{"id":750994,"date":"2013-05-13T14:00:52","date_gmt":"2013-05-13T18:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/?p=644692"},"modified":"2013-05-13T14:00:52","modified_gmt":"2013-05-13T18:00:52","slug":"with-3-5m-in-funding-any-do-proves-an-android-first-app-strategy-can-pay-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/750994","title":{"rendered":"With $3.5M in funding, Any.DO proves an \u201cAndroid first\u201d app strategy can pay off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve known for some time that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.any.do\/\">Any.DO<\/a> is one of the best task management applications on the market. Now a team of investors have shown they do as well: On Monday, Any.DO announced $3.5 million in seed funding led by Genesis Partners and with participation from current investors Innovation Endeavors (Eric Schmidt&#8217;s fund), Joe Lonsdale, Blumberg Capital and Joe\u00a0Greenstein.<\/p> <p>Any.DO is a standout for a number of reasons, but one of the most interesting is that it debuted on Android, not iOS. <a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2011\/12\/28\/your-last-task-for-2011-try-any-do-for-android\/\">The simple but elegant mobile app appeared in 2011<\/a> and I quickly took to it on my Android. What stood out to me was the excellent design and interface; something that most Android apps didn&#8217;t share at the time. Any.DO only got better from there, <a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2012\/06\/03\/heres-your-next-task-install-any-do-on-your-iphone\/\">launching on iOS in June 2012<\/a>\u00a0and, most recently <a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2013\/02\/21\/how-to-use-your-phone-to-get-things-done-any-dos-daily-moment\/\">adding the Any.DO Moment feature that helps plan each day<\/a>:<\/p> <div class='embed-vimeo' style='text-align:center;'><iframe src='http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/59882957' width='400' height='300' frameborder='0'><\/iframe><\/div> <p>I had a brief email conversation with Any.DO&#8217;s CEO and founder, Omer Perchik, and although he wouldn&#8217;t provide a detailed user breakdown, he told me the app still has\u00a0more users on Android than on iOS. However, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/insights.onavo.com\/\">Onavo Insights<\/a>, Any.DO was the most used &#8220;to do list&#8221; app on iOS in the U.S. during the month of March, beating out other well-known names such as Remember the Milk, Wunderlist and AnyList to name a few.<\/p> <p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom2.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/05\/anydostats.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\" alt=\"AnyDO March stats\" src=\"http:\/\/gigaom2.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/05\/anydostats.jpg?w=637&#038;h=636&#038;fit=637%2C636&#038;resize=637%2C636\" width=\"637\" height=\"636\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-644694\" \/><\/a><\/p> <p style=\"text-align:left;\">Besides a version of Any.DO for Android and iOS, the company also <a href=\"https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/webstore\/detail\/anydo\/kdadialhpiikehpdeejjeiikopddkjem\">offers a Chrome extension<\/a> that keeps tasks in sync between your desktop browser and your mobile phone. Now flush with some cash, what&#8217;s next for Any.DO? I asked Perchik\u00a0if Windows Phone 8 or BlackBerry 10 would be the next likely platform target, but he wouldn&#8217;t bite.<\/p> <p style=\"text-align:left;\">&#8220;The next step of the company is to continue focusing on growth and becoming a more and more vital part of people&#8217;s everyday lives,&#8221; he told me. 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