Pops

Mobile App Enabling Users to Personalize Phone Alerts

Media & Entertainment Technologies
Acquired (Inactive) by iMesh on Nov 2013 - closed due to acquisition
Acquired Founded 2011
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Total raised
$1.5M
Last: Undisclosed 2012-02
Stage
Acquired
Founded
2011
Headcount
1-10
HQ
Sector
Media & Entertainment Technologies

About

Pops is an Android application that enables mobile users to personalize their phone alerts, including new email, SMS, Facebook, Twitter, Google+, WhatsApp more in a fun and innovative way. Pops created the first technology that enables the capture of any incoming notification on a mobile device operating system or cloud-based service, then customizes the notification with a new kind of media: Pops media. Pops media is a 5 second animation or video clip that precedes or wraps the notification itself. Pops maintains a gallery of 1000s of animations and clips to choose from.

Funding history · 1 round · $1.5M total

2012-02
Undisclosed $1.5M

Sectors & technology

Primary sector
Media & Entertainment Technologies
Sub-sectors
Media & Entertainment TechnologiesDigital Content Engagement & Entertainment
Technologies
Platforms & InterfacesMobile
Target customers
ConsumersDemographics & Family
Business model
B2C

Tags

animationsocial-media