Plivo (YC S12) raises 1.75 million from Andreessen Horowitz, SV Angel, others • Hacker News Board

Re: Plivo (YC S12) raises 1.75 million from Andreessen Horowitz, SV Angel, others

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Post by 55hackers » Mon, Dec 03, 2012, 3:25 PM UTC

How r u diferent from other API platform?

Re: Plivo (YC S12) raises 1.75 million from Andreessen Horowitz, SV Angel, others

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Post by nlh » Mon, Dec 03, 2012, 3:39 PM UTC

Congrats guys! Seems like a cool platform.

Question: I noticed the press release on MarketWire is nicely packed with keyword-rich links (clever SEO work!). Does this get distribution on sites beyond MarketWire, and if so, do the links remain? Just curious how effective this sort of strategy is for link-building :)

Re: Plivo (YC S12) raises 1.75 million from Andreessen Horowitz, SV Angel, others

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Post by skrish » Mon, Dec 03, 2012, 3:44 PM UTC

Congratulations Venky & team.

Re: Plivo (YC S12) raises 1.75 million from Andreessen Horowitz, SV Angel, others

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Post by yabbadabbadoo » Mon, Dec 03, 2012, 4:18 PM UTC

Congrats! Plivo's one of the most impressive startups out of this last batch.

Twilio's in trouble :)

Re: Plivo (YC S12) raises 1.75 million from Andreessen Horowitz, SV Angel, others

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Post by Robdr » Mon, Dec 03, 2012, 4:20 PM UTC

What is the main difference from Twilio? In my perception both services are fairly similar, with Twilio having the first-mover benefits.

Re: Plivo (YC S12) raises 1.75 million from Andreessen Horowitz, SV Angel, others

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Post by dmor » Mon, Dec 03, 2012, 4:21 PM UTC

sunsu wrote: post #10

Whats interesting about this is that SV Angel invested. Ron Conway has a very close relationship with Twilio and The TwilioFund is "powered by 500Startups and SVAngel".

I wonder if they invested beyond the Start Fund

Re: Plivo (YC S12) raises 1.75 million from Andreessen Horowitz, SV Angel, others

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Post by josh2600 » Mon, Dec 03, 2012, 4:23 PM UTC

Congrats to Be and Team. This is a hard world to work in and I wish Plivo much success :).

See you at ClueCon!

Re: Plivo (YC S12) raises 1.75 million from Andreessen Horowitz, SV Angel, others

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Post by bevenky » Mon, Dec 03, 2012, 4:25 PM UTC

dmor wrote: post #16

sunsu wrote: post #10

Whats interesting about this is that SV Angel invested. Ron Conway has a very close relationship with Twilio and The TwilioFund is "powered by 500Startups and SVAngel".

I wonder if they invested beyond the Start Fund

Just to clarify, None of the investors mentioned here are including the start fund!

Re: Plivo (YC S12) raises 1.75 million from Andreessen Horowitz, SV Angel, others

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Post by dmor » Mon, Dec 03, 2012, 4:26 PM UTC

bevenky wrote: post #18

dmor wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wonder if they invested beyond the Start Fund

Just to clarify, None of the investors mentioned here are including the start fund!

Cool thanks

Re: Plivo (YC S12) raises 1.75 million from Andreessen Horowitz, SV Angel, others

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Post by mlauricella » Mon, Dec 03, 2012, 4:29 PM UTC

Robdr wrote: post #15

What is the main difference from Twilio? In my perception both services are fairly similar, with Twilio having the first-mover benefits.

Our customers who come from other platforms tell us that it is about the depth of features and the simplicity of our APIs - we allow you to bring your own carrier services. this is huge for enterprises and service providers - our ability to register SIP devices, actually connect your IP phone or soft client - our support team continues to get rave reviews from our customers…