Vishal Gondal's fitness tracking solution GOQii has raised undisclosed amount in angel funding from WhatsApp business development head Neeraj Arora and Amazon Web Services vice president (mobile) Marco Argenti. They will be joining GOQii's existing angel investors which includes Google’s Amit Singhal, Dell’s Kanwaljit Bombra, Bollywood actress Madhuri Dixit-Nene and her husband Dr.Shriram Nene, Indix’s Sanjay Parthasarthy, Microsoft’s Taher Khorakiwala and Vijay Vashee among others. The company has apparently raised several million dollars in angel investment until now. Gondal told Livemint that they will be using this investment to expand to the Middle East next month and to United States by December. They will also be using this to develop a stronger technology platform, brand building and marketing. Gondal added that they are also looking at launching the product in the UK and Australia. India Launch: GOQii had also officially launched its fitness solution in India earlier this week, after debuting it on a limited pilot basis in February this year. It differentiates from other fitness solutions like Fitbit and Jawbone by providing access to human coaches and experts. This is significant because most users lose interest after the initial enthusiasm as fitness trackers do not provide substantial actionable data and insight that can help regular users improve their lifestyle. The solution includes a fitness tracker GOQii Band, GOQii Coach who are available on-demand through a mobile app and pre-scheduled monthly video or audio calls and GOQii Experts which is essentially a group of health, fitness and habit experts who will apparently help users make sense of the data and also train coaches on motivation, nutrition, fitness and habit development techniques. (More…
