Sagoon provides glimpses of its mobile app through demo

Published On: September 18, 2017 07:38 PM NPT

KATHMANDU, September 18: Sagoon Inc (www.sagoon.com), a US-based social commerce startup founded by a Nepali, has unveiled some glimpses of its mobile app that it is going to launch soon.

The company unveiled the glimpses through a Facebook live demo on Saturday from its India office. During the Facebook live, the initial glimpses of its mobile app was made public.

"The official app is almost ready," Govinda Giri, Sagoon Inc’s Founder said. "The app is going through internal tests and will be launched following the successful tests," he added.

The startup company that had issued a Mini-IPO is testing its mobile app, the company said in a press statement, adding that it is preparing to unveil its mobile app targeting the South Asian market.

Sagoon said that the app will be first available on Android platform and then on iOS and the app will have exclusive features that are not available on the desktop version.

The mobile app will have features like sending secret message, mood talk and open secrets among others. The company hopes that the launching of the mobile app will increase the number of users of the social e-commerce website.

The company is preparing to bring smart card after unveiling the mobile app. "We hope that smart cards will be a game changer," said Giri.

The company had recently issued the mini-IPO in the US market. Nearly 3,685 investors have subscribed the shares of the Sagoon which was established by Nepali diaspora. The mini-IPO had seen the overwhelming response from Asian, particularly Nepali community, residing abroad. It had received the investment commitment of nearly $3.45 million. According to the company, it is also opening the second round of investment opportunity for those investors who could not get the chance to subscribe the shares of the company that allows its users to connect and share while claiming that it is developing a system which allows users also to earn money through the site. It said that it will post update about the second round investment opportunity on its website.