1415T1g1 Silicon Vallley/Participant Information/Teams/Team6
Mustaqim and Hakam
Another One if you have
Mustaqim and Hakam
Another One if you have
If you have any "lobang" or information that would help us in contacting and negotiating with the companies, please contact us:
| Name | Mobile | |
|---|---|---|
| Mustaqim | 91050406 | muhammadmf.2011@sis.smu.edu.sg |
| Hakam | 83339907 | muhammadmk.2012@sis.smu.edu.sg |
Co-Founded by Marco Palladino, Augusto Marietti and Michele Zonca, Mashape is a marketplaca for API's. They provide both public and private APIs that customers can consume for free or for a small fee. Appearing online on 17 November 2010 with just 3 APIs, Mashape added an average of 2 new APIs every 10 days. Now, with exposure to the international market, they are adding 2 new APIs per day, resulting in 10,000+ public and private APIs available for consumption.
The Italian start-up (formerly called Mashup), moved to San Francisco in 2009 after failing to raise venture capital money for 2 years in Italy. Even when coming to San Francisco with no money, they managed to get funding for their project within 19 days. However, it wasn't easy for them even with the funding of US$101,000. The co-founders lived in other people's homes though Airbnb or rented studio apartments. During the early days in San Francisco, they lived with an income of US$1,166 per month.
In 2011, Mashape managed to raise US$1.5 million in seed funding. Prior to that, they had acquisition offers by 2 companies but were undeterred.It was around this period that they have started to earn some revenue from their monetization plan. Mashape aims to be a "unified broker" for API services and data. With the growing trend of APIs being a major part in the world of IT, Mashape will continue to grow in the future.
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| October 2014 | We will visit Mashape on 10 December 2014 at 3.30pm |
Contents
Our Host
Mr. Kai Chan
Mr. Kai Chan
Data Scientist at BitTorrent
BA, Singapore Management University (Finance Major)
MA, University of Southern California
Hosted Data Science in Silicon Valley at SMU
About BitTorrent Inc
- A company that was responsible for designing the BitTorrent protocol that supports peer-to-peer file sharing
- They design distributed technologies that scale efficiently, keep intelligence at the edge, and keep creators and consumers in control of their content and data.
- Main objective is to build a better internet.
Where it is located
303 2nd Street, Suite S600
San Francisco, CA 94107
Fun Facts
While BitTorrent at time is associated with pirated software and media, they are in fact...
- Have obtain licenses to distribute films, videos, music and podcasts.
- Game makers using their protocol to distribute content, patches and game itself, although most use their own proprietary client (such as Blizzard Entertainment)
- UK Government using their protocol to distribute details on how tax money is used
- Facebook and Twitter using their protocol to update their servers.
Other BitTorrent Software
BitTorrent is know for their BitTorrent client, but they have other softwares that might interest many:
- BitTorrent Sync - allows you to sync files onto multiple devices without any limit and is absolutely free.
- BitTorrent Bundle - BitTorrent version of Spotify, with clients from Hollywood actively helping them out.
- BitTorrent Bleep (closed Alpha) - BitTorrent's messenging Services that is very secure. It is not logged and protects users from prying eyes.
Discussion
BitTorrent has extended their arms to us. Mr. Kai Chan even wanted to grab a meal with us and invite some Singaporean friends and colleague.
We propose for Friday evening, in place of Stanford University.
