Indian entrepreneurs back Koo app even as Chinese investor exits

Bengaluru: Twitter Inc.’s homegrown rival Koo has added prominent Indian entrepreneurs to its captable, days after it raised $4.1 million in funding from 3one4 Capital.

Ashish Hemrajani of BookMyShow, Vivekananda Hallekere of Bounce and Zerodha’s Nikhil Kamath have come on board the social network that’s positioning itself as a local alternative to Twitter and Facebook Inc. amid their troubles with the Indian government.