UrGift Demo Day Video

I wanted to share with you the video of the presentation of UrGift at Wayra´s Demo Day (in Spanish):

Published on YouTube.com on Feb 27, 2013

UrGift.in es una aplicación móvil en la industria de "social gifting", que le permite a los usuarios compartir su Wish List, para que los amigos puedan escoger y enviar regalos deseados y útiles, de una forma muy sencilla y desde su Iphone. Los usuarios pueden regalar de formar individual o invitar a otros amigos a contribuir para un regalo de grupo. Inicialmente UrGift.In compartirá el Amazon Wish List pero en el futuro UrGift.In se conectará con otros online retailers y otros servicios de wish list. UrGift.In es una de las startups aceleradas por Wayra Colombia para la clase de 2012. También fue ganadora del INNPulsa_MassChallenge Pitch Competition en MassChallenge en Boston en Octubre de 2012, la aceleradora de negocios mas grande del mundo.

UrGift.In is a reality!

An Update for UrGift.In (www.UrGift.In)

Since its foundation -soon after my first post, @vickyricaurte and I (@marceloburbano) have dedicated part of our lives to our Start-up. In May, we won a spot on the 2012 Wayra class. Wayra is an accelerator created by Telefonica.

In December 2012, We launched our iOS app and closed our seed-capital round. 2013 is going to be our year. Wish us luck! @urgiftin

UrGift.In is Born

Need:

Who is not tired of getting gifts that they do not want for their birthdays or special occasions (e.g. Xmas)? I have had some embarrassed moments in my life when I have regifted something to the same person that gave me the present in the first time. Can we try to coordinate ourselves (i.e. friends and family) so we all know what each other wants for their bdays and special occassions like a wedding registry?

Description:

Connect friends a family through Facebook and share with all of them a wishlist. Have a website or app where people can be reminded of their friend´s special occasions. Through the same website or app people can buy whatever there is in the wishlist. Have a reliable logistic partner deliver the gift. Communicate the process so there is social benefits for both sides.

Potential:

The gift industry is $200B in the US. Just capturing a small % of this market would represent a big opportunity. Clearly I need to refine more my numbers for this one.