<p>Homegrown micro-blogging platform Koo on Wednesday said it has clocked 50 million downloads with significant uptake in users, time spent and engagement since January this year.</p>.<p>Koo is available in 10 languages including Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Assamese, Bengali and English.</p>.<p>According to the platform, there are more than 7,500 high-profile people, millions of students, teachers, entrepreneurs, poets, leaders, writers, artists, actors, etc. actively posting in their native languages.</p>.<p>"This validates the demand for a multi-lingual social network built with an India-first product mindset of seamlessly including language speaking Indians in daily thoughts sharing," said Aprameya Radhakrishna, CEO and Co-founder, Koo app.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: </strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/business/business-news/elon-musk-s-twitter-faces-exodus-of-advertisers-and-executives-1158625.html" target="_blank"><strong>Elon Musk’s Twitter faces exodus of advertisers and executives</strong></a></p>.<p>"Our rapid growth and adoption is a testimony to the fact that we are solving a problem faced by a billion Indians," he added.</p>.<p>Koo was launched in March 2020 as a multi-lingual micro-blogging platform.</p>.<p>Radhakrishna said that the company will continue to invest in technology and continue to build the platform with a user-first mindset.</p>.<p>Koo is backed by Tiger Global and early stage investors like Accel, Kalaari Capital, Blume Ventures and Dream incubator.</p>.<p>In February this year, Koo raised $10 million through Indian family offices.</p>.<p>The investors included Capsier Venture Partner, Ravi Modi Family Trust, Ashneer Grover, FBC Venture Partners, Adventz Finance etc, according to regulatory filings.</p>
<p>Homegrown micro-blogging platform Koo on Wednesday said it has clocked 50 million downloads with significant uptake in users, time spent and engagement since January this year.</p>.<p>Koo is available in 10 languages including Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Assamese, Bengali and English.</p>.<p>According to the platform, there are more than 7,500 high-profile people, millions of students, teachers, entrepreneurs, poets, leaders, writers, artists, actors, etc. actively posting in their native languages.</p>.<p>"This validates the demand for a multi-lingual social network built with an India-first product mindset of seamlessly including language speaking Indians in daily thoughts sharing," said Aprameya Radhakrishna, CEO and Co-founder, Koo app.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: </strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/business/business-news/elon-musk-s-twitter-faces-exodus-of-advertisers-and-executives-1158625.html" target="_blank"><strong>Elon Musk’s Twitter faces exodus of advertisers and executives</strong></a></p>.<p>"Our rapid growth and adoption is a testimony to the fact that we are solving a problem faced by a billion Indians," he added.</p>.<p>Koo was launched in March 2020 as a multi-lingual micro-blogging platform.</p>.<p>Radhakrishna said that the company will continue to invest in technology and continue to build the platform with a user-first mindset.</p>.<p>Koo is backed by Tiger Global and early stage investors like Accel, Kalaari Capital, Blume Ventures and Dream incubator.</p>.<p>In February this year, Koo raised $10 million through Indian family offices.</p>.<p>The investors included Capsier Venture Partner, Ravi Modi Family Trust, Ashneer Grover, FBC Venture Partners, Adventz Finance etc, according to regulatory filings.</p>