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class="country-name">U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area served</th><td class="infobox-data">Worldwide</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Organizational_founder" title="Organizational founder">Founder(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Mark Weinstein, Jonathan Wolfe</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Key people</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_Scott_Edell" title="Jeffrey Scott Edell">Jeffrey Scott Edell</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chief_executive_officer" title="Chief executive officer">CEO</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Internet" title="Internet">Internet</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Product_(business)" title="Product (business)">Products</a></th><td class="infobox-data">MeWe; MeWePro</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">URL</th><td class="infobox-data url"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mewe.com">mewe<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>MeWe</b> is a global <a href="/wiki/Social_media" title="Social media">social media</a> and <a href="/wiki/Social_networking_service" title="Social networking service">social networking service</a>. As a company based in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, California it is also known as <b>Sgrouples, Inc.</b>, doing business as MeWe. The site has been described as a <a href="/wiki/Facebook" title="Facebook">Facebook</a> alternative due to its focus on data privacy.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-axios_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-axios-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:4_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Leonard3_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Leonard3-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2022, MeWe announced it will migrate its platform over time to a <a href="/wiki/Blockchain" title="Blockchain">blockchain</a>-based system, becoming the first major social network to migrate its tech over to the <a href="/wiki/Distributed_Social_Networking_Protocol" title="Distributed Social Networking Protocol">Distributed Social Networking Protocol</a> (DSNP), which will make it the largest decentralized social media platform.<sup id="cite_ref-axios_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-axios-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Platform">Platform</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Features">Features</h3></div> <p>In March 2020, MeWe launched dual-camera videos, which allow for both inward ("selfie") and outward-facing camera views.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> MeWe also touts its "Privacy Bill of Rights" as the primary differentiator between it and Facebook.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By 2015, as MeWe neared the end of its <a href="/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle#BETA" title="Software release life cycle">beta testing cycle</a>, the press called MeWe's software "not dissimilar to <a href="/wiki/Facebook" title="Facebook">Facebook</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-Leonard3_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Leonard3-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2020, <i><a href="/wiki/Mashable" title="Mashable">Mashable</a></i> described MeWe as replicating Facebook's features.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The MeWe site and application has features common to most social media and social networking sites: users can post text and images to a feed, react to others' posts using <a href="/wiki/Emoji" title="Emoji">emoji</a>, post animated <a href="/wiki/GIF" title="GIF">GIFs</a>, create specialized groups, post disappearing content, and <a href="/wiki/Online_chat" title="Online chat">chat</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-chen_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chen-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Online chat may occur between two or more people or among members of a group.<sup id="cite_ref-chen_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chen-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Person-to-person online chat is similar to that in most other social media and social networking sites, and supports text, video calling, and voice calling.<sup id="cite_ref-orrreview_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-orrreview-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> No longer a product offering, "Secret Chat" is limited to the paid subscription tier of MeWe,<sup id="cite_ref-amore_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-amore-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and uses <a href="/wiki/Double_Ratchet_Algorithm" title="Double Ratchet Algorithm">double ratchet encryption</a> to ensure that chats are private and not visible even to MeWe employees.<sup id="cite_ref-chen_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chen-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>MeWe reported in June 2018 that the site had 90,000 active groups, 60,000 of which were "public" and open to all users.<sup id="cite_ref-amore_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-amore-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the influx of Hong Kong users in 2020, MeWe's former CEO, Mark Weinstein,<sup id="cite_ref-spangler_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-spangler-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> announced that the website would provide a <a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_characters" title="Traditional Chinese characters">Traditional Chinese</a> language version by the end of the year.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="User_base_and_content">User base and content</h3></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="United_States">United States</h4></div> <p>Although MeWe has not intentionally positioned itself as a social network for conservatives,<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Mashable</i> noted in November 2020 that its active userbase trends conservative.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The platform's choice not to moderate <a href="/wiki/Misinformation" title="Misinformation">misinformation</a> on the platform has attracted conservatives who felt mainstream social networks were censoring their posts, and those who have been banned from those platforms.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> MeWe is considered an <a href="/wiki/Alt-tech" title="Alt-tech">alt-tech</a> platform.