Jagat, a location-based social network that focuses on real-life connections, surpasses 10M users
Jagat, a social network that is designed to get you out more with your friends instead of mindlessly scrolling on your phone, has surpassed 10 million users globally. The location-based social network, which launched earlier this year in March, wants to help people focus on real-life connections and make friends.
The app, available on both iOS and Android, is essentially a social map for your friends and activities near you. Jagat features an interactive map interface that allows you to keep up with your friends in real-time and discover new people and activities around you. Jagat is somewhat similar to Snap-owned Zenly, a social map app that shut down last year.
The startup is based in Singapore and Indonesia, and was founded by Jagat President Barry Beagen and CEO Loy Xing Zhe. The pair met in December 2021 when Beagen was advising the government of Indonesia on policies regarding the digital economy and Zhe was working on a GameFi product focused on web3, social and gaming. Beagen says he and Zhe both had the idea of building a social network.
“We had the same vision of taking on big tech and to really build something from Southeast Asia that could take on the world,” Beagen told TechCrunch. “We were also tired of mainstream social apps that are becoming more passive and we were both really excited about exploring the world and places and finding spontaneous ways to meet new friends — whether it’s for a hike, for a local concert, for a pick-up basketball game or just for a long walk.”
The pair decided to build a social network where users can create their own spaces and interact virtually with their avatars.
Your social map is what you see when you open Jagat, as it’s where you see your friends’ locations in real time. It’s also where you record the places that you have been to, and where you can tap on your friends’ avatars and send them a message, stickers or updates. Jagat sees the map as the primary interface to discover activities and people around you. You can see your friends’ status updates in real time to find out what they’re up to.
The app, available on both iOS and Android, is essentially a social map for your friends and activities near you. Jagat features an interactive map interface that allows you to keep up with your friends in real-time and discover new people and activities around you. Jagat is somewhat similar to Snap-owned Zenly, a social map app that shut down last year.
The startup is based in Singapore and Indonesia, and was founded by Jagat President Barry Beagen and CEO Loy Xing Zhe. The pair met in December 2021 when Beagen was advising the government of Indonesia on policies regarding the digital economy and Zhe was working on a GameFi product focused on web3, social and gaming. Beagen says he and Zhe both had the idea of building a social network.
“We had the same vision of taking on big tech and to really build something from Southeast Asia that could take on the world,” Beagen told TechCrunch. “We were also tired of mainstream social apps that are becoming more passive and we were both really excited about exploring the world and places and finding spontaneous ways to meet new friends — whether it’s for a hike, for a local concert, for a pick-up basketball game or just for a long walk.”
The pair decided to build a social network where users can create their own spaces and interact virtually with their avatars.
Your social map is what you see when you open Jagat, as it’s where you see your friends’ locations in real time. It’s also where you record the places that you have been to, and where you can tap on your friends’ avatars and send them a message, stickers or updates. Jagat sees the map as the primary interface to discover activities and people around you. You can see your friends’ status updates in real time to find out what they’re up to.
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