Piictu
Company

Last deal

$1M

Amount

Seed

Stage

01.05.2012

Date

3

all rounds

$1.87M

Total amount

date founded

Financing round

General

About Company
Piictu is a photo gaming tool that allows users to share pictures and interact with friends via mobile phones.

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founded date

01.02.2011

Number of employees

Company Type

For Profit

Last funding type

Seed

IPO status

Private

Description

The company's application enables users to share photos with captions and collaborate around ideas, interests and experiences using pictures from their mobile phone. Piictu is an influence-based photo gaming tool and community that generates live picture responses from friends and the wider community. It is a powerful interactive social picture-stream generator that brands can use to engage with their customers.
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Number of Funding Rounds

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Their latest funding was raised on 01.05.2012. Their latest investor Techstars New York City Accelerator. Their latest round Seed

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