Update: Qyuki has officially confirmed that Samir Bangara has been appointed as its CEO and Managing Director. He will assume his responsibilities from June 3, 2013. May 8, 2013: AR Rahman & Shekhar Kapur’s media startup Qyuki has raised an undisclosed amount of angel funding from former Disney India MD (Digital) Samir Bangara, reports Gizmodo India. Bangara has confirmed this investment to MediaNama. What we've also heard from sources that Bangara is being brought in as the new CEO of Qyuki, replacing the existing CEO Poonacha Machaiah. Launched in December 2012, Qyuki aims to offer a platform for artists to share their content, connect to people with similar creative interests, view creations from various other artists, and collaborate with them to create content. Prior to this, Qyuki had raised undisclosed amount of investment from Cisco in February 2012. The website is currently divided into four main sections namely Creations, Premiers, Community and Inspirations. The Creations section showcases all the content previously uploaded by various artists and experts in a Pinterest-like pinboard format. The site offered a Tumblr-like dashboard for users to upload their creation which can be a film script, a poem, a song, a photo, or a cartoon among others. It also offers an iOS and Android app which allows one to upload content from their mobile phones. The community section lists all the members and experts registered on the portal. At launch, Qyuki had signed up experts across several creative categories like film making, music, novel writing and photography including Imtiaz Ali, Chetan Bhagat, Ranjit Barot and Suresh Natarajan to provide creative ideas to artists and also collaborate…
