| Date | Title | Description |
| 29.08.2017 | Every board member of anonymous app Whisper has reportedly stepped down | Remember Whisper, the anonymous chat app? It’s been a while since we’ve heard much from the company, but it’s still around and has recently lost a bunch of high-profile board members.
According to the Los Angeles Times, Sequoia’s Roelof Bot... |
| 28.07.2017 | Anonymous app Whisper lays off 20% of staff to survive | Startups are dying all over the place as last year’s investment cool-off leads many to run out of cash. But Whisper refuses to race into the graveyard like fellow anonymous social apps Secret and Yik Yak. A source told TechCrunch that Whisp... |
| 13.03.2017 | Whisper launches new tool to automate article creation from its user-generated content | After months spent watching other anonymous messaging and sharing apps come and go, Whisper is coming back to the market with a new product, a massive readership and a reinvigorated approach to sharing its content.
The Los Angeles-based com... |
| 16.08.2016 | Susa Ventures closes $50 million fund to back more seed-stage startups | San Francisco-based firm Susa Ventures announced today that it put together $50 million for its second investment fund.
With 12 investments per year, Susa Ventures II will focus on seed-stage companies that “are building long-term defensibi... |
| 16.08.2016 | Susa Ventures closes $50 million fund to back more seed-stage startups | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
San Francisco-based firm Susa Ventures announced ... |
| 23.03.2015 | Sydney startup brings anonymity back to social media, without the cyberbullying | An anonymous social media platform from Australia has seen more than 5000 users jump onboard since launching just a month ago.
A startup based in Sydney, mimChat, allows users to create an anonymous profile and view a feed that collates the... |
| 12.12.2014 | Some things are better left Unsaid | Sydney-based 25Fifteen’s new startup, Unsaid, brings the freedom of anonymous expression used in apps like Whisper and Secret to your workplace.
The office Christmas party, filled with its joyous, awkward moments and drunken encounters maki... |
| 20.11.2014 | Social X offers multiple identities to Facebook users too embarrassed to talk to underwear makers | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Would you be too embarrassed to ask Victoria’s Se... |
| 14.11.2014 | Yik Yak Is Close To Closing On Roughly $75 Million | Thank the kids in America for turning Yik Yak into the newest technology craze that’s a parental nightmare and an anonymous messaging juggernaut. Only a year after its launch, the app is now close to closing on roughly $75 million in new fi... |
| 28.10.2014 | Whisper, Secret, and Snapchat leaks show that fake privacy is almost worse than no privacy at all | What’s worse than no privacy? Fake, malfunctioning “privacy” apps.
A slew of anonymous apps and ephemeral messaging services have popped up in the last few years — some in direct response to news of data collection by the National Security ... |
| 28.10.2014 | Whisper, Secret, and Snapchat leaks show that fake privacy is almost worse than no privacy at all | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
What’s worse than no privacy? Fake, malfunctionin... |
| 26.10.2014 | Whisper Suspends Editorial Team Involved In Guardian Visit | Anonymous messaging app Whisper has suspended its editor-in-chief Neetzan Zimmerman and other staff members after Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller wrote a letter summoning Whisper execs to an in-person meeting to discuss t... |
| 17.10.2014 | Whisper CTO says tracking “anonymous” users not a big deal, really | reader comments 73 with 47 posters participating
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On Thursday, the Guardian reported that the developers of Whisper, a social media platform that allows individuals to post ... |
| 16.10.2014 | Investigation finds 'anonymous' Whisper app secretly tracks user location | Following all of the NSA revelations, mass surveillance has increased the general level of paranoia to be found online -- although it could be argued that not all surveillance is bad. With everyone on such high alert it's little wonder that... |
| 16.10.2014 | Whisper Denies Tracking User Info And Sharing It With The U.S. Government | Anonymous social media app Whisper might be tracking the location of users via GPS or IP address on their smartphones and then handing that info over to the U.S. Department of Defense, according to the Guardian.
The Guardian says that durin... |
| 06.10.2014 | Michael Heyward on how Whisper differs from Twitter | While the two companies seem to have similar goals, they take different tracks to get there
Over the past 10 years, it has been really fascinating to watch the way that social media has not only changed the way that news is consumed, but ho... |
| 04.10.2014 | Heyward: Whisper is "the safest place on the Internet" | Whisper employs 130 full time moderators to ensure that users always feel empowered to share
"Whisper is as safe as Israel." I almost made that the headline of this story.
