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India’s TikTok Rival Chingari Raises $19M From Alameda, Kraken and Galaxy Digital

Chingari will use the funds to develop its popular short video platform and launch its social token on the Solana blockchain.

Sumit Ghosh, co-founder of Chingari Media Pvt, poses for a photograph in Bangaluru, India, on Saturday, July 11, 2020. In late June, when India banned 59 Chinese apps, including global sensation TikTok, the short-video platform stopped working for its 200 million local users. Bangalore-based Chingari, had 3.5 million users that day, says it has now crossed 17.5 million. Photographer: Samyukta Lakshmi/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Sumit Ghosh, co-founder of Chingari Media Pvt, poses for a photograph in Bangaluru, India, on Saturday, July 11, 2020. In late June, when India banned 59 Chinese apps, including global sensation TikTok, the short-video platform stopped working for its 200 million local users. Bangalore-based Chingari, had 3.5 million users that day, says it has now crossed 17.5 million. Photographer: Samyukta Lakshmi/Bloomberg via Getty Images