WhatsApp provides a cross-platform messaging app for iPhone, Android, BlackBerry and Nokia S60 devices, enabling text, image, audio and video messaging. The company was founded in 2009 by Jan Koum and Brian Acton, both former Yahoo employees. WhatsApp has kept a low profile but shows signs of traction: its iPhone app has 28,040 ratings and hundreds of reviews on iTunes, and its BlackBerry app has about 4,050 reviews. Charles Kung is listed as an investor and advisor to the company. According to published reports, WhatsApp recently secured $8 million in financing from Sequoia Capital, though the company had not confirmed the deal to the reporter at the time.

Total raised

$8M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Equity

Latest activity

Apr 2011