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GOQii is a Menlo Park, California-based fitness technology venture that offers a wearable fitness band paired with remote personalized coaching.〔 〕 Vishal Gondal founded the company after selling his former startup, Indiagames, to Disney in 2011 for approximately $100M.〔 〕〔 〕 After closing its beta Beta program in April 2014, GOQii became commercially available in India in August 2014.〔 〕 The company also has offices in Mumbai, India and Shenzhen, China and plans to expand its services to the Middle East, the United States, and Singapore by the end of 2014.〔 〕〔〔〔〔 ==Development== Prior to founding GOQii, CEO Vishal Gondal had tried various fitness bands on the market, only to be dissatisfied with the results.〔 The idea for GOQii developed when Gondal noticed that he wasn’t simply using the devices exclusively, but also sharing the collected data with a personal trainer who would then provide him with customized advice.〔〔〔〔 〕 GOQii has raised funding from Angel Investors including Amit Singhal of Google, Neeraj Arora of WhatsApp, Marco Argenti of Amazon Web Services Mobile, Anil Godhwani of Habitera, Steve Luczo of Seagate, Mike McNamara of Flextronics, Kanwaljit Bombra of Dell, Vijay Vashee of Microsoft, and Bollywood actress Madhuri Dixit Nene.〔〔〔〔〔〔〔 〕〔〔 〕 The company embarked on a beta program with 1000 subscribers in early 2014 before launching commercially in India in August.〔〔〔〔 〕 In January 2015, the company launched a limited US beta only open to 500 initial customers in the U.S. Selected applicants receive 12 months of personal training through unlimited chat and monthly video calls over the company's mobile app, along with a free wearable device.〔By Jonathan Shieber, TechCrunch. “(Health And Wellness Wearable GOQii Launches US Beta ).” January 22, 2015. February 2, 2015.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「GOQii」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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