Watchup

Watchup is a streaming news service that offers a unique blend of technology and video journalism through a user-friendly app available on various platforms, including iPhone, iPad, Android devices, Fire TV, and Nintendo Wii U. The app allows users to personalize their daily newscasts from a diverse range of over 160 local, national, and international news channels as well as more than a dozen news categories. Notably, major news outlets such as CBS News, Fox News, and Vox have partnered with Watchup to deliver their content on the platform. Incubated at StartX, the Stanford startup accelerator, Watchup has garnered recognition, named one of the Best Apps of 2014 on Google's Play Store and a finalist for the Webby awards in 2015. It stands out as the first news streaming app featured on Nintendo's Wii U. The company's mission revolves around providing a range of viewpoints through numerous news channels and topics to navigate the rapidly changing world of news. The organization values journalism, innovation, hard work, user experience, and Italian espresso. With its main office in the heart of Silicon Valley, California, Watchup has a satellite office in Cluj, Romania, known as one of the best tech hubs in Europe. Other employees are also spread across various locations globally, including New York City and Rome. Having secured a $2.80M Series A investment on 06 November 2014, Watchup attracted investments from notable entities such as Knight Enterprise Fund, Media Camp, StartX, Gracenote, Jim Friedlich, The McClatchy Company, Ned Lamont, and Gordon Crovitz. Learn more about Watchup on Twitter (@watchup), Facebook (http://facebook.com/watchupapp), the Careers page (http://watchup.com/careers/), and on Medium (https://medium.com/@farano/).