it will use the money to expand sales, marketing and engineering efforts as it works to build upon its 1.5 billion downloads to date. A key part of GetJar’s strategy is to ride the growth of Android, which is booming in sales and offers big opportunities for independent app markets.
Competitors
With the flood of mobile, desktop and web apps facing consumers, the battle is increasingly turning to how to help users discover the right apps for them. Quixey , a new start-up backed by Eric Schmidt’s Innovation Endeavors, is throwing its hat into the ring of those looking to make the discovery process easier, by allowing users to simply say what they’re looking to do and then use that info to generate app recommendations for multiple platforms. The company just announced $400,000 in seed funding from Innovation Endeavors and Archimedes Ventures. Quixey, which is in private beta, bills itself as a “functional” search engine because it doesn’t require users to know an app’s name or provide a good description of an existing app.
Quixey Looks to Make App Discovery More Natural Tech News and Analysis