Heysan
Heysan is a YC Winter 2007 (W07) company. Based in San Francisco, CA, USA.
About Heysan
Summary
Heysan built a free mobile messaging service that connected phones and computers, bridging SMS with instant messaging for everyday consumers. The service grew into a broader mobile community platform. Good Technology acquired Heysan in May 2009.
Business model
Free to users
From the Y Combinator listing
Free messaging on mobile phones
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.
Facts
- Consumer / Consumer -> Social
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- Acquired
- Early
Founders (4)
- Marie Brattberg
- Pär Lindhe
- Parham Michael Ossareh
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