Winkli

Winkli is new app supported by one of the best French start-up incubators called TheFamily. The app is co-founded by 3 friends, Alexis Dupont, marketer specialized in mobile innovation, along with Vincent Tromeur and Alexis Creuzot, engineers and mobile developers.

More than 6 million invitations* to Facebook events are sent every hour on the social network, creating a huge amount of potential encounters. But how easy is it to discover the profiles of the participants in an event? Winkli creates links between people meant to meet at the same event. (source ComScore / Facebook Press)

What pain are we solving ? While young people are ever seeking to maximize networking opportunities through geo-location, Winkli facilitates meetings between people of the same social circle, indicating future events where they are likely to meet and presenting the participant profiles of their own Facebook events as well as those within their network. Winkli solves curiosity and help you to never miss a potential encounter.

Winkli is a free app allowing you to : View personal Facebook events as well as those within your circle of friends. You won’t ever miss the weekend’s main event! Discover the participants who attend these events and those with whom you have friends in common. Show your interest anonymously to other participants ('wink') – making the possibility of contact simple. Be matched, if the 'wink' is mutual, via instant messaging to chat and plan to meet at the event: No more awkward first introductions. Chat with friends who will be present, in the context of the event.