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Pinger

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Pinger makes texting and talking free. Our market-leading communications products have been downloaded by millions of iPhone, iPod touch, iPad and Android users around the world.

Pinger is loaded with inventive people who enjoy creating consumer products and services that make a difference in people’s lives. Pinger has a proven management team and is funded by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and DAG Ventures. We are located in downtown San Jose. For more information, visit www.pinger.com.

Recent Milestones

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  Pinger added Raja Muthuraman as Product & Biz Dev. (5/1/12)
  Posted 1/2/13 at 10:20pm
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  Pinger received $7.5M in Venture Round funding. (2/23/12)
  Posted 2/23/12 at 8:13pm via pehub.com
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  Pinger — Pinger’s Textfree Exchanging 1 Billion SMS Messages A Month, 1 Million Voice Minutes A Day (3/16/11)
  Posted 3/16/11 at 8:36pm via techcrunch.com
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  Pinger received $8M in Series B funding. (12/1/06)
  Posted 12/29/07 at 10:25pm via venturebeat.com
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  Pinger received $3M in Series A funding. (12/1/05)
  Posted 12/29/07 at 10:24pm via siliconbeat.com
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  Pinger added Bernhard Gold as Board Member.
  Posted 3/9/12 at 8:59pm
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  Pinger added Randy Komisar as Board.
  Posted 7/6/08 at 12:40am
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  Pinger added Joe Sipher as Co-Founder.
  Posted 12/29/07 at 10:23pm
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  Pinger added Greg Woock as CEO, Co-Founder.
  Posted 12/29/07 at 10:23pm

Videos

Screenshots

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Above: Textfree is now Pinger! 2012
Uploaded: 8/23/12

Above: Textfree is now Pinger! 2012
Uploaded: 8/23/12

Above: Textfree is now Pinger! 2012
Uploaded: 8/23/12

Products

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Pinger

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Textfree

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Website	pinger.com
Tags	mobile-applications, mobile-apps, iphone, ipod-touch

Textfree allows users to send unlimited free texts from an iPod touch or iPhone to any US mobile phone. Replies come free too!

Above: Pinger's homepage
Uploaded: 2/10/10

Sources

1. Voice start-ups -- jingling loudly (siliconbeat.com) [edit]
2. venturebeat.com [edit]
3. Pinger Raises $7.5M (pehub.com) [edit]
Pinger’s Textfree Exchanging 1 Billion SMS Messages A Month, 1 Million Voice Minutes A Day (techcrunch.com) [edit]