#MCS09: Mobile Voting In India In 4-5 Years?
During his talk at Mobile Content & Services conference yesterday, Kumar Apoorva, COO, ValueFirst, said that he had recently met a very large IT company that is working with the Indian government...
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What ValueFirst Plans To Do, To Be IPO Ready In 2012
Mobile Value Added Services company ValueFirst is eying an IPO in 2012: we’ve heard of IPO plans from several companies in the past, including competitor One97 Communications, and spoke to ValueFirst...
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ValueFirst Acquires Noida Based PacketShaper; Product Plans
In an all cash deal, ValueFirst, a New Era Associates funded Mobile VAS company, has acquired a majority stake in Noida based PacketShaper Technologies. Founded by Saumendra Mohanty eight years ago,...
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Why ValueFirst Acquired SMS Social Network Tagg.in
ValueFirst, a Mobile VAS company, has completed its third acquisition this year by buying Tagg.in, an SMS based mobile social network/publisher. Tagg.in appears to be similar to SMS GupShup, allowing...
View ArticleSocial Network IndyaRocks Raises Strategic Investment From ValueFirst
The marriage between the Mobile and the Internet is becoming something of a theme in India: Mobile messaging and services company ValueFirst has made a strategic investment in Hyderabad, India based...
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ValueFirst Raises $15M From Headland Asia Ventures, NEA; Targets Acquisitions
Well, this is timely. Just around the time that the Indian telecom regulators restrictions on Bulk SMS services are expected to come into play, ValueFirst Messaging, one of the largest messaging...
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ValueFirst Eyes Acquisitions In Messaging, Email, Media; To Raise Funds For...
ValueFirst, which recently raised money for the purpose of closing multiple acquisitions, is eying a major acquisition in the next 2-3 months, COO Kumar Apoorva told MediaNama. “We’re looking for...
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Exclusive: ValueFirst Acquires Way2SMS & 160by2
Mobile messaging company ValueFirst has acquired Way2SMS, a person to person (p2p) online messaging portal, ValueFirst CEO Apurva Kumar has confirmed to MediaNama. This acquisition – an all cash deal...
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Exclusive: ValueFirst Acquires Indyarocks.com
ValueFirst has acquired a majority stake in online social networking site Indyarocks.com, MediaNama had learned from reliable sources. The company’s filings with the Registrar of Companies confirm...
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Updated: ValueFirst Acquires Mginger; What’s The Game?
Remember mGinger? The mobile advertising company which initially made headlines in 2006-07 (yeah, it’s been that long) by offering users money to receive SMS advertising, has been acquired by...
View ArticleUpdated: ValueFirst Files Case Against Former CEO Kumar Apurva For 7Cr Fraud...
Update: ValueFirst told us they’d get back to us on Friday, then again on Saturday, but there’s been no response from the company since we did the first story. In the absence of any comment from them,...
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Updated: ValueFirst Launches Virtual Bidding Site FullOnBids.com
Mobile messaging company ValueFirst has launched FullOnBids.com, an online reverse bidding auction site that allows users to place free virtual bids on items like mobile recharges, digital photo...
View ArticleValueFirst & Way2SMS Settle: Reverse Acquisition Deal
Update: VV Raju, founder of Way2SMS told MediaNama that “We have got our company back, and the deal has been reversed.” In response to our question on whether there are any cases pending between the...
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ValueFirst Acquires clk2c.com Mobile Video Ad Push Service
ValueFirst Digital Media has acquired Samadhan Systems’ mobile video advertising push service, clk2c.com, for an undisclosed sum reports Economic Times. The deal includes the acquisition of...
View ArticleIndustry Moves: Star TV, ValueFirst Digital Media
Star TV has appointed CVS Sharma as the Vice President- Digital, reports exchange4media. He will be replacing Lalit Bhagia who exited the company last month. Sharma will be responsible for building and...
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