May 30th 2009
Istpika Co Ltd
CEO Michinori Fukushima
Istpika selected as fbfund finalist
Istpika (based in Osaka / CEO: Michinori Fukushima) submitted an application called gottaDo2 for iPhone to the fbfund investment fund and on the 29th of May 2009, was selected as a top 50 finalist. This is the first award to be presented to a facebook application developed in Japan.
* The fbfund
The fbfund is an investment fund held once yearly by Facebook and results in the finalists being awarded investment capital, education & training resources and the possibility of incubation. Each round results in 20-50 finalists being selected.
fbfund page
http://jp.techcrunch.com/tag/fbfund/
* Products development
Istpika developed and sells the application, gottaDo for iPhone &iPod on the iTunes store. gottaDo utilises facebook connect.
In gottaDo users are able to connect to Facebook using Facebook connect and chieve 2 things; 1) organise their tasks on facebook 2) call on their friends / social network help to assist them in completing their tasks.
fbfund gottaDo
Read more.
* Status
gottaDo is currently being upgraded.
About Istpika
Istpika spun off from another company and began operations in Jan 2009. We are a global venture company with offices in Tokyo, Osaka and overseas. By focussing on R&D and viral technology we aim to develop social applications that catalyse communication between people.
http://www.istpika.com/
