Update 2: Haaretz reports the story as well, noting that Viber approached investment banking firm Goldman Sachs to help it find a buyer about six months ago. Update: Viber, unsurprisingly, tells us it does not comment on rumours. Names were not shared, but the 'leading' IM companies in Asia are Tencent (WeChat/QQ), Line and KakaoTalk, and arguably Samsung with its ChatON app. Viber is quite popular: in May 2013, when it last publicly shared user numbers, it had 200 million registered users.Īccording to Calcalist, the founders of Viber Media - who have pretty much bootstrapped the company and never raised an institutional round of financing - are currently engaged in acquisition talks with a 'leading IM company from Asia', where 67 million people reportedly use Viber today. Viber Media, the company behind a range of mobile and desktop apps for calling and messaging, is being courted by an Asian IM company for an acquisition to the tune of $300 million to $400 million, Israeli business publication Calcalist reportedly early in the morning (in Hebrew). Important update: On Friday 14 February, Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten announced that it has acquired Viber for $900 million.

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