FIXU gets $40,000 backing from Fb Start program

By Shishir Kumar

Posted on December 20, 2016

Home services Startup FIXU gets $40,000 worth financial backing from Fb Start program. They are one of the 7 startups of the program, and the only startup from Hyderabad. Founder Vamshi Krishna receives confirmation mail from Fb Start program early in the morning. This is a proud moment for FIXU team.

This is the first startup from Hyderabad that will get access to $40,000 worth of credits and services from the social networking giant. Less than a year old, Fb Start aims to help startups grow by providing valuable tools and services, and opportunity to attend worldwide events and engage with the Facebook team. Under the programme, FIXU would also receive mentoring from Menlo Park-headquartered tech giant’s engineering teams, the company said in a statement on Tuesday. Below is the screen shot of the received mail

“‘FbStart’ programme will be an immense boost to us at this phase of our evolution. Receiving mentorship from the pioneer of social networking will bring a huge opportunity for us to lead the Home Service revolution in India within the next couple of years,” said Vamshi Krishna, co-founder, FIXU. Read more News on FIXU.

FIXU to benefit from Fb Start with

• Chance to get access to the exclusive community of Facebook’s developers
• Access to Facebook’s worldwide events
• Free access to more than 25 services including open source tools like React Native, FB Login and Account Kit and App Analytics.

When asked Vamshi about how he plans to beat down completion he said “FIXU concentrates only on home services unlike the competition, which provides multiple services. Since we concentrate only on home services, we can deploy services within an hour’s time. Fb Start tools will help us grow nationwide, try out various marketing strategies, and help us reach peoples heart faster”

Facebook India has more than 125 million users, and every startup has FB marketing in their budget. FIXU can use the same service for free of cost. This program should help this Hyderabadi startup go nationwide within no time. Read more Indian Startup News.

FIXU gets $40,000 backing from Fb Start program