<s>
TrueCaller	B-Application
is	O
a	O
smartphone	B-Application
application	I-Application
that	O
has	O
features	O
of	O
caller-identification	O
,	O
call-blocking	O
,	O
flash-messaging	O
,	O
call-recording	O
(	O
on	O
Android	B-Application
up	O
to	O
version	B-Application
8	I-Application
)	O
,	O
Chat	B-Protocol
&	O
Voice	O
by	O
using	O
the	O
Internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
app	O
is	O
available	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
iOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
TrueCaller	B-Application
is	O
developed	O
by	O
True	O
Software	O
Scandinavia	O
AB	O
,	O
a	O
privately	O
held	O
company	O
with	O
a	O
head	O
office	O
in	O
Stockholm	O
,	O
Sweden	O
,	O
founded	O
by	O
Alan	O
Mamedi	O
and	O
Nami	O
Zarringhalam	O
in	O
2009	O
,	O
but	O
most	O
of	O
its	O
employees	O
are	O
in	O
India	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
initially	O
launched	O
on	O
Symbian	B-Operating_System
and	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
Mobile	I-Operating_System
on	O
1	O
July	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
Apple	B-Operating_System
iPhone	I-Operating_System
on	O
23	O
September	O
2009	O
,	O
for	O
BlackBerry	B-Operating_System
on	O
27	O
February	O
2012	O
,	O
for	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Phone	I-Protocol
on	O
1	O
March	O
2012	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
Nokia	B-Operating_System
Series	I-Operating_System
40	I-Operating_System
on	O
3	O
September	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
September	O
2012	O
,	O
TrueCaller	B-Application
had	O
five	O
million	O
users	O
performing	O
120	O
million	O
searches	O
of	O
the	O
telephone	O
number	O
database	O
every	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
22	O
January	O
2013	O
,	O
TrueCaller	B-Application
reached	O
10	O
million	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
January	O
2017	O
,	O
TrueCaller	B-Application
had	O
reached	O
250	O
million	O
users	O
worldwide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
18	O
September	O
2012	O
,	O
TechCrunch	O
announced	O
that	O
OpenOcean	O
,	O
a	O
venture	O
capital	O
fund	O
led	O
by	O
former	O
MySQL	B-Application
and	O
Nokia	O
executives	O
(	O
including	O
Michael	O
Widenius	O
,	O
founder	O
of	O
MySQL	B-Application
)	O
,	O
were	O
investing	O
US	O
$1.3	O
million	O
in	O
TrueCaller	B-Application
to	O
push	O
TrueCaller	B-Application
’s	O
global	O
reach	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TrueCaller	B-Application
said	O
that	O
it	O
intended	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
new	O
funding	O
to	O
expand	O
its	O
footprint	O
in	O
"	O
key	O
markets	O
"	O
—	O
specifically	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
Asia	O
and	O
the	O
Middle	O
East	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2014	O
,	O
TrueCaller	B-Application
received	O
in	O
funding	O
from	O
Sequoia	O
Capital	O
,	O
alongside	O
existing	O
investor	O
OpenOcean	O
,	O
TrueCaller	B-Application
chairman	O
Stefan	O
Lennhammer	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
unnamed	O
private	O
investor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
announced	O
a	O
partnership	O
with	O
Yelp	B-Application
to	O
use	O
Yelp	B-Application
's	O
API	B-General_Concept
data	O
to	O
help	O
identify	O
business	O
numbers	O
when	O
they	O
call	O
a	O
smartphone	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
7	O
July	O
2015	O
,	O
TrueCaller	B-Application
launched	O
its	O
SMS	B-Device
app	O
called	O
TrueMessenger	O
exclusively	O
in	O
India	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TrueMessenger	O
enables	O
users	O
to	O
identify	O
the	O
sender	O
of	O
SMS	B-Device
messages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TrueMessenger	O
was	O
integrated	O
into	O
the	O
TrueCaller	B-Application
app	O
in	O
April	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2019	O
,	O
TrueCaller	B-Application
announced	O
it	O
plans	O
to	O
go	O
public	O
in	O
an	O
IPO	O
in	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TrueCaller	B-Application
has	O
launched	O
the	O
Covid	O
Hospital	O
Directory	O
keeping	O
in	O
mind	O
the	O
increasing	O
cases	O
of	O
corona	O
infection	O
in	O
India	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
17	O
July	O
2013	O
,	O
TrueCaller	B-Application
servers	B-Application
were	O
allegedly	O
hacked	O
into	O
by	O
the	O
Syrian	O
Electronic	O
Army	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
E	O
Hacking	O
News	O
reported	O
the	O
group	O
identified	O
7	O
sensitive	O
databases	O
it	O
claimed	O
to	O
have	O
exfiltrated	O
,	O
primarily	O
due	O
to	O
an	O
unmaintained	O
WordPress	B-Application
installation	O
on	O
the	O
servers	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
18	O
July	O
2013	O
,	O
TrueCaller	B-Application
issued	O
a	O
statement	O
on	O
its	O
blog	O
stating	O
that	O
their	O
website	O
was	O
indeed	O
hacked	O
,	O
but	O
claiming	O
that	O
the	O
attack	O
did	O
not	O
disclose	O
any	O
passwords	O
or	O
credit	O
card	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TrueCaller	B-Application
confirmed	O
this	O
information	O
and	O
the	O
bug	O
was	O
immediately	O
fixed	O
.	O
</s>
