Interview with Amarpreet Kalkat of Ciafo

Ciafo  (parent company behind FrroleTravelomy and Wayr) is a  technology startup based out of Bangalore and  it primarily builds consumer web and mobile web products.

Frrole is a social newspaper built on top of Twitter. It analyzes Tweets by location, filtering out the noise and pulling out the most useful and popular tweets. These tweets are then algorithmically analyzed and categorized under different sections like Events, Sports, Deals etc., just as they would be in a traditional newspaper. By doing so, Frrole creates a localized social newspaper, giving consumers virtually a brand new way of discovering more about their city.

Wayr is a mobile app for Nokia devices. It is a simple utilitarian app that makes it makes it possible to share and track location in a device-agnostic manner.

Travelomy is a next-generation travel guide providing comprehensive travel information for South Asia. Covering 5 countries and approximately 5000 places and activities, Travelomy is a one-stop shop for planning travel anywhere across India, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Maldives. It focuses on three key aspects “ rich content, geo-location and social media; and uses them effectively to build a truly valuable information source for the user.

About Ciafo :

  • Founder : Amarpreet Kalkat
  • Founded in: 2011
  • Headquarters: Bangalore
  • Industry: Consumer apps



  • Amarpreet Kalkat

    Thanks for having me on Iamstarting, Nikita, Chirag!

  • Clark Prasad

    Great one… I will use also…

  • http://www.facebook.com/divyansh.sharma Divyansh Sharma

    dislike, 

    makes no sense

  • Ravi Mittal

    @Divyansh – You could be more encouraging to startups or rather give feedback to these entrepreneurs rather than just ‘disklike’ very startup! :) :)