Heysan
AcquiredFree messaging on mobile phones
About
Heysan was a free mobile messaging and community based in San Francisco, California. Initially Heysan provided free messaging between phones and computers, bridging IM with SMS. The service expanded into launching a mobile community and has over 1 million users doing tens of million of monthly messages. In the summer of 2007 Heysan raised a seed round from Khosla Ventures and Atomico, the venture funds of Vinod Khosla and Niklas Zennstrom. Heysan was acquired by Good Technology in May 2009.
Founders · 4
2024- Creating Camthis: Multi-cam live event streaming and highlights of any event by just using smartphones. Co-founded Heysan - A mobile cross-protocol chat app and community - Eventually aquired Later created Candid - a SaaS for recruiters to communicate with the employer during headhunting projects. Active with paying high retention customers.
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