Twitter acquires London-based Sphere, which develops a group chat app and has raised $30M to date
Twitter has acquired London-based Sphere, which operates an eponymous groups chat app, the latest in a series of recent moves from the social network as it looks to aggressively broaden and improve its product offerings.
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@nickdaloisio
Nick D'Aloisio
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Thrilled to share the news today that my 2nd company @spheremessenger has been acquired by Twitter after a wonderful 5-year journey!!!!!!! https://blog.sphere.me/...
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@investmenttalkk
Conor Mac
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Hopefully $TWTR DMs are going to get a revamp. This tuck-in acquisition looks promising for Twitter Communities too. https://techcrunch.com/...
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@elliotturn
Elliot Turner
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Overlooked M&A in the social world today. I LOVE this for TWTR: https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
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@sam_l_shead
Sam Shead
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British entrepreneur Nick D'Aloisio has now sold 2 apps to Silicon Valley tech giants. https://twitter.com/...
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@ruskin147
Rory Cellan-Jones
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At 17 @nickdaloisio created Summly which he sold to Yahoo for $30m. Now a second success.. https://twitter.com/...
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@richlightshed
Rich Greenfield
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👀 $TWTR Twitter made a VERY strategic and interesting acquisition today to build even deeper communities around the interest graph — buying @spheremessenger Fascinating move @jack @kayvz @nedsegal https://twitter.com/...
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@tsuvik
Vikas SN
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Twitter has acquired a group chat app @spheremessenger who will now work on Communities, Direct Messages, and Creators initiatives at the social media firm https://blog.sphere.me/...
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@sam_l_shead
Sam Shead
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Sphere's backers include Index, Sequoia's Mike Moritz and Airbnb cofounder Brian Chesky. The startup raised $30m, according to Crunchbase
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@caseynewton
Casey Newton
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A proper standalone Twitter messaging app would be dope as hell https://techcrunch.com/...
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@thekenyeung
Kenyeung Eth
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Wow, the person who built Summly (acquired by Yahoo) has his next exit, selling the group chat app Sphere to Twitter. https://techcrunch.com/...