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Payfone

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Payfone brings payment processing, telco, and web 2.0 expertise to mobile commerce. Our youth is our strength. Most mobile payment companies are over eight years old – built on legacy thinking. We’re driven by the belief that the next round of explosive internet growth is upon us. We’ve rebuilt mobile commerce using our unique IP and established strategic partnerships with leading telco network operators.

Payfone is a member of the GSMA and is based in New York, NY. The company was founded in March 2008 and is backed by BlackBerry Partners Fund, Opus Capital, RRE Ventures, Verizon Ventures, Rogers Communications and American Express.

Milestones

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  Payfone added Paul Tocatlian as Vice President, Engineering. (1/1/12)
  Posted 2/23/12 at 11:42am
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  Payfone added Bob Borchers as Board Member. (2/1/10)
  Posted 10/28/11 at 3:47pm
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  Payfone added Mike Brody as Co-Founder / Vice President of Products.
  Posted 3/10/10 at 10:43am
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  Payfone added Rodger Desai as CEO / Co Founder.
  Posted 3/10/10 at 10:43am
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  Payfone added Stuart Ellman as Director.
  Posted 3/9/10 at 6:08pm
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  Payfone received $19M in Venture Round funding. (4/13/11)
  Posted 4/13/11 at 5:38am via finsmes.com
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  Payfone received $11M in Series B funding. (8/2/10)
  Posted 8/2/10 at 8:21am via wsj.com
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  Payfone received $6M in Venture Round funding. (3/9/10)
  Posted 3/9/10 at 6:09pm via sec.gov
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  Payfone — Payfone announces closing of $19 million strategic funding round (4/13/11)
  Posted 4/14/11 at 8:09am via payfone.com

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Sources

1. SEC D (sec.gov) [edit]
2. Apple Vet Makes First Venture Bet On Mobile-Pay Start-Up Payfone (blogs.wsj.com) [edit]
3. Payfone Closes $19M Funding Round (finsmes.com) [edit]
AMERICAN EXPRESS, VERIZON INVESTMENTS AND ROGERS VENTURES ADVANCE MOBILE PAYMENTS INDUSTRY WITH INVESTMENT IN PAYFONE (payfone.com) [edit]