Sochat provides a suite of secure messaging features and instant automatic connections between people over Bluetooth, letting users start conversations and group chats with anybody they meet in person or afterwards. The app supports GIF search and sending from a large GIF database, encrypted self-destructing messages, voice messages, emoji, locations, and virtual business cards. Users can connect via username search, real name search, Facebook friend matching, and phone number matching. The company is led by founder and CEO Lukens Orthwein. Financially, Sochat secured $2m in seed funding to support its product and growth. No operating metrics or future product plans were disclosed in the article.

Total raised

$2M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

Oct 2015