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Slidejoy raises $1.2 Million

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What does Slidejoy do?

Slidejoy, is an Android application which pays users everyday for having suitable articles, advertisements and displayed on their android phone screen.

Slidejoy is an intelligent Android app, which shares its ad revenues. This android application  allows you to monetize  an asset which turns the users Smartphone lock screen into a personalized and interactive billboard.

This Android app has the potential to change how mobile advertising is working. Slidejoy is a team of hackers and hustlers who want to make mobile service, apps and devices free for the world. They intend to do so by making advertising nice through sleek design, efficient products and good value for consumers.

How much Slidejoy was funded?

Slidejoy raised $1.2 M in Seed round on April 6th, 2015 from Harvard Business School Angels and Wharton Angel Network

 

What is next for Slidejoy?

Slidejoy has closed its first round of funding raising $1.2 M which will be used to develop its application which rewards the Android users to rent their lock screens to be the interactive news feeds which also features different promotions.

With the new investment, led by Harvard Business School Angels and Wharton Angel Network, the Android app plans to spend on increasing its marketing efforts to attract more users. The firm also plans to make some hires on the advertising its sales.

More about Slidejoy

Slidejoy was found in 2013 by Robert Seo, a former U.S. Marine who later worked on Wall Street and Sanghoon Kwak, previously lead Android developer at Line. It has its headquarters in New York, NY.  The startup currently has a team of 5 in New York and Seoul.

Slidejoy is only an year old and now it has hundreds of thousands of downloads and displays news stories, some ads or deals every time you check your Android device. Users can slide to the right to ignore the card and go to their home screen as they regularly do, or they can slide to the left to receive more info on the card shown. They can also slide up to see another card if they like.

 

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