Heysan
Winter 2007 · Acquired
Free messaging on mobile phones
Location: San Francisco, US
Founded: 2007
Team size: 0
About
Heysan was a free mobile messaging and community based in San Francisco, California.
Initially Heysan provided free messaging between phones and computers, bridging IM with SMS. The service expanded into launching a mobile community and has over 1 million users doing tens of million of monthly messages. In the summer of 2007 Heysan raised a seed round from Khosla Ventures and Atomico, the venture funds of Vinod Khosla and Niklas Zennstrom.
Heysan was acquired by Good Technology in May 2009.
Founders
Gustaf AlstromerFounder/CEO
General Partner at YC
Marie BrattbergFounder/Product Manager
Chief Strategy Officer, Recorded Future
Pär LindheFounder/Product Development / UX lead
2024- Creating Camthis: New twist on live event streaming from multiple angles. Co-founded Heysan - A mobile cross-protocol chat app and community - Eventually aquired Later created Candid - a SaaS for recruiters to communicate with the employer during headhunting projects. Active with paying high retention customers.
Parham Michael OssarehFounder/developer, tech dude
making things.