mercredi 29 avril 2015

After $35 million in funding, Secret is shutting down

The anonymous sharing app Secret will soon be shutting down. First reported by Buzzfeed, A Medium post from CEO David Byttow confirmed the news. "After a lot of thought and consultation with our board, I’ve decided to shut down Secret," Byttow wrote. "Unfortunately, Secret does not represent the vision I had when starting the company, so I believe it’s the right decision for myself, our investors and our team."

Launched in February 2014, Secret boasted more than 10 million downloads at its peak, and inspired broad interest in "anonymish" apps that would actively obscure users' identities. Only a month after launch, Secret raised $8.6 million from Google Ventures and Kleiner Perkins, among other investors, a sign of the high hopes around...

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After $35 million in funding, Secret is shutting down

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