| Date | Title | Description |
| 01.11.2024 | Yubo Launches SafeBlur to Automatically Block Harmful Content in User DMs | Developed in response to user polling, SafeBlur further enhances trust and safety on the Gen Z social discovery app.
PARIS, Nov. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Yubo, a leading social discovery app for Gen Z with over 80 million users worldwide, is... |
| 07.12.2022 | IRIS laps up investor appetite with first close for €150 million fund | Paris-based VC IRIS is aiming to raise €150 million for its fourth fund, picking up dry powder from existing investors including the likes of Orange and the state-owned investment bank Bpifrance, as well as advertising agency Publicis Group... |
| 16.11.2022 | Yubo Scales Real-Time Audio Moderation Technology Across Four Major International Markets | Yubo, the live social discovery app for Gen Z, has expanded its audio moderation technology for livestreams across four of its largest markets: the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada. In partnership with Hive, Yubo int... |
| 16.11.2022 | Yubo expands its real-time audio moderation technology to the UK, Australia and Canada | Yubo, a social livestreaming app popular with a Gen Z audience, announced today it’s expanding its audio moderation technology to the U.K., Australia and Canada. The Paris-based company first launched the technology in the U.S. earlier this... |
| 21.09.2022 | Yubo’s Age Verification System Sets the Standard for the Industry by Verifying 100% of Users | David Thompson, Tech Times 21 September 2022, 05:09 pm
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Yubo, a Gen Z-focused live social discovery platform, has added a new age verification process to its host of safety features to make the app as safe a place as possible.... |
| 14.09.2022 | Yubo is about to verify the age of all its users using facial age estimation | French startup Yubo is particularly popular with young people under 25 who want to meet new people, play games together and hang out together in video chat rooms. The company has managed to attract 60 million users, which means that the sta... |
| 26.06.2022 | Instagram is testing out a trial in which it scans users' faces for proof they are over 18 years old | Instagram said it's trying out new ways to verify users' ages, including scanning their faces.
Alternatively, users can also have three friends vouch for their age or upload images of their IDs.
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Instagram is testing out new wa... |
| 25.05.2022 | Gen Z social app Yubo rolls out age ‘estimating’ technology to better identify minors using its service | Yubo, a social livestreaming app popular with a Gen Z audience, announced today it’s becoming one of the first major social platforms to adopt a new age verification technique that uses live image capture technology to identify minors using... |
| 19.05.2021 | UK students choose creativity over tech | A new poll of over 4,000 UK Generation Z teenagers reveals that more plan to pursue studies in creative arts and design subjects rather than science, technology and IT.
The study from social app Yubo finds the most popular subject area for ... |
| 08.03.2021 | Social media platforms like Yubo and TikTok are helping teenagers with self-care | Staff Reporter, Tech Times 08 March 2021, 06:03 pm
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A recent video on self-love, published by Yubo in honor of Valentine's Day, is just the latest example of how social media platforms, popular with young people, are helping... |
| 24.12.2020 | Meet post-pandemic Gen Z, the most unemployed generation, now in danger of repeating millennials’ struggles | The oldest Gen Zers graduated into a crippled economy. Noam Galai/Getty Images
Gen Z has been grappling with the coronavirus pandemic during a critical time as its members figure out their identities.
The pandemic has been hard on Gen Z fin... |
| 19.11.2020 | Yubo Closes $47.5M Series C Funding Round | Yubo, a Paris, France-based platform for young people to socialize online, raised $47.5m in Series C funding round.
The round was led by existing investors Idinvest, Iris Capital, Alven and Sweet Capital as well as new investors, including ... |
| 18.11.2020 | Yubo, the leading social space for Gen Z, completes $47.5m Series C | Latest funding round follows a year of exponential growth for Yubo with an increase of 400% of time spent in live stream, as Yubo has already attracted over 40 million young people worldwide.
Yubo, the leading platform for young people to ... |
| 18.11.2020 | This French social app aims to renew the concept of social media being fuelled by likes & followers; raises €39.9M | Extensive use of social media maybe just a part of being a teenager; however, using it safely is also of utmost importance. In a recent development, Paris-based Yubo, an online social platform aims to provide young users with a place to han... |
| 18.11.2020 | Teen social app Yubo raises €40m | Yubo, one of Europe’s only social apps that has expanded around the globe to countries including the US, has raised €40m to further improve its app.
