Assam Entrepreneur Sold his Startup for $50 Million

This Entrepreneur from Assam sold his Startup for $50 Million

Kishan Bagaria is the founder of Texts.com which got acquired by WordPress founder for $50 Million.

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He hails from Dibrugarh, Assam but currently lives in the United States.

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Kishan founded Texts.com in 2020 which is an all-in-one messaging app integrating every social media apps.

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It lets you send and receive messages from all major messaging platforms through a single app, Texts.

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Matt Mullenweg, founder of WordPress.com and owner of Automattic acquired Texts.com to expand into the messaging segment.

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The Automattic founder also said that Texts.com fits into the company because of its user-centric values tied to the way it tries to support everything people use for messaging.

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Texts.com is available at $15 per month for most users, or $30 per month for businesses. It runs on Mac, Windows and Linux with apps for iOS and Android on the way.

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iMessage, WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, Messenger, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, IRC, Slack and Discord DMs, all can be linked to Texts.com to send messages from one app.

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With the acquisition of Texts.com in $50 Million, Kishan Bagaria has made headlines in the startup ecosystem.

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