{"id":3953,"date":"2016-05-26T23:10:23","date_gmt":"2016-05-26T15:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/05\/26\/snapchat-has-raised-another-1-8-billion\/"},"modified":"2016-05-26T23:10:23","modified_gmt":"2016-05-26T15:10:23","slug":"snapchat-has-raised-another-1-8-billion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/05\/26\/snapchat-has-raised-another-1-8-billion\/","title":{"rendered":"Snapchat has raised another $1.8 billion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Https%3a%2f%2fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2fuploads%2fcard%2fimage%2f98349%2fsnapchat12\" src=\"http:\/\/i.amz.mshcdn.com\/3jM4YtVygtJolIpmX8kob43Xrl0=\/575x323\/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fimage%2F98349%2FSnapchat12.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=Snapchat+has+raised+another+%241.8+billion&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F05%2F26%2Fsnapchat-funding-round%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F05%2F26%2Fsnapchat-funding-round%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Everyone&#8217;s favorite disappearing picture app is getting very good at making money appear \u2014 at least from investors.<\/p>\n<p>Snapchat has raised a massive $1.8 billion round of funding, a move that should keep it flush with cash as it attempts to make a business out of its app.<\/p>\n<p>The funding round was disclosed in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/1564408\/000156440816000001\/xslFormDX01\/primary_doc.xml\">a filing <\/a>with the Securities and Exchange Commission.\u00a0The new investment brings Snapchat&#8217;s total funding to $2.65 billion, according to Crunchbase<\/p>\n<p>The funding announcement comes just six months after Snapchat had become the poster child for what many believed was a bubble in private tech valuations. 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