With the application Whisper, you can share your secrets anonymously and according to Mashable η company is seeking $30 million in capital.
The search for this funding was announced by Re / code, and it comes just six months after the company took in $20.000.000. Re/code reports that multiple sources state that its latest cost estimates Whisper φτάνουν τα 200 εκατομμύρια δολάρια περίπου.
Whisper started in 2012 and was slowly rising in the beginning. Michael Heyward, co-founder and CEO of the company, told Mashable in an earlier interview that "there was a time when they had 100 downloads a day."
The application, which allows the users να μοιράζονται ανώνυμα, τελικά αναδείχτηκε σε μεταξύ των φοιτητών και έχει γίνει πια mainstream τους τελευταίους μήνες. Η υπηρεσία έχει πλέον “εκατομμύρια” χρήστες και υπάρχουν 3,5 δις προβολές σελίδων το μήνα.
Earlier this week, multiple reports claimed that a similar application, the Secret, founded by Google, raised its price from 10 to 50 million dollars.
Ο Jeremy Liew, a partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners and an early investor in Whisper, as well as Snapchat, explained the app's potential in an earlier interview.
"I think the Whisper has the potential to reach a web scale of 100 million users, ”Liew said at the time.