<sup id="cite_ref-Wilson_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wilson-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Cohen-PCMag_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cohen-PCMag-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>MeWe's loose moderation has made it popular among <a href="/wiki/Conspiracy_theory" title="Conspiracy theory">conspiracy theorists</a>, including proponents of the far-right <a href="/wiki/QAnon" title="QAnon">QAnon conspiracy theory</a>, which was banned from Facebook in 2020, and the "<a href="/wiki/Stop_the_Steal" class="mw-redirect" title="Stop the Steal">Stop the Steal</a>" conspiracy theory relating to the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election" title="2020 United States presidential election">2020 United States presidential election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to <i><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i>, MeWe has "played host to general interest communities related to music and travel, but it has also come to be a haven for <a href="/wiki/Anti-vaccine_activism" title="Anti-vaccine activism">anti-vaxxers</a>, QAnon conspiracy theorists, and, as reported by <a href="/wiki/Medium_(website)" title="Medium (website)">OneZero</a>, <a href="/wiki/Far-right_politics" title="Far-right politics">far-right</a> <a href="/wiki/Militia_(United_States)" title="Militia (United States)">militia</a> groups."<sup id="cite_ref-:1_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Vice_(magazine)" title="Vice (magazine)">Vice</a></i> has described MeWe as a "major anti-vaxx forum".<sup id="cite_ref-:2_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/BBC_News" title="BBC News">BBC News</a> has described some of the content on MeWe as "extreme" and compared it to that of <a href="/wiki/Gab_(social_network)" title="Gab (social network)">Gab</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Business_Insider" title="Business Insider">Business Insider</a></i> has reported that some of the most popular groups on MeWe focus on "extreme views, like anti-vaccine rhetoric, <a href="/wiki/White_supremacy" title="White supremacy">white supremacy</a>, and conspiracy theories" and that in 2020 the platform was used to organize <a href="/wiki/2020_anti-lockdown_protests_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 anti-lockdown protests in the United States">anti-lockdown protests</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:8_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to <a href="/wiki/Megan_Squire" title="Megan Squire">Megan Squire</a>, groups belonging to the <a href="/wiki/Boogaloo_movement" title="Boogaloo movement">Boogaloo movement</a> began using the platform after their removal from Facebook.<sup id="cite_ref-:8_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Shortly after the 2020 United States presidential election, MeWe and other alt-tech platforms experienced a wave of signups from <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Trump</a> supporters, following crackdowns on election-related misinformation and promotion of violence on mainstream social networks.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On November 11, MeWe was the second-most downloaded free app on the Apple App Store, behind its fellow alt-tech social network <a href="/wiki/Parler" title="Parler">Parler</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, <i>Mashable</i> noted MeWe's practice of creating accounts on behalf of users and businesses who were not users of the site may have served to inflate the amount of activity on the platform.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> MeWe and other alt-tech networks again spiked in popularity shortly after the <a href="/wiki/2021_storming_of_the_United_States_Capitol" class="mw-redirect" title="2021 storming of the United States Capitol">January 6, 2021 storming of the United States Capitol</a>, though this subsided shortly after, with downloads falling more than 80% from January to February 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On January 22, 2021, MeWe's CEO said in an interview with <a href="/wiki/NPR" title="NPR">NPR</a> that "MeWe is serious about putting limits on what people can say" and that he does not like sites where "anything goes", describing such sites as "disgusting". He also said that MeWe would be hiring more moderation staff. In the coverage, NPR noted that MeWe's stated rules are still "more lax than Facebook and Twitter," and that MeWe had not yet banned groups dedicated to QAnon.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Hong_Kong">Hong Kong</h4></div> <p>Due to concerns surrounding possible pro-China censorship of <a href="/wiki/Facebook" title="Facebook">Facebook</a>, the site also gained popularity in <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a> in November 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>MeWe gained popularity in <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a> in November 2020, with users migrating from Facebook due to concerns with possible <a href="/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_China#Social_media_websites" title="Internet censorship in China">pro-China censorship</a> and moderation.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:5_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The popularity of MeWe in Hong Kong has been attributed to the city's suspicion of any restraint on free speech, after the Chinese government imposed significant restrictions on the expression of dissent following the <a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%932020_Hong_Kong_protests" title="2019–2020 Hong Kong protests">2019–20 protests</a>, including the <a href="/wiki/2020_Hong_Kong_national_security_law" title="2020 Hong Kong national security law">Hong Kong national security law</a>. MeWe communities in Hong Kong generally reflect everyday-life interests, with social media consultants in Hong Kong reporting that they have not seen extremist content in the communities they manage.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2></div> <p>In a 2015 review of the beta MeWe service, British writer John Leonard called MeWe "well-designed and pretty intuitive", but questioned whether the company's business model was a viable one.<sup id="cite_ref-Leonard3_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Leonard3-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Andrew Orr, reviewing the site in April 2018, felt that service was a good one but that it did not have any advantages over existing social media sites. That, he felt, would make it difficult for MeWe to attract users.<sup id="cite_ref-orrreview_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-orrreview-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In late 2020, the site also gained popularity in <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a> due to concerns surrounding possible pro-China censorship of <a href="/wiki/Facebook" title="Facebook">Facebook</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_27-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> MeWe takes a relatively light approach to content moderation according to some sources.