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'''MangoBaaz''' ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|مینگو باز}}}}) is a Pakistani [[internet]] [[mass media|media]] company based in [[Lahore]].<ref name="dawn2">{{Cite news |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1302521 |title=Digital media startup MangoBaaz raises $115,000 in seed funding |last=Sarwar |first=Mahrukh |date=2016-12-15 |work=DAWN |access-date=2018-02-23 |language=en-PK |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706234629/https://www.dawn.com/news/1302521 |archivedate=2017-07-06 |df= }}</ref> It was incubated at [[Punjab Information Technology Board]]'s startup accelerator program,<ref name="dawn3" /> it began operations as a social news and entertainment company with a focus on [[digital media]] in 2014.<ref name="dawn2" /><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1276652 |title=Six Pakistani startups are on their way to the US for an entrepreneurship exchange programme |date=2016-08-10 |work=DAWN |access-date=2018-02-23 |language=en-PK |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019123113/http://www.dawn.com/news/1276652 |archivedate=2016-10-19 |df= }}</ref>
'''MangoBaaz''' ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|مینگو باز}}}}) is a Pakistani [[internet]] [[mass media|media]] company based in [[Lahore]].<ref name="dawn2">{{Cite news |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1302521 |title=Digital media startup MangoBaaz raises $115,000 in seed funding |last=Sarwar |first=Mahrukh |date=2016-12-15 |work=DAWN |access-date=2018-02-23 |language=en-PK |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706234629/https://www.dawn.com/news/1302521 |archivedate=2017-07-06 |df= }}</ref> It was incubated at [[Punjab Information Technology Board]]'s startup accelerator program,<ref name="dawn3" /> it began operations as a social news and entertainment company with a focus on [[digital media]] in 2014.<ref name="dawn2" /><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1276652 |title=Six Pakistani startups are on their way to the US for an entrepreneurship exchange programme |date=2016-08-10 |work=DAWN |access-date=2018-02-23 |language=en-PK |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019123113/http://www.dawn.com/news/1276652 |archivedate=2016-10-19 |df= }}</ref>


MangoBaaz was founded in late 2014 as an experiment on tracking [[viral content]] by Ali Gul and Ali Ahsan.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2016/11/14/mangobaaz/ |title=Mangobaaz |last=Nizami |first=Babar |date=2016-11-14 |work=Pakistan Today |access-date=2018-02-23 |language=en-PK |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180224012311/https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2016/11/14/mangobaaz/ |archivedate=2018-02-24 |df= }}</ref> After the favourable result, the cofounders left the [[Silicon Valley]] and registered it as a formal company in September 2014.<ref name="et1">{{Cite news |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1337840/pakistani-duo-showcases-lighter-side-country-fed-millennials/ |title=Pakistani duo showcases lighter side of country for fed-up millennials|last=Husain |first=Osman |date=2017-02-24 |work=The Express Tribune |access-date=2018-02-23 |language=en-PK |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322082651/https://tribune.com.pk/story/1337840/pakistani-duo-showcases-lighter-side-country-fed-millennials/ |archivedate=2017-03-22 |df= }}</ref>
MangoBaaz was founded in late 2014 as an experiment on tracking [[viral content]] by Ali Gul and Ali Ahsan.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2016/11/14/mangobaaz/ |title=Mangobaaz |last=Nizami |first=Babar |date=2016-11-14 |work=Pakistan Today |access-date=2018-02-23 |language=en-PK |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180224012311/https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2016/11/14/mangobaaz/ |archivedate=2018-02-24 |df= }}</ref> After the favourable result, the cofounders left the [[Silicon Valley]] and registered it as a formal company in September 2015.<ref name="et1">{{Cite news |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1337840/pakistani-duo-showcases-lighter-side-country-fed-millennials/ |title=Pakistani duo showcases lighter side of country for fed-up millennials|last=Husain |first=Osman |date=2017-02-24 |work=The Express Tribune |access-date=2018-02-23 |language=en-PK |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322082651/https://tribune.com.pk/story/1337840/pakistani-duo-showcases-lighter-side-country-fed-millennials/ |archivedate=2017-03-22 |df= }}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 15:45, 11 December 2018

MangoBaaz
Available inEnglish
OwnerAli Gul
Ali Ahsan[1][2]
URLmangobaaz.com
Launched2014[3]
Written inEnglish, Urdu

MangoBaaz (Template:Lang-ur) is a Pakistani internet media company based in Lahore.[4] It was incubated at Punjab Information Technology Board's startup accelerator program,[2] it began operations as a social news and entertainment company with a focus on digital media in 2014.[4][5]

MangoBaaz was founded in late 2014 as an experiment on tracking viral content by Ali Gul and Ali Ahsan.[6] After the favourable result, the cofounders left the Silicon Valley and registered it as a formal company in September 2015.[7]

References

  1. ^ Husain, Osman (2017-02-24). "Tech in Asia – Connecting Asia's startup ecosystem". Archived from the original on 2017-07-19. Retrieved 2018-02-23. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ a b "MangoBaaz raises $115,000". DAWN. 2016-12-15. Archived from the original on 2017-02-07. Retrieved 2018-02-23. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ Aazim, Mohiuddin (2017-04-17). "Innovative ways of tech start-up financing". DAWN. Archived from the original on 2018-02-23. Retrieved 2018-02-23. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ a b Sarwar, Mahrukh (2016-12-15). "Digital media startup MangoBaaz raises $115,000 in seed funding". DAWN. Archived from the original on 2017-07-06. Retrieved 2018-02-23. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "Six Pakistani startups are on their way to the US for an entrepreneurship exchange programme". DAWN. 2016-08-10. Archived from the original on 2016-10-19. Retrieved 2018-02-23. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ Nizami, Babar (2016-11-14). "Mangobaaz". Pakistan Today. Archived from the original on 2018-02-24. Retrieved 2018-02-23. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ Husain, Osman (2017-02-24). "Pakistani duo showcases lighter side of country for fed-up millennials". The Express Tribune. Archived from the original on 2017-03-22. Retrieved 2018-02-23. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)