The Clubhouse social sound application is seen on a mobile phone in this illustrated image taken on February 8, 2021. REUTERS / Florence Lo / Illustration / Photo photo
The Clubhouse audio chat application closed a new round of C-series funding, the company said on Sunday during the weekly town hall, without disclosing the amount collected.
A source familiar with the matter confirmed to Reuters that the new financing would value the company at 4 billion dollars.
The application for social networks stated that the new round of financing was led by Andrew Chen from the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, with important investors such as DST Global, Tiger Global and Elad Gil.
Clubhouse and Andreessen Horowitz did not respond to requests for funding for the round.
The San Francisco-based company, whose app allows people to discuss a variety of topics in audio chat rooms, has seen its popularity grow after the appearances of billionaires Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg.
The success of the old invitation platform, which recently reported 10 million active users a week, demonstrated the potential of audio chat services, especially as people stay at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bloomberg earlier this month said Twitter Inc. (TWTR.N) is in talks to buy $ 4 billion worth of audio apps.
Technical website Information first reported details on funding on Friday.
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