Vinay Singhal, Shashank Vaishnav, and Parveen Singhal introduced the “Stage Ott” platform in 2019, focusing on unique content specific to local areas. Before this, Vinay Singhal co-founded WittyFeed, the most popular website in India, back in 2014. According to YourStory, WittyFeed amassed 2.5 billion ad views and 420 million page visits in just two years.
Sadly, WittyFeed’s Facebook page was taken down in 2018, but the founder persisted with the project. In 2019, Vinay, with his co-founders Praveen Singhal and Shashank Vaishnav, rebranded WittyFeed to Stage OTT. Despite facing 500 rejected requests for startup investments, Stage Ott eventually secured its first investment of 3.5 crore rupees from Inflection Point Ventures in March 2021.