The French startup AppGratis, which raised $ 13.5 million in a Series A funding round in January 2013, seems like it has a big problem; its AppGratis discovery tool app has just been kicked out of the App Store (Update – March 2023: The startup seems to be no longer in business under this website, and we therefore deactivated the original link).
Although AppGratis has been successfully operating within the Apple ecosystem for quite a while now, the app was pulled from the store just after the company’s recent expansion into the US market. The reasons for Apple’s move remains unclear, and the startup’s founding team also hasn’t commented on the issue. Could this be the end for the promising French startup which has just passed the 10-million-user mark?
Whatever happened, it’s likely that AppGratis will need to update its App in order to get re-approved. We wish the Paris-based team good luck and will keep you – our readers – updated about the whole case.
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