Tango Me

What Tango Me does

Tango Me, Inc. is a Delaware-incorporated, Palo Alto-headquartered private technology company founded in 2009 that operates Tango Live, a global consumer live-streaming and video chat platform distributed through mobile app stores. The platform enables individual users worldwide to broadcast live video content and engage in real-time interactive video conversations, positioning it within the social entertainment and live-streaming category. The company's core technology is described as live streaming and video chat infrastructure for mobile platforms, with no specific proprietary features, patents, AI capabilities, or technical differentiators disclosed in the available sources. Tango Me does not expose public APIs, SDKs, or documented integrations, suggesting a closed, consumer-only platform surface.

The company's business model is consumer freemium, monetized through virtual gifts, premium features, and in-app purchases typical of the live-streaming category. Distribution is product-led, relying on app store presence and organic social sharing rather than disclosed paid marketing channels or B2B sales motions. The customer base is exclusively individual consumers — there are no enterprise customers, SMB logos, or B2B segment disclosures. The company historically operated at growth-stage scale, raising approximately $374 million across disclosed rounds between 2010 and 2014 with marquee backers including Alibaba Group (lead investor in the $280 million 2014 round), Access Industries, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, and Qualcomm Ventures. More recently, in April 2024, the company filed an SEC Form D for a $10 million exempt offering of convertible promissory notes, with $8.65 million sold — a materially smaller capital event than its 2014 peak, suggesting the business has stabilized or contracted relative to growth-stage scale. Headcount is reported at 251–500 employees, with disclosed leadership limited to a COO (Dor Isseroff) and a VP of LiveOps, CRM & Monetization (Better Daniel). No active mergers, acquisitions, partnerships, regulatory actions beyond the 2024 filing, or restructuring events are disclosed.

Name

Tango Me

Legal name

TangoMe, Inc.

Website

https://tango.me

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Live Streaming Platform

akta.pro primary industry

Live Shopping & Commerce Streaming Platforms (MPACACAD)

Keywords

• Live streaming
• Video chat
• Social entertainment
• Mobile streaming
• Virtual gifting

Headquarters

HQ city

Mountain View

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Live Streaming Platform: Tango Live generates revenue through its live-streaming and video chat platform, likely through virtual gifts, premium features, and in-app purchases typical of consumer live-streaming applications.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

Tango Me operates Tango Live, a global consumer live-streaming and video chat platform that enables users to broadcast live video content and engage in real-time interactive video conversations with others worldwide. The mobile application is distributed via app stores and monetizes through a freemium model including virtual gifts, premium features, and in-app purchases typical of consumer live-streaming services.

Product overview

Tango Me is a technology company that operates a single unified product offering called Tango Live, a global live-streaming and video chat platform. The platform enables users to broadcast live video content and engage in real-time interactive video conversations with others worldwide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Tango Live: Live Stream & Video Chat platform - Join the global live-streaming platform

Products and services

• Tango Live

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Emerging players

• Bumble: Bumble operates a video chat and social networking app that includes live and video features alongside its core dating product. While focused on dating, its video chat functionality and mobile consumer model overlap meaningfully with parts of Tango Live's offering.
• Holla: Holla is a mobile video chat and social discovery app with similar real-time video features to Tango Live's video chat surface. It is smaller and more emerging but operates in the same consumer mobile video-chat category.

Direct peers

• Azar (Hyperconnect): Azar is a global video chat and live-streaming app owned by Match Group, focused on real-time social discovery and video conversations. It directly mirrors Tango Live's mobile-first video chat + live streaming hybrid experience.
• BIGO Live: BIGO Live (owned by JOYY Inc.) is one of the largest global consumer live-streaming platforms, offering live video broadcasting, video chat, and virtual gifting. It is the most direct global competitor to Tango Live in terms of product (IRL/social live streaming), target audience (international consumer creators), and revenue model (freemium with virtual gifts).
• LiveMe: LiveMe is a consumer live-streaming app focused on lifestyle and IRL broadcasting with virtual gifting mechanics. It overlaps directly with Tango Live in core product surface, mobile app distribution, and creator/viewer monetization model.
• YouNow: YouNow is a live-streaming and video chat platform targeting Gen Z consumers with a similar social entertainment proposition. It shares Tango Live's combination of broadcast streaming and 1:1 video chat, making it a close peer in product and audience.

Broad incumbents

• Twitch: Twitch (owned by Amazon) is a leading live-streaming platform with a global creator ecosystem and subscription/gifting monetization. While it leans gaming/creator content rather than IRL lifestyle, it competes for overlapping streaming audience and advertising/creator dollars with Tango Live.
• YouTube Live: YouTube Live is the live-streaming offering within Google's YouTube platform, with global reach and integrated creator monetization (Super Chat, memberships). It is a broad incumbent that competes with Tango Live for live-streaming creator viewership and ad/sponsorship revenue.
• TikTok Live: TikTok Live is the live-streaming vertical inside ByteDance's TikTok app, serving a global consumer audience with virtual gifting and creator monetization. It competes with Tango Live for the same creator pool and viewer attention but is part of a much larger social platform with vastly greater distribution.

Others

• StreamYard: StreamYard is a browser-based live-streaming studio that enables multistreaming to platforms like YouTube, Facebook, and Twitch. It is not a direct competitor but serves as an adjacent infrastructure/enablement tool used by the same creator ecosystem that Tango Live targets.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/TangoMe

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds5 records

Investors4 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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