糖心视频

has led a $100 million Series D in , what has been as 鈥淚ndia鈥檚 homegrown rival to WhatsApp,鈥� according to and various other news outlets. The round values Sharechat at around $650 million, according to TC, which cited an unnamed source.

Subscribe to the Crunchbase Daily

Founded in 2015, Sharechat is considered to be India鈥檚 鈥�.鈥� It currently reportedly has 60 million monthly users across 15 regional languages, according to TechCrunch.

The news isn鈥檛 entirely a surprise as a few regional publications, including and , reported in June that the deal was in the works.

The round is notable in that it gives Twitter a foothold in one of the world鈥檚 largest countries and marks its first significant commitment into another region outside the U.S. Founder and CEO had firsthand involvement in securing the financing, according to . By investing in Sharechat, Twitter will have the ability to 鈥済o deeper into India鈥檚 smaller towns at a time when its user growth has plateaued,鈥� noted the Times.

, , , SAIF Capital, and , also participated in the financing. With this round, Bangalore-based Sharechat has , according to Crunchbase data. It last raised in September 2018 led by China鈥檚 .

While Twitter has acquired dozens of companies, it鈥檚 only , including Sharechat, according to Crunchbase data. This round marks its first time leading an investment.

Illustration: