In high school, Buckley was leading a double life. And he started building up his high tech network - meeting start-up CEOs in London - some of which he gave capital. One of the more successful ones was DailyBooth which later raised $7 million from Ignition Partners and Sequoia Capital. He spent some of his cash pile traveling to the U.S. His company, Menewsha, had a team of 10 people and someone bought it in 2007 for "six figures."Īfter that, Buckley set out to decide what to do next. His parents were happy to see he was using his computer skills to earn some money, rather than playing video games.īut he got bored doing this after two years and when he was 14, he produced programming tutorials that were being used by tens of thousands of people.
First-time entrepreneurs network to tap those ingredients and if they are successful, then they give back to the common to benefit the next generation of start-ups.Īs he described in an August 10 interview, when Buckley taught himself to program at the age of 11, people hired him to build web sites for them - one customer paid him $2,000 for a web site. Instead of grass, it consists of various ingredients – capital and skills like product development, managing teams, sales and marketing - needed for start-ups to get off the ground and grow. In Silicon Valley, there is a start-up common. That unpleasant outcome was dubbed the Tragedy of the Commons. If a few farmers let their animals eat too much, the whole thing died and the community fell apart. We’re actively building a world class team to bring our vision to life.If the community did not overconsume the grass and kept it fertilized and fresh, then it was a useful resource for generations. It’s been the ride of a lifetime so far building Pogo with the best co-founders in the world ( Oskar Melking & Shikhar Mohan), along with our unbelievably talented team.Ī special shoutout to Ryan Delk, Erik Torenberg, Siqi Chen and Lenny Rachitsky for being among our first believers. With prices continuing to skyrocket, our team is more motivated than ever to be building features that help the everyday consumer.
We’re just getting started, but we’re proud of the stories where we’ve been able to save families thousands of dollars. Pogo uncovers ways to seamlessly earn and save across your every day shopping, finances, and finds you ways to get paid for your data - only if you choose. Think of Pogo as your agent in today’s digital world. In fact, people use Pogo as much as their favorite social apps! We’ve created a fun and simple way for people to interact with their data to improve their financial health. Time and time again, we’ve heard about how valuable our data is, but there has yet to be an easy, engaging way for consumers to actually profit. In a world where corporations are benefiting from your data without your knowledge, we believe that you deserve the tools to put your own data to work for your own benefit. Our funding round was led by Josh Buckley, alongside Slow Ventures, Village Global, Harry Stebbings’ 20VC, MrBeast’s Night Ventures, Hyper, Shrug, the founders of Honey, Front, Carta, Rent The Runway, the CXOs of Stripe, Adobe and creators like The Chainsmokers, Sophia Amoruso, Ryan Tedder, Lenny Rachitsky and more. Our goal is simple: to help you make more money by unlocking the power of your data. I’m thrilled to share that Pogo has raised $14.8M! This past year, we’ve launched an app used by hundreds of thousands of families, consistently generating millions of dollars in earnings and savings.
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