Convoz

Convoz is an American online social networking service based in Houston, Texas, which focuses on creating public collaborative conversation through video.

The video-centric platform allows users to send 15-second clips directly to celebrities and they can then watch and choose which ones they want to respond to, sometimes broadcasting a message for all to see as well as livestreaming to their followers.

[5][6] Convoz was announced to an investor and entrepreneur crowd at the Upfront Summit in Los Angeles by founder Hakeem Seriki in January 2018, in an attempt to raise capital for the app.

[12] In June 2019, Seriki, E-40, and portfolio company Republic to invest $25,000 into a startup founded and managed by a woman or person of color as a marketing campaign to get more users to use the Convoz app.

Republic again facilitated the competition and Shark Tank star Daymond John served as a judge for the contest.