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Sequoia Capital Backs Snaptu

 

March 15, 2010

Snaptu (f.k.a. Moblica), a leading mobile application company, today announced it has secured funding from Sequoia Capital.

Snaptu’s unique mobile service incorporates a suite of popular social networking, news, informational and sports applications, including Facebook, Twitter, Picasa and Flickr. The application works on virtually any phone — not just smartphones — and has been downloaded to over four million phones worldwide.

“We are excited by Snaptu’s technology and vision and look forward to working with them to fulfill it,” said Sequoia Capital partner Gili Raanan. “We see huge value for consumers and mobile operators in Snaptu’s unique approach to bringing mobile applications to virtually any phone.”

Snaptu CEO Ran Makavy: “With Snaptu, millions of people around the world can now use their existing phones to access their most popular Internet sites and enjoy a user experience comparable to the latest smartphones. We are delighted that Sequoia supports our strategy of using the Snaptu application infrastructure to bring the full capability of the mobile web to virtually any phone, anywhere.”

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ESPN Cricinfo intros mobile service on Snaptu

World’s largest cricket website announces latest innovation in mobile service provision

 

Thursday, April 02, 2009

BANGALORE, INDIA & LONDON, UK: ESPN Cricinfo - the world's leading Cricket website - today announced a strategic deal with mobile services provider, Snaptu, to deliver international cricket scores and news. Snaptu's unique 'virtual application technology' will enable Cricinfo to deliver a truly excellent user experience on a range of mainstream mobile phones as well as high-end devices.

The Snaptu mobile platform converts premium web content into fast, user-friendly applications in the mobile environment. As the world's definitive cricket information resource, Cricinfo is the only cricket application available on the Snaptu platform, selected on the basis of its unrivalled authority, knowledge and breadth of content.

"There has been a massive increase in the use of mobile devices to keep up to date with all sports action. The partnership with Snaptu will immensely benefit our users regardless of the kind of mobile device they use to access cricket scores and news," said Tom Gleeson, Vice President for ESPN Digital Media, EMEA. "The experience is intuitive, stylish and delivers a great service to mobile users by extending functionality."

Simon Davies, Snaptu's European MD said: "Having loved and played the game for most of my life, Cricinfo is my definitive point of reference for all things cricket. We are incredibly proud to be delivering the last word in cricket right into people's pockets around the world".


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Seatwave signs partnership deal with mobile platform company Snaptu

Seatwave goes mobile with Snaptu

 

Wed, Jan 14th 2009 11:49 am EST

LONDON, ENG (Seatwave) 14 January 2009 - Seatwave, Europe’s largest online fan-to-fan ticket exchange, today announced its newest partnership with mobile platform provider, Snaptu. As part of the company’s continued expansion into the mobile environment and in a first for fan-to- fan ticket exchanges, the new application will provide a seamless mobile box office experience for fans. It will allow them to navigate through the full range of European concert dates on their mobile phone, and purchase with one call.

Snaptu’s technology delivers an iPhone-like experience on everyday phones, converting Seatwave’s web inventory into a simple and seamless mobile customer journey. Whilst currently offering only concert ticket listings, the application is scheduled to expand to theatre and sport listings in the very near future.

“Partnering with Snaptu has opened up a whole new point of purchase for our fans,” said Ged Waring, VP of Technology for Seatwave. “The experience is very stylish and a real breakthrough in mobile service experience and functionality. Our customers are really responding to this new service and uptake has been immediate.”

Simon Davies, Snaptu’s European MD said: “Seatwave’s web and mobile services open up the live music experience to fans everywhere. By including the application in our Snaptu network, we’re able to make sure our users can purchase a much sought after concert ticket the moment it becomes available!”


About Seatwave
Seatwave is Europe’s largest fan-to-fan ticket exchange, an online marketplace for buying and selling tickets for theatre, sports, music and other live events. The company was launched in February 2007 by Joe Cohen, ex Ticketmaster and ex match.com and early stage Venture Capital firm, Atlas Venture. Seatwave has more than 500,000 tickets on sale at any one time, 25 times more than eBay.

Seatwave guarantees that tickets come only from legitimate sources and will represent them accurately and honestly. Seatwave operates two types of customer protection. TicketIntegrity™ guarantees that buyers will receive the tickets they ordered and in good time for the event. If not Seatwave refunds 100% of what was paid. All tickets bought on Seatwave are also covered by TicketCover™. This provides for a full refund if an event is cancelled and even covers buyers for a range of circumstances that may prevent them from attending their performance. The company is based in London. www.seatwave.com


About Snaptu
Snaptu is the mobile application network provided by Moblica Ltd. The platform enables the delivery of high quality content services via everyday, mass market mobile phones. Such services include news, sports, movies, weather, social networks and transport information. Provided on behalf of a rapidly growing list of international content originators, Snaptu enabled services represent a breakthrough in end user experience that is set to bring highly functional and stylish mobile Internet offerings into the mainstream. Users can access these services for free from Moblica's websites (www.snaptu.com and http://m.snaptu.com from the mobile phone). Moblica was founded in 2007 by a group of experts from the IT and telecommunication industries. The company maintains a development centre in Tel-Aviv and an office in London.


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