GupShup, a conversational messaging company, secured $100 million in funding from Tiger Global Management, raising the company’s valuation to $1.4 billion. As part of the development, Benzinga chatted with cofounder and CEO Beerud Sheth.
About: Conversational media is the next big thing.
That’s according to Sheth, who prior to co-founding GupShup, built Elance, now known as Upwork Inc (NASDAQ: UPWK), a freelancing platform.