| Website | free411.com |
| Category | Mobile/Wireless |
| Phone | 877-754-6453 |
| Employees | |
| Founded | 9/05 |
| Description | Free directory assistance service |
| Total | $81.9M |
| Angel, 10/05 First Round Capital Lead Dog Ventures | $400k |
| Series A, 12/05 First Round Capital Liberty Associated Partners Rose Tech Ventures | $5M |
| Series B, 4/06 Liberty Associated Partners | $26M |
| Series C, 10/06 Goldman Sachs Hearst Corporation | $30M |
| Series C, 1/08 First Round Capital Goldman Sachs Flybridge Capital Liberty Associated Partners | $13M |
| Series D, 2/09 Goldman Sachs Hearst Interactive Media IDG Ventures Liberty Associated Partners Comcast Interactive Capital First Round Capital | $7.5M |
Jingle Networks is a media network offering a free directory assistance service called 1-800-FREE411.
Consumers dial 1-800-FREE411 (1-800-373-3411) from any phone in the United States to use the toll-free service, which allows callers to obtain any residential, business, or government phone number for no charge. Sponsors cover the service cost by playing short advertising messages, about 12 seconds long, customized based on the number the customer is looking up.
The company was founded by veteran advertising and technology executives.
| Website | free411.com |
| Launch Date | June 16, 2007 |
| Tags | advertising |
1-800-FREE411 was created to provide callers with a free alternative to the skyrocketing rates being charged by phone companies for directory assistance (411).
The service is made possible by thousands of national and local businesses who sponsor this service with brief audio advertisements that are played to callers who request businesses in their yellow pages category. This advertising model allows businesses to acquire new customers over the phone. Meanwhile callers get free directory assistance.
