Company:Appota Corporation
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| Type | Corporation |
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| Industry | Game Publishing Advertisement Payment |
| Founded | December 12, 2011 |
| Headquarters | Building 11 (LE Building), Alley 71, Lang Ha St., Ba Dinh Dist., Hanoi, Vietnam. |
| Products | Gamota - Game Publishing AppotaX Appota e-Wallet Payhub Gamehub: Mobile Game Media Portal LNY - Appota Calendar Application Appota Card Appota Reports Wifi Chua |
Number of employees | 300 - 350 |
| Website | https://appota.com/ |
Appota Corporation is a mobile app service provider in Vietnam with three business services: game publishing, advertisement, and payment.[1] The company's inventory system has 55 million users and 5 Million MAU.[2]
In 2017, Appota closed an undisclosed Series C round from Korea Investment Partners and Mirae Asset Venture Investment.[3] This is Appota's third funding round since its inception more than 5 years ago. Appota secured a series A round from VNP-Group in 2012, and a series B round from Golden Gate Venture and GMO Global Payment Fund in 2014.[4]
Appota regularly provides Vietnam mobile market insights through its comprehensive market reports and supports the local startup community through various events’ sponsorship. The company has earned prominent startup awards, including “Most Disruptive Company” (by the Founder Institute) in 2012[5] and “Vietnam’s most potential startup of 2013”.[6]
There are 3 subsidiary companies owned by Appota Group: Gamota (Game publishing company), Adsota (Advertisement company) and Appota Pay (Payment solution company). Appota’s headquarter is in Hanoi and extend its business to HCMC, Indonesia, and Singapore.[7]
History
12/12/2011, Appota was founded in the first Topica Founder Institute in Vietnam.
07/2012, Received the Most Disruptive Award from Founder Institute.
11/2012, Delivered marketing service for international branches including NHN, UC, Kakao and Zepto Labs.
26/01/2013, Received “Vietnam’s Most Potential Tech Startup Award”.[8][9]
03/2013, Setup the first oversea office in Singapore.
04/2013, Set up business representative offices in HCM city & Indonesia.
9/2013, Presented onClan, the first gaming social network for mobile gamers, in TechCrunch Disrupt 2013 in San Francisco.
04/2014, Launched Gamehub, the first game portal specialized for mobile gamers.
12/2014, 22 million users in Vietnam and Southest Asia on Appota platform.
01/2015, Launched Applancer, the global mobile outsourcing platform.
09/2015, Introduced Appota Pay, Adsota.
2016, Changed the slogan to "Technology For Change".
02/2017, Appota launched AppotaX, a Mobile Ad Optimization Solution for mobile publishers based on Google Ad Exchange Platform.[10]
03/2017, Appota closed an undisclosed Series C round from Korea Investment Partners and Mirae Asset Venture Investment.[11]
10/2017, Adsota became The Official Facebook Agency in Vietnam
01/2018, Adsota Vietnam received a strategic investment from Korea's TNK Factory to conquer Southeast Asia's mobile advertising market
03/2018, Appota announces the fully acquisition of WiFi Chùa
Products and Services
Digital content and online entertainment
Gamota
Gamota is one of the three main game publishers leading Vietnamese market[12] with games such as: Ai My Nhan Mobile, Y Thien, Captain Strike, Tu Dai Danh Bo.[13]
Gamehub
Gamehub is a mobile game review portal
Lich Nhu Y
Lich Nhu Y is the first calendar that can connect between digital calendar content and table calendar via QR code.[14]
Wifi chua
The number one WiFi-enabled search and sharing application in Vietnam, top 100 apps for 4 years at a marketing cost of $ 0
Payment and E-Commerce
Appota Wallet
Appota Wallet is the first e-Wallet that offer cash-back service in Vietnam.[15]
Appota Card
Prepaid card published by Appota which help users easily to top-up and purchase in-game items.
Advertisement
AppotaX
Mobile Ad Optimization Solution for Publisher on Google Ad Exchange Platform.[16][17]
Adsota
Adsota is a mobile app marketing platform[18]
18/01/2018, Adsota Vietnam has received a strategic investment from Korea’s TNK Factory to conquer Southeast Asia's mobile advertising market[19]
Mission
The Internet and mobile connection are among the fastest growing and most innovative technologies. In developing countries, they give people a whole new level of global connectivity, and bring access to opportunities that people would not have had before. Appota believes in the power of the Mobile Internet Technologies. We aspire to make mobile platforms that create opportunities and improve people’s lives and experiences in developing nations.
Appota Culture
Appota has built a professional working environment that is dynamic, modern, youth driven, Vietnamese based, and internationally inspired. In our open environment, employees have the opportunity to maximize their expertise, creativity, and gaming passion.[20] At Appota, employees do not have to navigate relationships between superiors and subordinates, but instead, a culture where there are “No Bosses, only Leaders”.
