FlashCast Ventures Ltd

FlashCast deploys smart, connected, location-aware digital billboards in large transit vehicles to reach captive audiences of passengers

  • Stage Full Product Ready
  • Industry Marketing / Advertising
  • Location Nairobi, Kenya
  • Currency USD
  • Founded May 2012
  • Employees 4
  • Website flashca.st

Company Summary

A Google AdWords redesigned for the African mass market, FlashCast offers organizations of any size the ability to instantly broadcast geo-targeted messages (ads, research, PSAs) to millions of passengers exactly when and where they are most relevant. We are giving SMEs a much needed voice, while also empowering NGOs, government agencies, and social enterprises to provide vital information to a notoriously difficult to reach demographic.

Team

  • Jeremy Raboff Gordon
    CEO

    Jeremy Gordon is a graduate of Stanford University with degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Political Science. Jeremy previously founded Echo Mobile (EchoMobile.org), a cloud platform allowing organizations in Kenya to conduct SMS-based research in rural areas. Jeremy is an experienced product designer and entrepreneur with a background in quantitative market research and statistical analysis.

  • Caine Wanjau Kamau
    COO

    Caine Wanjau holds a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Studies from Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. He is a member of the Safaricom Academy at Strathmore University in Nairobi, and brings to the team a strong background in both computer engineering and finance.

  • Jeremy Gordon

Advisors

  • Mick Murphy
    Lawyer
    Unconfirmed
    Eliud Maina
    Accountant
    Unconfirmed

Previous Investors

  • Jim Forster
    Unconfirmed

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