Created by 27-year-old Sacha Lazimi in Paris, Yubo is tailored to teenagers and young adult... |
| 18.11.2020 | Rede social que tem geração Z como público-alvo recebe aporte de US$47,5 milhões | A Yubo, rede social que tem a geração Z como público-alvo, anunciou hoje que concluiu a rodada de investimento Series C com US$ 47,5 milhões, liderada pelos investidores existentes Alven, IDinvest, Iris Capital e Sweet Capital, bem como nov... |
| 18.11.2020 | Yubo, the leading social space for Gen Z, completes Series C funding round of $47.5 million | Latest funding round follows a year of exponential growth for Yubo with an increase of 400% of time spent in live stream, as Yubo has already attracted over 40 million young people worldwide.
Yubo, the leading platform for young people to ... |
| 17.11.2020 | Yubo could be the next big social app as it raises $47.5 million | French startup Yubo is the biggest social media app you’ve never heard of — unless you’re a teen. With a focus on young people under 25, the company has managed to attract 40 million users. A fraction of them hang out every day in live-stre... |
| 12.12.2019 | Paris-based social platform Yubo nets €11M, aims to become Gen Z focused platform | Yubo, the social platform where Generation Z creates communities of friends around the world, announced a $12.3 million (approx €11 million) fundraising round led by Iris Capital and Idinvest Partners, alongside historical investor Alven, S... |
| 12.12.2019 | Paris-based Yubo, the live video platform for Gen Z, snaps up €11 million to expand globally | Today Yubo, the social platform connecting Generation Z around the world, announces snapping up more than €11 million. The round was led by Iris Capital and Idinvest Partners, alongside historical investor Alven, Sweet Capital, and Village... |
| 12.12.2019 | Paris-based startup Yubo raised $12.3 M, Generation Z focused platform | The Paris-based social discovery platform has already attracted over 25 million young people worldwide
Yubo, the social platform where Generation Z creates communities of friends around the world, announced a $12.3 million fundraising ro... |
| 12.12.2019 | Paris-based Yubo raises $12.3 million to continue growing its Gen Z social network around the world | Yubo, the Paris-based social discovery platform for Generation Z, has raised $12.3 million fundraising round led by Iris Capital and Idinvest Partners, along with existing investors Alven, Sweet Capital, and Village Global.
Created by Sacha... |
| 12.12.2019 | Yubo raises $12.3m to support international growth | Yubo, the social platform where Generation Z creates communities of friends around the world, has today announced a $12.3 million fundraising round led by Iris Capital and Idinvest Partners, alongside historical investor Alven, Sweet Capita... |
| 12.12.2019 | Yubo Raises $12.3M in Funding | Yubo, a Paris, France-based social platform where young people between 13 and 25 create communities of friends around the world, raised $12.3m in funding.
The round was led by Iris Capital and Idinvest Partners, alongside historical investo... |
| 12.12.2019 | Yubo raises $12.3m with Iris Capital, Idinvest Partners, alongside historical investor Alven | Built by Sacha Lazimi, Jérémie Aouate, and Arthur Patora, Yubo currently has over 25 million users,w ith an already predominantly English-speaking user base (mainly in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia) and tens of thou... |
| 11.12.2019 | Yubo raises $12.3 million for its social app for teens | French startup Yubo has raised a $12.3 million funding round led by Iris Capital and Idinvest Partners. Existing investors Alven, Sweet Capital and Village Global are also participating. The startup has managed to attract 25 million users o... |
| 11.06.2019 | Yubo is a social network about socializing | Meet Yubo, a French startup that wants to make social networks a bit more… social. Yubo is an app designed for teenagers, and it’s all about meeting people, making new friends and belonging to a community.
The app has quietly grown over the... |
| - | Rede social que tem geração Z como público-alvo recebe aporte de US$47,5 milhões | A Yubo, rede social que tem a geração Z como público-alvo, anunciou hoje que concluiu a rodada de investimento Series C com US$ 47,5 milhões, liderada pelos investidores existentes Alven, IDinvest, Iris Capital e Sweet Capital, bem como nov... |
| - | Instagram is testing out a trial in which it scans users' faces for proof they are over 18 years old | Instagram said on Thursday it was turning to a new method to verify users' ages: scanning their faces in videos. Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images
Instagram said it's trying out new ways to verify users' ages, includi... |
| - | Yubo, the leading social space for Gen Z, completes Series C funding round of $47.5 million | Latest funding round follows a year of exponential growth for Yubo with an increase of 400% of time spent in live stream, as Yubo has already attracted over 40 million young people worldwide.
Yubo, the leading platform for young people to ... |
| - | Yubo, social platform for Generation Z, raises $12.3m with Iris Capital | Yubo, the Paris-based social discovery platform where Generation Z creates communities of friends around the world, announces today a $12.3 million fundraising round led by Iris Capital and Idinvest Partners, alongside historical investor A... |
