Pepo is a messaging app that lets anyone create and join live messaging communities (channels) where hosts — often influencers or experts — lead conversations. The product includes threaded replies, indexed/searchable content, a verified-user process, and recently added "questions and stories" plus live Q&As with threaded video replies. The company emphasizes engagement over raw scale, matching users to channels and giving hosts controls over privacy and moderation. Pepo reports that about half of its users return each month and that it has seen 100% month-over-month growth since launch; one private group cited has 6,500 members. Monetization plans focus on paid channels and paid services (not native ads) so hosts can earn from their expertise. The team is distributed across Palo Alto (official base), Berlin, and Pune, India, and the company is iterating with users as it prepares for a Series A. Pepo is a category-based group messaging app that organizes content into interest-focused streams where users share pictures, videos and links and respond with notes or icons. Categories are created by Pepo and by users and include topics such as cooking, travel, fashion and tech. The app presents content in a Pinterest-style stream and supports questions and conversational interaction within topic channels. In early usage metrics, category threads have seen thousands of views (e.g., "Cooking" 12,000; "food food food" 4,000; "Global Gay Travelers" 18,000) and Goldberg reports roughly 50% of new users return weekly. The product is still in an early state with limited tools for structured content (for example, recipes or technique attachments in cooking). Goldberg describes Pepo as a "passion project" and the team acknowledges strong competition from established platforms like Pinterest, Facebook and Instagram.

Total raised

$3M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

Mar 2017