Gogolook invested by WIN Semiconductors
Sammi Huang, Taipei; Adam Hwang, DIGITIMES
Taiwan-based Gogolook, the developer of Whoscall fraud prevention app that identifies cellphone callers, has obtained funding from GaAs wafer foundry service supplier WIN Semiconductors, with a lot of the fund for use to develop FinTech merchandise and faucet the Japanese market, in line with firm co-founder and CEO Jeff Kuo.
With Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia and Brazil being the principle markets presently, Whoscall has amassed over 80 million downloads, Kuo famous.
Gogolook has arrange its first abroad subsidiary in Fukuoka, Japan, for tapping the Japanese market, as monetary frauds resulted in complete lack of over JPY30 billion (US$287 million) a yr for eight consecutive years (2012-2019) within the nation, Kuo cited statistics by Japan’s National Police Agency as indicating.
The municipal authorities of Fukuoka not too long ago invited Gogolook to attend Bryond Coronavirus PoC (proof of idea) held within the metropolis in search of cooperation to resolve fraud issues. Gogolook has cooperated with the federal government to finish 3-month PoC for superior Whoscall companies and a survey of customers’ response.
