{"id":23981,"date":"2021-04-23T05:19:18","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T05:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rbsitsoftwaresolution.com\/blog\/clubhouse-closes-an-undisclosed-4b-valuation-series-c-round-as-tech-giants-clones-circle.html"},"modified":"2021-04-23T05:19:18","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T05:19:18","slug":"clubhouse-closes-an-undisclosed-4b-valuation-series-c-round-as-tech-giants-clones-circle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/clubhouse-closes-an-undisclosed-4b-valuation-series-c-round-as-tech-giants-clones-circle.html","title":{"rendered":"Clubhouse closes an undisclosed $4B valuation Series C round, as tech giants\u2019 clones circle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Buzzy \u201csocial audio\u201d app Clubhouse<\/a> has raised a Series C funding round, reportedly valuing the company at $4 billion. Clubhouse said the new round of financing was led by Andrew Chen of Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from DST Global, Tiger Global and Elad Gil. This round means Clubhouse has tripled the valuation it attained in January when Andreessen Horowitz led its Series B funding round.<\/p>\n

The funding comes as Twitter, Spotify, Facebook, Telegram, Discord and<\/em> LinkedIn are all prepping similar features to Clubhouse\u2019s live audio streaming rooms, which has attracted attention for hosting live chats with the likes of Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg. Indeed, Vox reported<\/a> that Facebook will announce a series of \u201csocial audio\u201d products only today.<\/p>\n

But, unusually for such a late stage of funding, the company has not revealed the amount raised. Industry sources say that this is probably because the Series C funding round is \u201cmulti-stage\u201d and therefore not officially closed. Alternatively, the company is \u201chyping\u201d itself ahead of a sale, as is often the case with \u201chot\u201d startups. Twitter reportedly broke off talks to acquire the startup at a $4 billion valuation, according to Bloomberg.<\/p>\n

And despite appearances that this funding round has been timed to coincide with the launch this week of Facebook\u2019s Clubhouse clone, one well-placed source told me \u201cthis funding round has been in the works for the last 1.5 months\u201d and that some offers have been \u201cabove 2x\u201d the $4 billion valuation. In other words, there are some investors out there who think Clubhouse is worth more<\/em> than $8 billion.<\/p>\n

So far Clubhouse is demurring on all this, and declining to comment more directly to the media. The company disclosed the news about the funding during its weekly \u201ctown hall\u201d chat last Sunday night and in a blog post<\/a>, the company said the fundraising will support a fresh burst of growth for the app.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile we\u2019ve quadrupled the size of our team this year, stabilized our infrastructure, launched Payments in beta to help creators monetize, and readied Android for launch, there is so much more to do as we work to bring Clubhouse to more people around the world. It\u2019s no secret that our servers have struggled a bit these past few months, and that our growth has outpaced the early discovery algorithms our small team originally built,\u201d said the post.<\/p>\n

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Clubhouse UX teardown: A closer look at homepage curation, follow hooks and other features<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Noting that \u201cit\u2019s important to us to be building all of this with people who are invested in the community and who represent a diverse set of backgrounds and voices,\u201d Clubhouse has, however, been struck by a wave of problems in the last few days, when anti-Semitic audio rooms seemed to proliferate on the platform<\/a>. Clubhouse has previously been criticized for its seeming inability to moderate extremism on the app.<\/p>\n

The year-old platform, which has reported 10 million weekly active users, has thrived during the pandemic while people were locked down and therefore unable to chat easily in person.<\/p>\n

Tech news site The Information first reported<\/a> details on the Clubhouse funding on Friday.<\/p>\n

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