Secret sheds light on funding from Google Ventures, user statistics

20 mins ago Mar. 14, 2014 - 11:12 AM PDT

Secret has finally spoken up about that rumored funding round it had last week, clarifying the number and offering some pertinent user statistics for the 45-day-old app in a Medium post that went live Friday. The company confirmed that it raised$8.6 million from the likes of Google Ventures, Alexis Ohanian, Pete Cashmore and others a slightly lower number than the reported $10 million from last week. In addition, it noted two interesting facts:75 percent of people with more than five friends open the app daily, and 90 percent of users that engage in a conversation come back within the week.

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