US-based mobile messaging app developer Wicker has raised $30m in its series B round rom investors including networking equipment manufacturer Juniper Networks.
The round was led by Breyer Capital CEO John Breyer, and also included game developer Wargaming, options and futures exchange CME Group, Alsop Louie, Knight Foundation and Riverwood.
Nico Sell, co-founder and CEO of Wickr, said: “Wickr users own their pictures and conversations, decide who sees them for how long and are the only ones with the key.”
In March 2014 Wickr netted $9m series A funding from Gilman Louie, Alsop Louie Partners and several private investors.
Mark Fields, managing director of CME Group, said: “Wickr was our first investment because vision about technologies that will impact our business and the ecosystem within which we exist over the long term.”
“We support a multimillion community of gamers and are committed to providing them with secure and reliable services”, added Andrei Yarantsau, director of global publishing at Wargaming.