Poncho
Company

Last deal

$2.4M

Amount

Seed

Stage

14.08.2017

Date

2

all rounds

$4.4M

Total amount

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About Company
Poncho is a New York-based company that provides personalized weather forecasts through its online application and chatbot.

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founded date

01.04.2013

Operating Status

Closed

Number of employees

Company Type

For Profit

Last funding type

Seed

IPO status

Private

Description

Poncho, a New York-based company, offers personalized weather forecasts through its online application and chatbot. The application delivers geolocation-based weather data via email and text message, tailored to user routines. By taking into account wake-up time, morning commute, and specific concerns like allergies and hair, Poncho provides witty weather updates twice daily. The company's mission is to create engaging content on messaging and hardware platforms, utilizing the latest bot technologies. Poncho has gained popularity as the most popular chatbot on Facebook Messenger and one of the top weather apps in the App Store. Recently, the company raised funding from leading venture capital firms.
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