That is what Michael Heyward, Founder and CEO of Whisper, ... |
| 03.10.2014 | Heyward on Whisper's firm policies on revealing members | At Splash LA, CEO Michael Heyward says Whisper has weekly calls with authorities
Do you remember the recent incident in which a man who was having a standoff with the police used Whisper to document the incident? Whisper was in touch with t... |
| 01.10.2014 | Watch Vator Splash LA Live Web stream 10/2 | Jessica Alba, Brian Lee, Michael Heyward, Bill Gross, Mike Jones, Scott Painter, and more
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Please stay tuned for a live stream of Vator Splash LA with Jessica Alba and Brian Lee, the co-founders of T... |
| 29.09.2014 | 10/2 Splash LA Agenda w/ Alba, Lee, Heyward, and more | Need a reason why you can't miss Splash LA on 10/2? Check out the agenda
If you haven't already registered to Vator Splash LA, you better do so quickly. The event is three days away. If you need reasons to attend, just check out the agenda.... |
| 14.08.2014 | Whisper’s Nonprofit Your Voice Is Now A Digital Platform To Discuss Depression Openly | In the wake of all the discussion about depression and suicide this past week, Whisper founders Michael Heyward and Brad Brooks announced they are starting a $1 million endowment for Whisper’s separate nonprofit entity Your Voice. Whisper a... |
| 14.08.2014 | Whisper launches digital platform for its Your Voice nonprofit | People divulge their deepest secrets on Whisper. While some of those secrets are harmless, others trend toward thoughts of self-harm and suicide. And that’s why the company founders had to do something about it.
Whisper founders Michael Hey... |
| 14.08.2014 | Whisper launches digital platform for its Your Voice nonprofit | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
People divulge their deepest secrets on Whisper. ... |
| 11.07.2014 | How does Whisper make money? | The LA-based startup continues to experiment with different models, including an advertising model
Secret sharing app Whisper has grown quickly as a testament to the collective desire for anonymity on the Web. Sure, you can post on Facebook... |
| 08.07.2014 | Whisper CEO Michael Heyward to speak at Splash LA 2014 | Heyward joins founders of other hot LA startups, Honest Company, TrueCar and more
If you want a place to share your deep, darkest secrets and get others to chime in, try Whisper, a fast-growing mobile app that allows people to share their t... |
| 03.07.2014 | The ten biggest LA funding rounds in the last year | Silicon Beach is picking up steam; here are the 10 biggest deals in the last 12 months
While Silicon Valley remains the reigning champion of the tech world, Los Angeles has been churning out some big new names as of late, such as Snapchat a... |
| 26.06.2014 | Secret & Whisper's newest frenemy is Berri, a Facebook-fueled, anonymous burn book | Amidst the carnage and bloodshed of anonymous social media, app Berri steps in with a white flag in hand.
Apps like Whisper and Secret have taken heat lately from both investors and parents questioning the service from an ethical standpoint... |
| 26.06.2014 | Secret & Whisper's newest frenemy is Berri, a Facebook-fueled, anonymous burn book | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Amidst the carnage and bloodshed of anonymous soc... |
| 24.05.2014 | For Better Or Worse, Anonymous Apps Allow Us To Be Ourselves Online Again | Anonymous apps like Secret and Whisper are all the rage right now and maybe that shouldn’t be a surprise. This feels like the inevitable reaction to all the major social networks wanting to own our identities — preferably with our real name... |
| 19.05.2014 |
Whisper Raises $36M For Secret Sharing
| Los Angeles-based Whisper, which develops mobile apps for anonymously sharing confessions, has raised another $36M in funding. The funding came from Tencent, Shasta Ventures, Thrive Capital, Lightspeed Ventures, and Sequoia Capital. The fun... |
| 19.05.2014 | Whisper Confirms $36M In New Funding, Adds Related Posts, Categories, And Explore Feature To App | Anonymous social-sharing startup Whisper has confirmed a new round of funding and is launching an updated version of its app that will make it easier for users to connect with others sharing similar thoughts and emotions.
Whisper was one of... |
| 25.04.2014 | How Google Can Leverage Facebook’s Biggest Weakness | Brenden Mulligan Contributor
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Editor’s Note: Brenden Mulligan is a co-founder and designer at Cluster, a web and ... |
| 24.04.2014 | Opinion-Sharing Platform Knotch Launches A New Website And Updated App | Since downloading it six months ago, Knotch, which lets people share their opinions on a wide range of topics using an 11-color “feeling thermometer,” has become one of my favorite apps because of its strong community. The startup launched ... |
| 06.04.2014 | Secret And Whisper Get Their Own Chinese Clones | Secret and Whisper have hit a dubious benchmark of success. Both have been cloned by developers in China. Secret posted about its Chinese duplicate this weekend, while Tech In Asia was the first English-language publication to report on bot... |
| 24.03.2014 | Psst. You’ll never guess which big media company Whisper is telling its secrets to | Next time you launch one of your deepest secrets — like a delicate, Japanese floating lantern — onto the dark and beckoning waters of the Whisper app, stop for a minute to think about where it could wash up.
Your secret might find itself em... |
| 24.03.2014 | Psst. You’ll never guess which big media company Whisper is telling its secrets to | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Next time you launch one of your deepest secrets ... |
| 19.03.2014 | Want More Privacy In Your App? Wickr Resells Its Encryption, Self-Destructing Tech To Other Apps | Wickr, one of the wave of messaging apps built on the idea of private, encrypted and self-destructing data, has vowed never to make money off its users — with its app remaining free, and user data never getting sold on or accessed by others... |
| 11.03.2014 | These 2 secret-sharing apps just pulled in funding in the same week | Whisper and Secret, both apps that let people share secrets anonymously, are reportedly raising $30 million and $10 million respectively.