References
- ↑ ".com - Con đường dẫn tới thành công" (in vi-VN). http://dantri.com.vn/may-tinh-di-dong/com-con-duong-dan-toi-thanh-cong-20160920095158594.htm.
- ↑ "Vietnam's Appota raises Series C, valuation closing in on US$50M". https://e27.co/vietnams-appota-raises-series-c-valuation-closing-us50m-20170405/.
- ↑ "Vietnam’s Appota scores series C funding as mobile gaming booms" (in en-US). https://www.techinasia.com/appota-series-c-funding-round.
- ↑ "Appota, Vietnamese mobile content platform, secures series B funding" (in en-US). https://www.techinasia.com/appota-series-b.
- ↑ "Appota, Vietnam’s mobile content marketplace, named Founder Institute’s most disruptive graduate". https://e27.co/appota-vietnams-mobile-content-marketplace-named-founder-institutes-most-disruptive-graduate/.
- ↑ "Tech in Asia - Connecting Asia's startup ecosystem" (in en-US). https://www.techinasia.com/vietnam-2015-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel.
- ↑ "Contact Page" (in en-US). https://appota.com/contact.html.
- ↑ "Appota wins Vietnam's Most Potential Tech Startup Award 2012" (in en-US). e27. https://e27.co/appota-wins-vietnams-most-potential-tech-startup-award-2012/.
- ↑ "FI.co: Congratulations to the Winners of the 2013 Founder Institute Graduate Awards". http://fi.co/posts/7241.
- ↑ Ictnews. "Ra mắt AppotaX giúp cảnh báo sớm các vi phạm trên kho tải Google Play" (in vi-vn). http://ictnews.vn/kinh-doanh/ra-mat-appotax-giup-canh-bao-som-cac-vi-pham-tren-kho-tai-google-play-149588.ict.
- ↑ News, VietNamNet. "Appota gọi vốn thành công từ hai quỹ đầu tư Hàn Quốc". VietNamNet. http://vietnamnet.vn/vn/cong-nghe/ung-dung/appota-goi-von-thanh-cong-tu-quy-dau-tu-han-quoc-365196.html.
- ↑ "4 nhà phát hành sẽ làm khuynh đảo thị trường game mobile Việt Nam" (in en-US). Game4V. 2015-05-26. http://game4v.com/game-mobile/4-nha-phat-hanh-se-lam-khuynh-dao-thi-truong-game-mobile-viet-nam-200214.g4v.
- ↑ Danh sách trò chơi của Gamota
- ↑ "Xem lịch âm, tử vi và cung hoàng đạo với ứng dụng Lịch Như Ý" (in vi-VN). genk.vn. 2015-04-10. http://genk.vn/apps-games/xem-lich-am-tu-vi-va-cung-hoang-dao-voi-ung-dung-lich-nhu-y-20150408161319356.chn.
- ↑ "Startup fintech Việt thu hút nhiều nhà đầu tư ngoại - doanhnhansaigon.vn" (in vi-VN). http://www.doanhnhansaigon.vn/thoi-su-trong-nuoc/startup-fintech-viet-thu-hut-nhieu-nha-dau-tu-ngoai/1104349/.
- ↑ News, VietNamNet. "Ra mắt giải pháp quảng cáo cho ứng dụng di động AppotaX". VietNamNet. http://vietnamnet.vn/vn/cong-nghe/ung-dung/giai-phap-appotax-cho-quang-cao-tren-ung-dung-di-dong-358165.html.
- ↑ baodautu.vn. "Trình làng giải pháp AppotaX giúp tăng doanh thu quảng cáo cho ứng dụng di động". baodautu. http://baodautu.vn/trinh-lang-giai-phap-appotax-giup-tang-doanh-thu-quang-cao-cho-ung-dung-di-dong-d59271.html.
- ↑ Ictnews. "Google: Thị trường Việt Nam có tỷ lệ ứng dụng vi phạm chính sách khá cao" (in vi-vn). http://ictnews.vn/the-gioi-so/di-dong/google-thi-truong-viet-nam-co-ty-le-ung-dung-vi-pham-chinh-sach-kha-cao-148381.ict.
- ↑ "South Korea's TNK Factory makes seven-digit investment in Vietnam's Adsota". https://www.dealstreetasia.com/stories/skorea-tnk-factory-investment-vietnam-adsota-90600/.
- ↑ "Gamota – Điểm đến mới "chuẩn không cần chỉnh" cho dân công sở" (in vi). http://kenh14.vn/gamota-diem-den-moi-chuan-khong-can-chinh-cho-dan-cong-so-2017041217052111.chn.
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