# Beeper

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/beeper

- Industry: Internet
- Headquarters: Palo Alta, US
- Website: www.beeper.com
- Latest round: Series A
- Investors on record: 1

## About

Based in California, US, and founded in 2020 by CTO Brad Murray and Eric Migicovsky, Automattic Inc., d.b.a. Beeper operates as a technology company that focuses on providing a universal chat application that allows users to send and receive messages to family, friends, and colleagues on different chat networks. In April 2024, Automattic Inc., a portfolio company of Radar Partners, Wellington Partners, Insight Partners, Polaris Partners, Endurance Ventures, True Ventures, Tiger Global Management, Lowercase Capital, BlackRock, Blacksmith Capital, ICONIQ Capital, Salesforce Ventures, Manhattan Venture Partners, Avant Global, and Alta Park Capital, acquired Beeper for USD 125 million from Initialized Capital, Y Combinator, Samsung Next Ventures, SV Angels, and Liquid2 Ventures.

The company provides a social networking and communication platform that consists of two main components, which are a client app that runs on devices and a web service that connects a platform to other chat networks. The platform offers a wide range of features, like sending and receiving messages, adding a new contact, group chats, images and videos, emoji reactions, stickers, replies, emojis, disappearing messages, broadcast channels, and threads, enabling users to connect with friends, family, and colleagues on 14 different chat networks.

## Funding rounds

- Series A, date not disclosed — Initialized Capital

## Investors

- Initialized Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/initialized-capital) — Series A