Gushcloud

Company

Gushcloud aims to be the best place in the world for people to connect with brands meaningfully. It was founded in Singapore in 2011 and has a presence in Singapore, San Francisco, Indonesia, and Malaysia.

Product

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Gushcloud is a web and mobile (iPhone app) social network where users collect and share their feelings about music, movies, online articles, pictures and more. It also aims to connect users with brands in a meaningful way. Users build up their personal brand and reputation by sharing ‘gushworthy’ content. Brands can then reward or invite them to participate in online campaigns. For brands, Gushcloud helps to build awareness among consumers through social media.

Gushcloud launched in October 2011 and unveiled a revamp in July 2012. For 2 weeks in June, Gushcloud’s access to Facebook’s API was revoked for violating its terms of service. Access was reinstated following discussions with Facebook, although all Facebook campaigns on Gushcloud were removed.

People

Co-founders: Vincent Ha (CEO), Althea Lim (CMO), and Bryan Chow (former CTO)

Funding

Seed (Feb 2012): Undisclosed amount from Singhome Fund by John Wu, co-founder and former CTO of Alibaba Group.

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