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India’s Texting Community Provider SMS GupShup Raises $12 Million

Jan 20, 2010 9:11 AM

SMS GupShup has raised $12 million to help build out its texting-based mobile-phone communities in India. The company, which has operations in both Santa Clara, Calif. and Mumbai, India, claims to serve 26 million users in roughly two million topics, ranging from religious groups to sports teams. The fourth round…

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SMS GupShup Raises $11 Million From Charles River Ventures and Helion Ventures

Dianne See Morrison

Oct 7, 2008 8:13 AM

SMS GupShup, India’s version of Twitter, has raised $11 million in funding from Charles River Ventures and Helion Ventures. Business Standard reports that the money will be used to grow the business, product development and increased sales and marketing. If the news sounds familiar, the funding was initially reported in…

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