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  • March 18th, 2013

    DrawChat Creator Launches His Mobile Ad Startup Namo Media, Raises $1.9M Round Led By Google Ventures

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    Late last year, former Googler Gabor Cselle had a problem. He’d launched a fun app called DrawChat, and it was starting to see some real usage — which would be great, except Cselle told me that DrawChat was always meant to be “a palate cleanser” and that he wanted to pursue a “billion-dollar thing.” So he  auctioned off DrawChat (it was purchased by OneLouder, a division of Handmark) and got to… → Read More

    November 14th, 2012

    DrawChat’s Creators Are Auctioning Off The App So They Can Focus On Their ‘Billion-Dollar Idea’

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    When Gabor Cselle showed off his app DrawChat at the Founders Den Demo Day in September, the entire presentation was pretty jokey, including a DrawChat-created “hockey-stick curve” displaying the app’s supposed growth. Well, Cselle told me yesterday that the curve has become real – and that’s a problem, since DrawChat was always meant to be a side project for Cselle and his co-founder Jeremy… → Read More