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Websitetango.me
Blogtango.me/blog
Twitter@tangome
CategoryMobile/Wireless
Employees85
Founded9/09
DescriptionLeader in mobile video communications

Offices

Main HQ
Tango, Inc. 1816 Embarcadero Rd
Palo Alto, CA, 94303
USA

People

CEO/Co-founder
CTO/Co-founder
VP, Finance and Business Operations
VP, Engineering

Funding

TOTAL $87M
VENTURE FUNDING TOTAL $87M
Series A, 9/10
Bill Tai
$5M
Series B, 7/11
Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Len Blavatnik
Alex Zubillaga
$42M
Series C, 4/12
Qualcomm Ventures
Access Venture Partners
$40M

Competitors

Tags

video-calling, mobile, android, iphone

Tango

Tango is a free, high-quality mobile video calling service for iPhone and Android that works on 3G, 4G, and Wi-Fi.

Tango empowers people to share what they see and to have fun with video calling whether at home or on-the-go. Tango offers high-quality video calling for iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4, and Android devices including Motorola Droid X, HTC EVO, HTC Incredible, and Google Nexus One, and works with carrier phone and data plans, and on Wi-Fi networks.

Tango features include: –Free, high-quality mobile video calls over 3G, 4G, and Wi-Fi –Tango between iPhones and Android phones –It’s easy to turn video on and off during a Tango call –Tango Contacts automatically populate from existing phone contact list –New profile not required –Swap the large and small screens to have a better view of what you’re showing –Works on phones with one or two cameras so you can see yourself and the friend you Tangoed, or just share what you see –Invite friends and others with one click by e-mail or text

Milestones

  • Check
    Tango added Gary Chevsky as VP, Engineering.
    Posted 6/29/11 at 2:59pm
  • Check
    Tango added JP Marcos as VP, Finance and Business Operations.
    Posted 6/14/11 at 12:31pm
  • Check
    Tango added Eric Setton as CTO/Co-founder.
    Posted 10/11/10 at 11:58am
  • Dollar
    Tango received $40M in Series C funding. (4/19/12)
    Posted 4/19/12 at 3:47am via venturebeat.com
  • Dollar
    Tango received $42M in Series B funding. (7/20/11)
    Posted 7/20/11 at 8:07am via techcrunch.com
  • Dollar
    Tango received $5M in Series A funding. (9/1/10)
    Posted 11/1/10 at 4:11pm
  • Check
    Tango — Tango opens its Beijing office. (6/29/11)
    Posted 6/29/11 at 3:06pm
  • Check
    Tango — Tango announced that one million people downloaded Tango in the first 10 days of its release on September 30. Tango debuted as the number one Social Networking application in the App Store. (10/12/10)
    Posted 11/1/10 at 4:10pm via marketwire.com

Videos

Above:

Tango - Free Mobile Video Calling

Added: 11/2/10
Above:

How to Make a Tango Video Call

Added: 11/2/10
Above:

Founder Eric Setton Demos Tango, video by Alexa Lee

Added: 11/2/10

Screenshots

Sources

  1. Citation Needed [add]
  2. Tango Takes $42 Million VC Round To The Bank And Its Mobile Video Calling To The PC (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  3. Tango video chat gets $40M from Qualcomm and Access, scores 45M users in 18 months (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  4. Tango Hits One Million Downloads in 10 Days (marketwire.com) [edit]
    Citation Needed [add]
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