The company behind Whereby
Whereby
Whereby is made by Whereby AS, a Norwegian company with a fully remote team that began in 2013 as appear.in, an intern project inside the telecom company Telenor. It sells paid plans for Whereby Meetings and usage-based plans for Whereby Embedded, its video-call API for other apps.
Read on Oct 6, 2026 from the company’s own pages and from news reports.
Whereby at a glance
- Chief executive
- Howard Wu
- Founded
- 2013
- Based in
- Måløy, Norway
- Ownership
- Privately held
Whereby's CEO and founders
The people Whereby names itself, or a news report about it names, with the job given there.
Whereby funding
Raised $12 million from Point Nine, the SaaStr fund and more than 20 angel investors, as TechCrunch reported in March 2021. Its own careers page says its main investors are a local family office in Måløy. techcrunch.comwhereby.com
Company details
- Ownership
- Privately held. Its About page says it was spun out of Telenor in 2017 to new owners, Videonor, and its careers page says its main investors are a local family office in Måløy. whereby.com
- Founded
- 2013 whereby.com
- Based in
- Måløy, Norway whereby.com
Whereby on social media and the web
- Blog · whereby.com
- Changelog · whereby.launchnotes.io
- Community · discord.gg
- Status page · wherebystatus.com
- Careers · whereby.com
Only accounts Whereby links to from its own site, so you know they are its own.
Whereby news and launches
Questions about Whereby the company
Who is the CEO of Whereby?
Howard Wu is Whereby's CEO, according to whereby.com, as read on Oct 6, 2026.
When was Whereby founded?
Whereby was founded in 2013, according to whereby.com.
How much funding has Whereby raised?
Raised $12 million from Point Nine, the SaaStr fund and more than 20 angel investors, as TechCrunch reported in March 2021. Its own careers page says its main investors are a local family office in Måløy.
What is Whereby's valuation?
No valuation was found in Whereby's announcements or in news reports, as read on Oct 6, 2026. Private companies usually do not publish one.
Who owns Whereby?
Privately held. Its About page says it was spun out of Telenor in 2017 to new owners, Videonor, and its careers page says its main investors are a local family office in Måløy.
Where is Whereby based?
Whereby gives its base as Måløy, Norway.
Where this comes from
Read on Oct 6, 2026. Facts come from Whereby’s own pages, news reports and investors’ own announcements; nothing from paid data sites. What no page states is left out. If something here is out of date, the company can send a correction through the vendor page.