mig33 is a mobile social entertainment service delivering communications and social entertainment to more than 40 million members. Its platform enables users to chat, share photos, join groups, send gifts, play games, create avatars, call friends, email and more. The service is optimized for over 2,000 handsets. The company intends to use new capital to further develop its monetization channel. mig33 has raised over $34M since its 2005 launch. Institutional backers have included Accel Partners, Redpoint Ventures and DCM. mig33 offers a Java client for mobile social networking that lets users chat, send IM and email, make VoIP calls, and share photos across networks. The company reports 9 million users in over 200 countries, generating about 2 million sessions and 45 million messages per day and sharing roughly 1 million photos monthly. Originally from Australia and now based in California, mig33 is a two-year-old startup. It recently secured capital to fuel international expansion, with an explicit aim to grow in markets outside its current footprint. The product emphasizes cross-network communication and multimedia sharing on mobile devices. The business appears focused on scaling user engagement and geographic reach using the new funding.

Total raised

$22M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Series C

Latest activity

Nov 2010