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Vive is a members-only mobile video chat community. The company has offices in
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Hannover Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German States of Germany, state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the List of cities in Germany by population, 13th-largest city in Germa ...
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History

Vive was founded in Hannover by Arnd Aschentrup, Matthias Kleinmann and Tobias Dickmeis. All three had been involved in similar, formative projects prior to the creation of the app. Aschentrup worked with a number of companies in Germany's tech scene, co-founding Cyoshi Mobile GmbH with Dickmeis and later becoming Global COO of Mobile Streams. The company entered beta-phase in June 2014 and launched its
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app in September of the same year. In October 2014 an
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version of vive was released, the same month where the company successfully secured a 1.5 million
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from prominent European investors. Among these Atlantic Internet GmbH, Hannover Beteiligungs Fond (HBF) and Mittelständische Beteiligungsgesellschaft Niedersachen (MBG).


Features and membership

The app allows members to search for people within their locality as well as from around the world. Upon logging into the app, members are presented with a list of other users, ranked on the basis of common interests and last log-in. The app aims to provide a platform for authentic, emotional and spontaneous connection between its members. Potential members are asked how they would like to use Vive and what they can share with the community. A team of moderators then evaluate the applicant based on their answers.


References

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