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Photo appears young adults with social charges are a dozen these days, so that twentysomething de 18-Twentysi or Tiktok.

In the last example, photo app’s app YepeeWhich parties share images to private groups, says 2.2 million monthly active users and 800 000 active days, with 30x grow in the last six months. And in perhaps one of the most important metrics in which one is Much The Market Focchi, The Company Currently Says 40% Day – is 40% of users are using the app seven days after setting up.

All it is translated to an activity fluence between VCS.

Techcrunnch has learned and confirmed that the beginning behind Yope has this suspended time of initial seeds of $ 4.65 million on a $ 50 million rating. The capital of good guidel is driven to the round vc and the Rassedo, Along Party will ribrise animals that include Jean of Rochebrochard; Greg Tkachenko, who sold the cheer company makes You make me manufacturer for Snapchat in 2020; Restore app Co-Funder (and A16Z Sticout) Dima Shevest; and ex-google rinerder andrei tkachenk.

“Yee is going people / vcs a whip,” a source a wonder added that some have been optimistic as “the new invilph.”

The app

Yee interface is simple enough: Take a photo in the app, or you choose one of your library and send it to a group chat you have joined. There also is seeing the image shared by other group members, where you can react to the pictures and chat with the rest of the group. Each group also has a wall, a feature where the machine learning to abandoned machine at the claim

To boost commit, Yleple took inspiration other social networks, either in good and bad ways. A lock screen widget lets you see the most recent photos from a group. A characteristic of stripes encourages users to keep publication. A function called the RECAP runs a shared imageshow – similar to Google Photos and Apple Photos of Apple. On board for the first time, app makes opting out of these intentionally confused, but is it as possible.

The firm has built the constructed ambassador program, also, with payments to the users of the power that publishes on the app on other platforms and instagram. Yeepe said that video created by these ambassadors had more than 56 million view. The company refused to say how many videos has but generally have some 70 – %% of their users come to the others inviting the app.

Bahray Ismailau, CEO and the cover, he said Yeple want to arrive 50 million of monthly active users from next year.

Is also planning more features. It was to launch video but this is here to happen to the works, business said. Another one is a daily trigger that on the date of the day you will need to check their group, and see Photos posted, and I am getting up to them. The company also to make the most interactive walls allowing users to add the picture-press, months, years, and for small treats of glitter.

It also wants to launch a family group format to drive off the use of Gen-Z app: currently, the average age of the app’s users are 18.

While focus is in addition to users, Yope also thinking about the renders of the returns, start with the submission plans.

A nasty road to growth

Yee, the app, the app, may be thrown enough, June the scompepp has been around much longer, and initially didn’t do. Founded in the 2021 of Ishailau and Paul Rudkousi – that greater stadtored university in Pelarius in Minink – the team has worked a hit.

An app, salo, it was a chat app in social strands that milled as “the next of discussion.” (Originally, the startup was called after.) The duo also built a multi-camera app (similar to Berar). In the 2023, he has pissed to a product to register asynchronous Nodes. Then in September at 2024, the company finally made another pivot to create YEE.

The Teltyle has a spread team in different locations, including New York, Miami, Lisbon, and London (where they have an office). The company said he thinks of open a R & D center in the future and is scouting for places.

The base hook is a place to share photos and chats in private groups seem to fill a gap in the market.

Yes you can create groups in whatsapp and snapchat. Yes, some have created private group counts on Instagram. But photo of the photo, with a bit of employer around it, it’s not really the main cases for any of these huge apps.

What is more, instagram seems to give up by doubling really in the idea: FlipsideThe own Instagram attempt to build private groups, it was discontinued only five months later launched.

“Instagram and SnapChat have become platforms by curved content. While users Geno make several pictures, only 1% of them are shared”, he said IsMaakau. Yee fodes, said, it was also very different of SRAPCHAT and Instagram. Is particularly on Sharing “Without Filter Content”, added.

There were made of others who tried to build businesses around the idea of ​​shots in private groups. The most recent efforts include capital-backed proscionates Retrot and Marissa Mayer SunshineBut the efforts extend all return to Walk in 2010. I am

The truth is that none of them have really stuck. Is a signal that perhaps private groups cannot be a BIG, STANDALONE AGAIN IN JUST? Yeepe believes the weather could come to give the concept another crack.

“In author dirt the cordary consumer apps, and the jerk is a new social behavior,” GOowater Counter and Partno, he said to TrigliaRRRUNCH in an email. “I Yee easy for everyone sharing his daily life with close friends. His explosive growth talks on the strength of their product and team.”

Green growth looks good for times but the test will be in how to handle to support that. Beral (another app that attempted to build a vibe private vibe) had a the hot year or twoEven inspire a mentioned clone, before the growth quickly decelerate. I am (That the app was eventually acquired For app and company company Voododo.)

The Spread Team, after the amount of Mass in the category – and in their own efforts to build large apps – Yepe we become the snipe.

“I’m working hard,” It’s not done the start, told us.