Brian Wong
– Heres a video of Brian talk about his company kiip.me
http://videos.inc.com/index.php/extwidget/openGraph/wid/0_2hlk9hz2
Kiip was created to give mobile app developers an alternative revenue solution that doesn’t treat users as if they are invisible. We wanted to build something that adds value for users, engages them with interesting content, and drives incremental revenue.
After just three years, 200 million+ rewards and over 1,500 apps we’re confident that we are building the right solutions.
Games were just a starting point for Kiip. We continue to see explosive growth in our gaming category with our real reward, virtual reward and tournament products. Early last year we expanded Kiip into new app verticals including Fitness, Productivity, Sports and other Lifestyle apps. There’s a massive opportunity to offer our brand partners a network that reaches their demographics during all parts of the day. The growth has been stunning with SDK integrations into the FitStar: Tony Gonzales fitness app, Any.Do productivity app and Yahoo! Japan.
Kiip is a mobile rewards network that enables brands and companies to prompt consumers for commercial offers on virtual achievements.[1][2][3][4]Kiip was co-founded by Brian Wong, Courtney Guertin and Amadeus Demarzi in 2010 and has received $15.4 million in total funding to date from Relay Ventures, Interpublic Group, Hummer Winblad, American Express Ventures,[5] Digital Garage,[6] True Ventures, Verizon Ventures, CrossLink Capital and others
Brian Wong
– born April 14, 1991) is a Chinese-Canadian entrepreneur. In 2010, Wong co-founded Kiip, a mobile app rewards platform that lets brands and companies give real-world rewards for in-game achievements. Brian received his inspiration on an airplane after watching gamer’s around him struggle through ads. Brian then brainstormed a better process for mobile advertising. His business Kiip landed him on Canada’s top 20 under 20 and silicon valleys top 25 under 25. Brian is the youngest entrepreneur to receive venture capital funding. Brian is an inspiration a and a great example of a Millennial Entrepreneur.