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BillGuard

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BillGuard is people-powered antivirus for bills.

BillGuard, a personal finance security startup recognized by O’Reilly Media as the “2011 Big-Data Startup of the Year” and by Finovate as “2011 Best of Show”, has developed a groundbreaking new approach to identifying unwanted and unauthorized charges on consumer credit card bills. BillGuard uses advanced big-data mining algorithms to harness the collective knowledge of millions of consumers posting billing complaints online and flagging charges on their bills. In only its first month of beta testing the free service saved users over a quarter million dollars in hidden charges, billing errors, misleading subscriptions, scams and fraud.

BillGuard launched its beta on May 23, 2011 at TechCruch Disrupt NYC, winning 2nd place overall in the StartUp Battlefield.

Milestones

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  BillGuard added justin bonar as VP Business Development & Sales. (7/1/11)
  Posted 12/17/11 at 7:30pm
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  BillGuard added Schwark Satyavolu as Advisor.
  Posted 9/15/11 at 4:42pm
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  BillGuard added Schwark Satyavolu as Advisory Board Member (Founder, BillShrink, Yodlee). (11/1/10)
  Posted 7/3/11 at 7:57am
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  BillGuard added Dale Fuller as Advisory Board Member (Former CEO, McAfee). (4/1/11)
  Posted 7/3/11 at 7:57am
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  BillGuard added Amir Orad as Board Member. (4/1/10)
  Posted 6/27/11 at 7:38pm
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  BillGuard added Raphael Ouzan as Founder & CTO. (4/1/10)
  Posted 4/5/10 at 11:37am
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  BillGuard added Yaron Samid as Founder and CEO. (11/1/09)
  Posted 12/16/09 at 6:49am
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  BillGuard received $10M in Series B funding. (10/6/11)
  Posted 10/18/11 at 1:45pm via techcrunch.com
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  BillGuard received $3M in Series A funding. (5/28/10)
  Posted 2/2/11 at 12:12am via techcrunch.com
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  BillGuard — BillGuard Wins "Best of Show" at Finovate Fall 2011 (9/21/11)
  Posted 10/18/11 at 1:49pm via finovate.com
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  BillGuard — BillGuard awarded "2011 Big-Data Startup of the Year" at O'Reilly Media Strata Conference. (2/3/11)
  Posted 7/10/11 at 5:41am via strataconf.com
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  BillGuard — BillGuard Beta launches at TechCrunch Disrupt NYC 2011 winning 2nd place overall. (5/25/11)
  Posted 6/25/11 at 8:51am via techcrunch.com

Videos

Screenshots

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Above: BillGuard Scan Report
Uploaded: 6/21/11

Above: Homepage
Uploaded: 7/18/11

Sources

1. BillGuard Raises $3M To Track Hidden Fees, Billing Errors On Credit Card Bills (techcrunch.com) [edit]
2. Khosla, Founders Fund, and Eric Schmidt Put $10 Million Into BillGuard (techcrunch.com) [edit]
3. BillGuard Will Track Hidden Fees And Billing Errors On Credit Card Bills (techcrunch.com) [edit]
4. Strata Startup Showcase (strataconf.com) [edit]
5. FinovateFall 2011 Best of Show Winners Named (finovate.com) [edit]