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Sparrow was an email client for OS X and iOS. After a 4-month beta period, Sparrow went on sale in the Mac App Store on February 9, 2011 and became the top paid and top grossing app in less than one day. On July 20, 2012, the company announced that it had been acquired by Google and was ceasing continued development of the application save critical

bug fixes. Sparrow uses a simplified user interface as opposed to a more traditional email style such as Apple's Mail or Mozilla Thunderbird.

Lists Featuring This Company

Closed Ile-de-France Companies
1,677 Number of Organizations • $3.3B Total Funding Amount • 954 Number of Investors
Kima Ventures Portfolio Companies
689 Number of Organizations • $16.1B Total Funding Amount • 5,957 Number of Investors
Acquired Messaging Companies
651 Number of Organizations • $11.4B Total Funding Amount • 1,803 Number of Investors
Email Companies that Exited
349 Number of Organizations • $6.6B Total Funding Amount • 919 Number of Investors

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on Jul 20, 2012.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Sparrow's headquarters? Sparrow is located in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.Who invested in Sparrow? Sparrow is funded by Kima Ventures.How much funding has Sparrow raised to date? Sparrow has raised .When was the last funding round for Sparrow? Sparrow closed its last funding round on Feb 1, 2011 from a Seed round.