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_14-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2022, MeWe announced it will migrate its platform over time to a Web3, blockchain-based web infrastructure using Project Liberty's DSNP and Frequency protocol, which will run on the Polkadot Blockchain Network, and make MeWe the largest decentralized social media platform.<sup id="cite_ref-axios_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-axios-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Business">Business</h2></div> <p>The MeWe business model does not rely on advertising revenue; rather, MeWe generates revenue from MeWe Premium subscriptions and from users purchasing premium enhancements a-la-carte such as a live voice / live video calling, extra storage, custom emojis, and custom themes.<sup id="cite_ref-chen_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chen-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-orrreview_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-orrreview-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-brown2_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brown2-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>MeWe emphasizes its commitment to privacy and remaining ad-free.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-amore_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-amore-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> MeWe has said they will never use <a href="/wiki/HTTP_cookie" title="HTTP cookie">cookies</a> or <a href="/wiki/Spyware" title="Spyware">spyware</a> to generate content about users, and that it will not track user activity in any way or sell user data to a third party.<sup id="cite_ref-Leonard3_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Leonard3-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-chen_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chen-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> MeWe has described itself as the "anti-Facebook" due to its focus on data privacy, lack of moderation, and simple newsfeed algorithm.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> MeWe had 20 million registered users.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Advisors to MeWe include computer scientist <a href="/wiki/Tim_Berners-Lee" title="Tim Berners-Lee">Tim Berners-Lee</a>, Apple co-founder <a href="/wiki/Steve_Wozniak" title="Steve Wozniak">Steve Wozniak</a>, <a href="/wiki/SumZero" title="SumZero">SumZero</a> CEO and co-founder of <a href="/wiki/HarvardConnection" class="mw-redirect" title="HarvardConnection">HarvardConnection</a> <a href="/wiki/Divya_Narendra" title="Divya Narendra">Divya Narendra</a>, and filmmaker <a href="/wiki/Cullen_Hoback" title="Cullen Hoback">Cullen Hoback</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Leonard2_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Leonard2-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-orr2_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-orr2-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1998, entrepreneur Mark Weinstein and Jonathan Wolfe<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> established SuperGroups.com, a social media website. The site was closed by its largest investor in 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-fontana_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fontana-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gathering largely the same leadership team, Weinstein incorporated Sgrouples Inc. in 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-fontana_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fontana-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bloomberg_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bloomberg-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> MeWe was incorporated as a subsidiary of Sgrouples,<sup id="cite_ref-bloomberg_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bloomberg-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and based in <a href="/wiki/Culver_City,_California" title="Culver City, California">Culver City, California</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-amore_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-amore-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Over the next six years, Sgrouples raised about $10 million from investors including <a href="/wiki/Lynda.com" class="mw-redirect" title="Lynda.com">lynda.com</a> founder <a href="/wiki/Lynda_Weinman" title="Lynda Weinman">Lynda Weinman</a>, fashion designer <a href="/wiki/Rachel_Roy" title="Rachel Roy">Rachel Roy</a>, and authors <a href="/wiki/Jack_Canfield" title="Jack Canfield">Jack Canfield</a> and Marci Shimoff.<sup id="cite_ref-chen_9-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chen-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-amore_11-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-amore-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>MeWe finished its initial financing round in July 2018 by raising $5.2 million in new funds.<sup id="cite_ref-chen_9-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chen-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-amore_11-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-amore-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company began work on upgrading MeWe and initiating work on an <a href="/wiki/Enterprise_software" title="Enterprise software">enterprise version</a> called MeWePRO.<sup id="cite_ref-chen_9-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chen-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2019, MeWe launched "MeWe Premium", an optional $4.99 per month subscription that gives users a bundle of enhancements including: live voice / live video calling; unlimited custom themes; unlimited custom emojis and stickers; video journals for stories; 100GB of MeWe Cloud Storage; and more.<sup id="cite_ref-chen_9-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chen-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-brown2_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brown2-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2022, CEO & Chairman <a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_Scott_Edell" title="Jeffrey Scott Edell">Jeffrey Scott Edell</a> of MeWe announced that it had raised $27 million in a Series A round led by private company <a href="/wiki/McCourt_Global" class="mw-redirect" title="McCourt Global">McCourt Global</a>, which contributed $15 million. Existing investors contributed another $12 million—this round values MeWe at approximately $200 million. Mark Weinstein was a founder of MeWe and its CEO until April 2021. 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