Launched last year by Thomas Damek, Zeemi.tv operates a live-streaming video platform focused on local Indonesian content. The product hosts scheduled shows by performers and celebrities as well as spontaneous user-generated broadcasts. Zeemi.tv differentiates from services like Periscope and Meerkat by prioritizing Indonesian audiences and offering streams via a responsive website as well as an Android app. Current users skew toward teenagers and people in their early twenties who access the service primarily on Android; smartphone penetration in Indonesia is ~23 percent. The site monetizes by selling virtual gifts that viewers buy with smartphone credits or e-wallets, sharing a cut of revenue with creators. The company plans to use seed funding to build an iOS app, invest in marketing, and improve its live-streaming technology while eyeing long-term expansion into other Southeast Asian markets.

Total raised

$1M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

Apr 2015