The news on Whisper’s round was originally reported by Re/code. Citing an anonymous source, Re/code cl... |
| 18.02.2014 | Whisper, The Sequoia-Backed Secret Sharing App, Makes A Move Into TMZ Territory | Whisper, the popular anonymous social sharing startup that’s raised $24 million from venture capital giants including Sequoia Capital, may have just gotten its big break into celebrity gossip territory that’s typically dominated by the like... |
| 15.02.2014 | Producers and Consumers on Social Media | I’m making a concerted effort to start blogging again on a more frequent basis. It’s not that I have suddenly discovered lots of free time. However, I’ve decided that it’s time to change priorities.
In my attempt to keep up with the demand... |
| 07.02.2014 | Secret Hits A Hot App Milestone With Discovery Of First Security Issue | Well that didn’t take long. The new anonymous sharing app Secret, which has morphed into Silicon Valley’s “blind item” (and a great place to troll reporters, apparently) has been hacked. Don’t worry, it’s not that serious. The hack doesn’t ... |
| 24.01.2014 | How To Successfully “Neg” Facebook | “Facebook may have an irreversibly bad brand,” wrote 22-year old Branch founder Josh Miller in December 2012 in a post about his 15-year old sister’s predilections for social apps. Almost a year later, his chat startup was acquired by Faceb... |
| 10.12.2013 | Secret-Sharing App Whisper Adds Search And Topics To Find Other Users Like You | Whisper, the secret sharing startup backed by Sequoia and others, has just pushed a new version of its app into the app store that’s designed to help users search and browse through various topics. The update also adds a new “create flow” t... |
| 06.09.2013 | Whisper Raises $21M in Funding | Whisper, a Santa Monica, CA-based secret-sharing app, has raised $21m in new venture capital funding.
The round was led by Sequoia Capital, with participation from existing investor Lightspeed Venture Partners and Trinity Ventures. As part ... |
| 05.09.2013 | Funding Daily: America's Cup | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
America’s Cup is coming up this weekend. The fina... |
| 04.09.2013 | Whisper raises $21M to share your secrets | Whisper has closed $21 million to share your secrets. Rather, to let you share your secrets via its mobile apps.
Whisperers add text to images and post it anonymously to the site. You can either upload your own photo or find one within the ... |
| 04.09.2013 | Secret-Sharing App Whisper Snags $21 Million From Sequoia, Adds Roelof Botha To Its Board | Secret-sharing app Whisper has closed a new round of funding, bringing in $21 million at a $75 million to $100 million post money valuation. The round, as originally reported by Om Malik, was led by Sequoia Capital, with existing investor L... |
| 12.08.2013 | In Wake Of Teen Suicides, Ask.fm Faces A “Myspace” Problem | The teenage brain is not fully developed, say scientists. Specifically, the part of the brain called the frontal lobe, which houses judgment, insight, dampening of emotions, and impulse control. This is relevant in a discussion about buildi... |
| 18.07.2013 | Yarrly Is An Anonymous Meme Generator For Android With A Chain Letter-Styled Remixable Twist | On the issue of online privacy, I’m with TechCrunch contributor Andrew Keen when he says the Internet needs to learn to forget. And, as services like Snapchat have proven, here lies a startup opportunity if there ever was one. But at the sa... |
| 30.06.2013 | The Rise Of The Ephemeralnet | In the aftermath of the dot-com crash, a new era for the web began to take hold – a turning point whose seismic shift was hyped under the moniker “Web 2.0.” The concept referred to the web becoming a platform, a home for services whose popu... |
| 20.06.2013 | Over A Year After New Content Policies, “Self-Harm Social Media” Still Thrives | About a year and a half ago, just in time for National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, Tumblr took a hard stance against blogs on its network that encouraged “self harm.” This includes those that glorify or promote anorexia, bulimia, and o... |
| 16.05.2013 | Now With More Than 1.5B Page Views A Month, Secret Sharing App Whisper Launches On Android | Secret sharing app Whisper has seen tremendous growth since launching last fall. But until recently, it’s only been available on iOS. With a launch on Android’s Google Play store this week, Whisper is going to be available to a whole bunch ... |
| 04.04.2013 |
WhisperText Gets $3.0M
| A stealthy, Santa Monica-based startup, WhisperText has raised $3.0 from what looks like a number of high profile investors. According to a regulatory filing from the company--which develops an iOS app that allows users to share their secre... |
| 04.04.2013 | Ultra-Hot Secret Sharing App Whisper Raises $3 Million From Lightspeed, Trinity, And Others | If you haven’t heard of Whisper yet, get ready to. It’s the latest social app to capture the attention of a huge — and growing — audience of users, as well as the attention of a group of investors. So far, the startup has raised $3 million ... |
