sinch: finding your space in the global telecom api market at tadsummit by daniel forsman
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Sinch: Finding your space in the global telecom API market at TADSummit by Daniel Forsman. 12-13 November 2014 IstanbulTRANSCRIPT
Daniel Forsman – COO
Confidential and Property © 2014 Sinch
Sinch Facts
• Spinn off from Rebtel
• Founded in Sweden in 2014
• +25M end user base
• +1 billion voice minutes
processed/year
• +40 staff
• Stockholm (HQ) and San Francisco
• Investors: Index Ventures and
Balderton Capital
APP TO APP CALLING
APP TO PHONE CALLING
APP TO APP MESSAGING
SMS
Calling and messaging in your app
2007
1 Messaging1 Voice
2012
10 +
2014 – communication moving into app, making it contextual
BUT WHY??
The user obviously already has a phone!
ADDING VOICE AND MESSAGINGTO MOBILE APP
Mobile vs Desktop
App categories
App categories
Time in appActive Users
Two of the most important metrics for app companies
Feature fit
SocialDatingTravelMarketplaceGaming
Low investment
Adding communication today is not a big development effort
Communication over data has low recurrent cost
Financial
Monetization Opportunity
International APP->PSTN
Skype, Rebtel, Viber are all good examples. What’s app are supposedly launching
Managing Cost
International calling • End-user OR enterprise
SAC• FB download cost $2-$5
BI & Analytics
Moving communication in app • Understand user behavior
WHY?
Increased engagement
Active Users&
Time spent in app
Feature fit
No need to move communication outstide of app
Financial
Monitization&
Managing cost
Summary
• We see a tremendous demand for in-app communication
• In all catgoriesApp->app – voice & msgApp->phone – voice & msg
• +450M Users on the Sinch platform by end of 2014
Sinch resources
https://www.sinch.com/docs/
Q&A