LINQ

Mobile Apps · Location-Based Social Networking · Digital Advertising · Shibuya, Tokyo

LinQ is a Tokyo-based internet company founded in August 2019 that develops and runs communication apps. Its main product, whoo, lets friends and families share real-time locations and see online status, battery level, travel routes and time spent at a place, with chat built in.

Launched in December 2022, whoo had surpassed 35 million cumulative downloads across more than 170 countries as of April 2026. In June 2026, LinQ announced ¥1.1 billion in Series A equity and debt financing for global expansion, product development, user-experience improvements and marketing.