Wickr Gets $30M More For Encrypted Messaging
San Francisco-based Wickr, a developer of encrypted messaging apps, said this week that it has raised $30M in a Series B funding. The company--led by Defcon founder Nico Sell--said the funding came from Jim Breyer (Breyer Capital), CME Group, Wargaming, Alsop Louie Partners, Juniper Networks, the Knight Foundation and Riverwood. Sell is a security expert who organizes the Defcon security conference. The company says it is offering up "military grade" encryption of its text, photo, and video messaging.
posted on Friday, June 27, 2014
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