Looksery Acquired By Snapchat For Around $150M
San Francisco-based Looksery, a developer of mobile software which allows users to change how they look while taking a selfie or streaming themselves online, has been acquired by Snapchat. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed, but the deal apparently is worth around $150, according to various reports. Snapchat rolled out a new feature, Lenses, which uses the technology from Looksery to let users modify their selfies in real time. Looksery was led by Victor Shaburov.
posted on Tuesday, September 15, 2015
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