A startup called Panda today is debuting a video chat app with voice-activated lenses and filters, and tells Axios it has raised $850,000 from Social Capital, Afore Capital, and Cyan Banister, among others.
- This comes just days after Apple unveiled new FaceTime features and Houseparty lands on the Mac desktop,
Bottom line: Investors are still enthusiastic about funding nascent social apps despite the potential competition from big companies like Snap and Facebook.