Q&A with Houseparty co-founder Ben Rubin on his new group messaging platform Towns, using the River Protocol, moderation, raising a $25M Series A, and more
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Ben Rubin, who founded Meerkat and Houseparty, announces Towns, a protocol and a web-based chat app, and raised a $25.5M Series A led by a16z Crypto
Ben Rubin, who founded Meerkat and Houseparty, announces Towns, a protocol and a web-based chat app, and raised a $25.5M Series A led by a16z Crypto
After launching a pair of well-loved but ultimately star-crossed social apps, Ben Rubin is going all-in on decentralization.
Epic to shut down Houseparty, the video chat app it acquired in 2019, in October, along with Fortnite Mode, which uses Houseparty for video chats
Houseparty, the social video chat app acquired by Fortnite maker Epic Games for a reported $35 million back in 2019, is shutting down.
Clubhouse has raised a Series C led by Andreessen Horowitz, with DST Global, Tiger Global, and Elad Gil participating
led by @AndrewChen at @a16z, w/ support from DST Global, Tiger Global, & Elad Gil 🙏 #CHTownhall https://www.joinclubhouse.com/ ... Nikitha Rai / @rotiandrye : I didn't see this until now. Apparently t...
Source: Epic Games is finalizing a $1B round at a ~$28B valuation, following a $1.78B round at a $17.3B valuation in July 2020
Epic Games, which also owns the video chat app Houseparty, is close to concluding another $1bn fundraising, Sky News can reveal. — City editor @MarkKleinmanSky
Sources: VCs have approached Clubhouse about investing in its next round at ~$1B valuation, a 10X increase from the previous round; a16z is expected to lead
The race to invest in social audio app Clubhouse is on again. Venture capital firms have approached the startup's founders … Tweets: @alexeheath , @alecstapp , @benedictevans , @basti , @wongmjane , ...
Sources: VCs have approached Clubhouse about investing in its next round at ~$1B valuation, a 10X increase from the previous round; a16z is expected to lead
The race to invest in social audio app Clubhouse is on again. Venture capital firms have approached the startup's founders … Tweets: @alexeheath , @jenniferm_q , @rainygay1 , @kantrowitz , @dolarvalu...
Twitter says it has acquired screen-sharing social app Squad whose team will join Twitter, and it will shut down the app tomorrow
with Periscope in danger Igor Bonifacic / Engadget : Twitter acquires screen-sharing and video chat startup Squad Andrew Hutchinson / Social Media Today : Twitter Acquires Multi-Participant Streaming ...
Twitter says it has acquired screen-sharing social app Squad whose team will join Twitter, and it will shut down the app tomorrow
with Periscope in danger Andrew Hutchinson / Social Media Today : Twitter Acquires Multi-Participant Streaming App Squad, Which Enables Screen-Sharing Within Chats PYMNTS.com : Twitter Buys Screen-Sha...