Telly is a VOD platform that offers premium content sourced from Bollywood and the Arab region.
Telly (formerly Twitvid) is a premium subscription video-on-demand service that focuses on the best of entertainment and exclusive locally produced content. As well as screening exclusive and original content, Telly's programming includes; Bollywood movies, TV shows, locally produced content, Kuwaiti short films, and many more all of which can be found on the Telly App and website.
Telly mainly generates revenue mainly from subscription-based services as opposed to advertising to avoid losing customers to interruptions caused by the adverts, however, their business model is considered to be facing competition by video piracy.
Announced Date | Round | Money Raised | Number of Investors | Lead Investors | Post Valuation | |
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May 4, 2015 | Series Unknown | $3.23M | — | — | — | Detail |
Dec 19, 2013 | Series B | $8M | 5 | — | — | Detail |
Oct 7, 2013 | Series B | $3.38M | — | — | — | Detail |
Sep 29, 2011 | Series A | $6.50M | 1 | Azure Capital Partners | — | Detail |
Jan 24, 2010 | Series Unknown | — | 1 | — | — | Detail |
Investor Name | Lead Investor | Funding Round |
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Azure Capital Partners | — | Series B |
Cinemagic | — | Series B |
Felicis Ventures | — | Series B |
Georges Harik | — | Series B |
Lumia Capital | — | Series B |
MVI (MENA Venture Investments) | — | Series Unknown |
Wavemaker Partners | — | Seed |
XG Ventures | — | Series Unknown |
Amidzad Partners | — | Angel |
Plug and Play | — | Angel |
Telly has acquired 3 organizations. Their most recent acquisition was Frugalo on Mar 19, 2012. They acquired Frugalo for 0.