{"id":2279,"date":"2016-12-15T16:08:45","date_gmt":"2016-12-15T16:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rsoftsolution.com\/blog\/amino-apps-raises-19-2m-to-build-more-mobile-communities.html"},"modified":"2016-12-15T16:08:45","modified_gmt":"2016-12-15T16:08:45","slug":"amino-apps-raises-19-2m-to-build-more-mobile-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/amino-apps-raises-19-2m-to-build-more-mobile-communities.html","title":{"rendered":"Amino Apps raises $19.2M to build more mobile communities"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Amino Apps<\/a>, a startup aiming to reinvent\u00a0online forums for the mobile world, has raised $19.2 million in Series B funding.<\/p>\n

The New York City-based company started out<\/a> by building\u00a0individual apps focused on topics like anime and Doctor Who<\/em>, but earlier this year it launched a new, all-purpose Amino app<\/a>\u00a0that allows anyone to launch a community. Now more than 250,000 communities have been created, covering\u00a0everything from veganism to Star Wars<\/em>\u00a0to ballet, with the biggest ones<\/a>\u00a0attracting more than 100,000 members.<\/p>\n

Amino does take a role in helping the high-quality communities rise to the top \u2014 maybe a necessity now, since there are so many of them. Leaders can submit their communities to Amino for approval, and while not every community needs to be approved, those\u00a0approved communities will show up first in search results and in the curated Explore section of the Amino app.<\/p>\n

Popular communities can still get their own standalone apps \u2014 Amino has now launched 250 of them. CEO Ben Anderson described the main Amino app as the \u201cincubator,\u201d which can then spin off new apps that find new fans who aren\u2019t yet aware of Amino.<\/p>\n

Anderson said Amino apps have now seen around 13 million\u00a0downloads, with users spending an average of 60 minutes each day in the apps.<\/p>\n

The new funding follows a $6.5 million Series A<\/a> last year. The Series B was led by\u00a0GV (the firm previously known as Google Ventures), with participation from\u00a0Venrock, Union Square Ventures and Box Group, as well as new backers\u00a0Time Warner Investments and Goodwater Capital.<\/p>\n

Looking ahead, Anderson said noted that Amino already goes beyond plain-text posts\u00a0by allowing users to create things like polls and customized profiles. He said he wants to continue adding new features and formats.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re trying to create a product that appeals and works for every single interest in the world,\u201d he said. \u201cWe want to\u00a0continue to double down\u00a0on those strategies and give people lots of ways to communicate with each other in a seamless way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Amino Apps isn\u2019t making any money yet, but Anderson eventually plans to add ways\u00a0for the community leaders to generate revenue, starting with digital goods like stickers and moving into advertising and e-commerce \u2014 with Amino taking a cut of each transaction.<\/p>\n

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