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Screen-zero content platform for mobile lockscreens
mithril_capital_importFounded 2019
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Screen-zero content platform for mobile lockscreens
mithril_capital_importGlance is the world's largest live screen-zero platform, founded in 2019, that enables consumers to experience the best of the internet on the lock screens of their smartphones. By delivering high-quality, AI- and human-curated content and live experiences directly to the lock-screen, Glance breaks through the constraints of application architectures and linguistic markets to deliver rich, frictionless, and engaging experiences across a myriad of cultures and languages. The company is rapidly growing into a global top-10 consumer Internet platform by monthly active users, now present on over 400 million devices across India and South-East Asia. Glance's expanding screen-zero platform includes Roposo, one of India's leading short-video talent platforms with over a million content creators hosting over 25 billion video views per month across 12+ languages, and Shop101, a full-stack ecommerce platform powering live interactive commerce with a network of 10 million resellers and 10,000 supplier partners.
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Consumers face constraints when accessing internet content through traditional application architectures, creating friction in content discovery and engagement across different linguistic markets and cultures.
Glance delivers high-quality, AI- and human-curated content and live experiences directly to smartphone lock screens, eliminating the need to open apps and providing frictionless access to diverse content across multiple languages and cultures.
Glance became India's newest unicorn in December 2020, raising $145M from Google and Mithril Capital. In February 2022, Jio Platforms invested an additional $200 million in the company. The platform is now present on over 400 million devices across India and South-East Asia and is rapidly growing into a global top-10 consumer Internet platform by monthly active users.