Here’s Bitsmedia. They’re the Singapore-headquartered parent company of Muslim Pro, a lifestyle app. Now, they just secured $20M in a Series A.

• The Muslim Pro app now has over 150M downloads globally. 

Investor check. Gobi Partners, CMIA Capital Partners, and Bintang Capital Partners joined the round. 

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🔤 The ABCs of Muslim Pro

Using the Muslim Pro app, users can get notified five times a day for prayer and get access to full-audio Quran with recitations, phonetics, and translations.

Oh, and the app also has a built-in Qibla compass which orients devices toward Mecca.

• They’ve also got an on-demand entertainment streaming platform with documentaries, TV series, and films. 
• The app even has an Islamic Hijri calendar and a map of halal restaurants and mosques.

Some more detail. Muslim Pro uses a freemium model. Similar apps include Everyday Muslim and SalamApp. 

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✈️ What the future holds? 

They’ll add more content offerings to their streaming platform, develop the app’s educational features, and hire tech talent. 

• Oh, and they’re also going to double down on their current AI capabilities to implement an AI-based search engine.