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03-11-2014, 08:28 PM
Report: Secret-Sharing App Whisper **w Valued at $200 Million
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Whisper, a popular app for sharing secrets a**nymously, is reportedly raising a**ther $30 million in funding.
The funding, which was reported by Re/code (http://recode.net/2014/03/10/secret-sharing-app-whisper-raising-a**ther-30-million-at-200-million-valuation/), comes just six months after the startup raised a $20 million ****** B roundRe/code reports hearing from multiple sources that the latest round values Whisper at around $200 million
See also: The Rise of Whisper: How Cartoons and Tiger Woods Led to a Hit App (http://mashable.com/2014/01/23/whisper-app/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)
A rep for Whisper (http://whisper.sh/) did **t immediately respond to our request for comment
Whisper launched in 2012 and took off slowly at first. Michael Heyward, the company's cofounder and CEO, told Mashable in an earlier interview (http://mashable.com/2014/01/23/whisper-app/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) that "it was probably months before we got over 100 downloads a day." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/03/11/whisper-funding/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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Whisper, a popular app for sharing secrets a**nymously, is reportedly raising a**ther $30 million in funding.
The funding, which was reported by Re/code (http://recode.net/2014/03/10/secret-sharing-app-whisper-raising-a**ther-30-million-at-200-million-valuation/), comes just six months after the startup raised a $20 million ****** B roundRe/code reports hearing from multiple sources that the latest round values Whisper at around $200 million
See also: The Rise of Whisper: How Cartoons and Tiger Woods Led to a Hit App (http://mashable.com/2014/01/23/whisper-app/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)
A rep for Whisper (http://whisper.sh/) did **t immediately respond to our request for comment
Whisper launched in 2012 and took off slowly at first. Michael Heyward, the company's cofounder and CEO, told Mashable in an earlier interview (http://mashable.com/2014/01/23/whisper-app/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) that "it was probably months before we got over 100 downloads a day." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/03/11/whisper-funding/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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