MessageMe— the messaging appthat launchedin Marwith thelittle Facebook controversy thrownin—has lifted an additional $ 10 million, accordingtoan SEC filing progressing today.The Series A turnwas ledby Greylock Partners;andaspartofit, John Lilly,the ex-ceoof Mozillawhois right away the partnerat Greylock,willbe fastenthe houseof LittleInc Labs, makersof MessageMe.
TechCrunch understandsthat others participatinginthis turnarethe same investorsfrom LittleInc Labs’ $ 1.9-million seed round, including True Ventures, First Round Capital, Google Ventures, SVAngel, Resolut.vc, Andreessen Horowitz,and Social+Capital Partnership.The company's angelsalso embody Airbnb's Brian Pokorny, Hiten Shah, Eric Wuand TinyCo CEO Suleman Ali.
Althoughthe $ 1.9-million seed turnwas voicedin March,just weeksafterthe launchofthe app,it essentially sealed final yearandwent towardsthe company’s launch.This newest turnwillbe usedtohelp MessageMe keep upwith expansioninthe future,asit faces uptoan increasingly-crowded marginof competitors.They embody biggieslike WhatsAppand Facebook Messenger, bothofwhicharepopularacross the seriesof regions; thosethathave built up clever followingsin internal markets, suchas KakaoTalkin South Koreaand Linein Japan;and newer contenderslikethenew Hangouts appfrom Google.
Amidst (or maybe despite)allthe competition, MessageMe continuesto growfast.
Two months ago,the appwas saying 500 notifications per secondamong 1 million users— notwithstandingthe actualitythat Facebookcut MessageMeofffrom Social Graph entrance the single weekafterit launched.The reasonforthat appearedtobethe sameasforother appsthat facedthe same fate:theyarenot authorisedtouse“Find Friends” facilitiesto find out Facebook contactson third-party apps,when those third-party appsare deemedtobe rivalto/replicating core Facebook services.
Todaythe sent rateis assumingly significantly higher,asas user numbers.We assimilatethatthe associationwillbe pity some-more specific numbers subsequent weekwhenitalsowillbe announcing sumforhow LittleInc Labs skeletontomake incomefromits ad-free, free-to-download app.
Onthat front,therehave alreadybeensomefairly viewable cluesastowhat those skeletonmight entail: to the single side multimedia optionsinthe appto send messagesas pictures, doodles, video, voice, placeand music,therearealso tabsfor stickersand money.
Conversely, nonethelessthe dual co-founders, Arjun Sethiand Justin Rosenthal,havehad endless knowledgewith amicable gamingin past roles, together with prolonged durationsfor bothat LOLapps,it’s conspicuousthatthereisno games add-ononthat dashboard.
Stickers,of course,havebeen the reallypopular value-added useforother appslike Line,whichmakes millions any monthfrom stickers;andother messaging appslike Pathare right away taking advantage ofthem,too.
Moneyis the newer areain messagingbut the singlethatisalso being chasedby some-morethan the single party: Googlejust yesterday announced that Google Walletwouldbe integratedwith Gmail, vouchsafing users send incometo anyotheras attachments. Peer-to-peer income transfers around mobile, meanwhile,havebeen the much-used use quitein building markets,where usersmaynothave bank accounts. MessageMecouldto fool aroundon bothofthese concepts, dependingonwhoit partnerswithto yieldthe service.
Ingrid Lunden
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