Overview
Location
France, Ile-de-France, Paris
Employees
11-50
Total raised
$700K
Founded date
2012
Investors 1
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Funding Rounds 1
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Mentions in press and media 11
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| Aug 25, 2016 | Все стартапы последнего набора акселераторов Y Combinator, 500 Startups и ФРИИ Статьи редакции | Редакция vc.ru собрала в одном материале все стартапы из последних наборов стартап-акселераторов Y Combinator, 500 Startups и ФРИИ. Y Combinator Выпуск — 22-24 августа 2016 года. Airfordable — сервис для заказа авиабилетов в рассрочку. Airo... |
| Aug 18, 2016 | Whyd Is a Beautiful, Voice-Controlled Speaker for Audiophiles | Whyd, in this batch of Y Combinator, is building a high-end, voice-controlled speaker — and they’re launching a pre-order campaign today. Below are the founders, Gilles Poupardin and Jie Meng-Gerard, on why they’re building Whyd and why it’... |
| Aug 18, 2016 | Whyd announces its voice-controlled connected speaker for $299 | French startup Whyd started off as a social network for music lovers but recently announced that it would switch its focus for a hardware project. The company just unveiled this secret hardware project — it’s a high-fidelity connected speak... |
| Aug 8, 2016 | Music streaming social network Whyd is switching its focus to hardware | French startup Whyd started off as a social network for music lovers. Going forward, the company is going to focus on releasing a connected speaker. For existing users, the social network isn’t going away. Whyd is open-sourcing it and still... |
| Jun 23, 2014 | Music Streaming Social Network Whyd Gets An iOS App | Following the closing of a $700,000 seed round at the start of this year, music streaming social network Whyd has been busy putting some of that modest capital to work with the development of its first foray into mobile. Today sees the offi... |
| Feb 20, 2014 | Jolicloud Introduces Jolicloud 2, Your Digital Home On The Web | It’s been five years already, and Jolicloud still has a few tricks up its sleeve. Yesterday, at an event called the Jolicloud Ecosystem Party at Numa, the company presented its long-term vision for the company. It also gave everyone a sneak... |
| Jan 6, 2014 | Whyd, The Music Streaming Social Network, Launches Publicly After Raising $700,000 Seed Round | Whyd, the French startup that lets you curate your favourite music tracks from YouTube, Vimeo, Soundcloud, Dailymotion and various MP3 blogs, and connect with likeminded tastemakers, is ditching its invite-wall today to open fully to the pu... |
| Sep 11, 2013 | Songdrop Brings Its ‘Delicious For Music’ To iOS As It Finds A Fan In Japan | Songdrop, the service that lets you bookmark, create playlists and stream music from the Web, has made good on its promise to launch an iOS app enabling curated music to be listened to on-the-go. The new Songdrop app supports music/video fr... |
| Mar 18, 2013 | Whyd Wants To Connect Music Lovers To Help Them Discover More Tracks They’ll Love | When Whyd launched its invite-only Beta in November it offered music bookmarking functionality along the lines of recently launched Songdrop, which we described as a “Delicious for music“. However, the Paris-based startup’s broader plan is ... |
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FAQ about Whyd
When was Whyd founded?
Whyd was founded in 2012.
How much funding has Whyd raised?
Whyd has raised $700K in total across 1 funding round.
What has the press written about Whyd?
Parsers VC has collected 11 articles mentioning Whyd, among them “Все стартапы последнего набора акселераторов Y Combinator, 500 Startups и ФРИИ Статьи редакции” (Aug 25, 2016) and “Whyd Is a Beautiful, Voice-Controlled Speaker for Audiophiles” (Aug 18, 2016).
Is Whyd still active?
Yes, Whyd is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Jul 21, 2020.