The sale of WhatsApp to Facebook for $19 billion and the heightened awareness of data security in an NSA-watched world have created a perfect storm for apps that offer messaging with a privacy-first ethos. Wickr, which lets users send encrypted and self-destructing messages, is today announcing that it has raised a Series A of $9 million. It will use the funds to grow its standalone product and also to build out its business model.
Encrypted messaging app Wickr manages to raise $9 million in funding
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