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03 Feb 2011
ValueFirst Messaging CEO On IPO Timeline, M&A Strategy
The leading Mobile VAS player eyes Rs 300Cr IPO next year. ValueFirst Messaging, which has received a funding of Rs 70 crore from Headland Capital Partners (formerly HSBC Private Equity Asia), states it will continue to follow the acquisition-led growth path. Today, ValueFirst has evolved into a complete end-to-end business communication solution provider covering various communication platforms like SMS, Voice, IVR and WAP. Inorganic growth appears to be an integral part of your corporate strategy given the diverse acquisitions in sectors ranging from telecom software to Mobile VAS to social media.
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01 Feb 2011
ValueFirst raises INR 700 million funding, buildup to the IPO story
ValueFirst Messaging Pvt. Ltd, the leading Enterprise Communication Solutions Provider has raised a substantial round of INR 700 million funding from a wholly owned subsidiary of The Headland Asian Ventures Fund 3 Limited (HAV3). With this round of funding and internal accruals, the company now has in excess of INR 1000 million to fund its inorganic expansion plans. The funds shall be utilised to fuel exponential growth through acquisitions in India and overseas proposing a device & platform agnostic approach to its clients through enhanced offerings in SMS, Voice, USSD, WAP, Media and Mobile Applications.
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25 Nov 2010
ValueFirst Reloaded – ValueFirst Unveils its New Brand Identity
India’s leading multi-level enterprise communication service company, ValueFirst Messaging Private Limited has unveiled its new corporate identity. The new brand identity is intended to express the transformation of ValueFirst from a single product company to a multi-product enterprise, with capabilities to serve its customer’s diverse communication needs as one-stop shop. The look and new elements of the branding are vivacious and will reinforce the vibrant and lively mood of the organisation. Overall, the new identity reflects the growing stature of ValueFirst in the industry and its single minded consumer orientation.
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19 May 2010
Social Network IndyaRocks Raises Strategic Investment From ValueFirst
The Enterprise Mobility Solutions and VAS Company ValueFirst has made a strategic investment in Hyderabad, India based online social network Indyarocks. The company is eying the digital advertising space in India. ValueFirst already does provide Bulk SMS services to IndyaRocks, and this appears to be another move to add messaging inventory (or user base) to its SMS advertising business, run via
ValueFirst. There’s a large mobile user base in India not quite familiar with the concept of Digital Enablement, Indyarocks intends to launch initiatives in the mobile area, which ValueFirst will help execute to take the mobile & VAS market to the next level of success.
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05 Apr 2010
Why ValueFirst Acquired SMS Social Network Tagg.in
With the acquisition of Tagg.in, an SMS based mobile social network/publisher, Valuefirst has step forward to the world of social networking providing its enterprise customers a wider reach of engaging communication platform and user base. It’s not just an acquisition of advertising inventory. The consumer led communities have had traction in India which will ultimately generate leads for enterprises.
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