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ShareChat parent raises fresh funds, becomes fifth unicorn this week

Joins the club with its latest fundraise of $502 million, valuing the company at a little over $2.1 billion

India's ShareChat raises $502 mn from Snap, Twitter, others: Details here

The funding was led by U.S. venture capital firm Lightspeed Venture Partners and American investment firm Tiger, ShareChat said in a statement on Thursday

Twitter considered acquiring homegrown platform ShareChat: Report

ShareChat is a Bengaluru-based social networking platform

Sharechat-owned video app Moj partners with Snap Inc for Snapchat lenses

Under the deal, Moj's team will access Snapchat's Lens Carousel directly inside the app when creating content; Moj will develop more than 400 lenses over multiple phases for its community

Over 750 mn pieces of content uploaded to the platform this year: ShareChat

Homegrown social media platform ShareChat on Tuesday said over 750 million user generated pieces of content were uploaded this year

ShareChat raises $40 mn from investors including Pawan Munjal, Twitter

The other investors include DCM Shriram Promoters Family and SAIF Partners

ShareChat raises $40 mn from investors including Twitter, Lightspeed

The latest funds will be used to drive growth for ShareChat's short-video app Moj, the company said in a statement, a platform which is similar to TikTok

Social media group ShareChat acquires video production firm HPF Films

Home-grown social media group ShareChat said it had acquired HPF Films, a video production company specialised in digital content

Twitter-backed start-up ShareChat continues with inorganic expansion

Acquires Saif Partners-backed Circle Internet to strengthen hyperlocal content on platform

Sharechat in talks with Sequoia Capital to raise around Rs 1,500 cr

Indian social media app Sharechat is in talks with US-based venture capital firm Sequoia Capital to raise around Rs 1,500 crore, according to a source.

ShareChat in talks with Sequoia, others to raise up to $200 mn: Report

By Aditya Kalra, Aditi Shah and Anirban Sen

Covid-19 impact: ShareChat sacks 101 employees amid market uncertainties

In an email to employees, the Twitter-backed platform outlined steps it is taking to 'become leaner and position the company better for the future'

ShareChat scouts for start-ups in AI, ML space to expand product portfolio

Acquires memes platform Memer for an undisclosed amount

How ShareChat is helping local brands with language-focused advertising

As regional language media consumption soars during the lockdown, social media app ShareChat goes full throttle with brand integrations

Bhagat Singh, Gandhi, Netaji favourite freedom fighters on R-Day: ShareChat

The platform also recorded over 10 million WhatsApp shares of the content created by users

How are we checking child porn, Rajya Sabha panel asks Google and Twitter

New Delhi, 6 January An ad hoc committee of the Rajya Sabha met executives from online social media platforms Google, Twitter and ShareChat, as also the HERD Foundation, on the "alarming issue of pornography on social media and its effect on children and society as a whole". According to a person present, the MPs asked the companies about ways to curb child pornography on their respective platforms. The meeting was attended by Rahul Jain, the India manager for public policy at Google; Twitter India policy head Mahima Kaul; Berges Malu, head of public policy and policy communications at Indian language content platform ShareChat; and Amol Deshmukh and Suchika Gupta of HERD Foundation. Another person aware of the discussion said one of the executives suggested something on the lines of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act in America. That law is designed to limit the collection and use of personal information about children by operators of internet services and websites. The ...

Received more than 14 billion WhatsApp shares this year, claims Sharechat

Sharechat observed that 23% users created entertainment-related content on its platform while engagement on romantic content was around 14%

ShareChat to hire 100-150 people; strengthen presence in tier II cities

Given that the platform is available for users in their local Indian languages, the engagement levels are high at about 23-24 minutes a day.

ShareChat raises $100 million in Series D funding led by Twitter

ShareChat is India's largest regional social network that claims 60 million monthly active users

Delhi HC dismisses ShareChat copyright violation petition against Helo

On October 30 last year, the High Court had ordered ByteDance, which owns Helo and popular short video app TikTok, to stop placing bids on 'ShareChat' as a keyword on Google's AdWords platform