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Open Garden Inc.

http://opengarden.com/
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Open Garden is an Oakland-based startup dedicated to bringing Internet to every device, every person, and every location by sharing and crowdsourcing connectivity. Open Garden seamlessly interconnects nearby smartphones, computers, and tablets to form a mesh network. The benefits? Faster Internet access, stronger coverage and free mobile broadband. Open Garden was awarded Most Innovative Startup when it was debuted at TechCrunch Disrupt NYC 2012. Since then, over 3 million people have installed an Open Garden app, currently available on Android, Windows, and Mac devices.

Be Always Connected Seamlessly: for FREE and for GOOD. Open Garden has developed a unique mesh networking technology. It works by crowdsourcing connectivity, enabling you to access others' capacity when you need and share some of your available bandwidth when they need.

We support net neutrality. Visit http://opengarden.net to learn more about our technology and company philosophy.

Other apps in our Internet Connectivity Suite include:

1. WiFi Opener allows users to store the passwords of protected Wi-Fi networks with the community of app users. When in range of a shared network, WiFi Opener users are automatically connected. This app is designed especially for Wi-Fi networks in public places that are protected yet intended to be open, such as those at conferences, parks and coffeeshops.

2. WiFi Keychain keeps your Wi-Fi network information up to date across all of your devices. Rather than connecting your smartphone and tablet independently to each and every new Wi-Fi network you join, Wi-Fi Keychain lets users type in the password just once. The login information for the network is then replicated across all of that user’s Android devices, enabling automatic connectivity when in range of a registered Wi-Fi network.

3. WiFi Hotspot provides users with a timer for their personal hotspot. Setting a timer for tethering helps to save on battery life, with the additional advantage of providing a much simpler interface for tethering functionality than going through the Settings menu
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Location: United States, California, Oakland
Employees: 11-50
Phone: +1 415-890-6294
Total raised: $12.8M
Founded date: 2011
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Funding Rounds 2

DateSeriesAmountInvestors
18.12.2014Series A$10.8M-
12.09.2012Seed$2M-

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18.12.2017Open Garden wants to give you tokens for sharing your internet connectionOpen Garden launched its mesh networking platform at TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2012. Since then, the company has gone through a few iterations and found unexpected success in its Firechat offline messaging service. Now, it’s ready for the next ...
18.09.2017Bridgefy lets developers build mesh networking into their appsBridgefy, which is launching in our Disrupt SF Battlefield today, allows developers to build a mesh network into their mobile apps so that their users and apps can still communicate, even when those devices aren’t connected to the internet....
27.02.2017FireChat developer Open Garden launches MeshKit to expand peer-to-peer offline smartphone connectivityWith access to fast mobile networks still lagging behind the demand generated by smartphones, Open Garden thinks it has a better solution for connecting users. Today, Open Garden, Inc. announced MeshKit, a platform that lets app developers ...
27.02.2017Open Garden makes its offline mesh networking tech available to third-party developersOpen Garden, the company behind the FireChat offline messenger, is now the mesh networking tech behind its apps available for all developers. The company today announced the launch of its MeshKit SDK, which enables developers to easily inte...
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08.08.2016FireChat brings private group chat to its off-grid messaging serviceFireChat, the messaging service from Disrupt Battlefield finalist Open Garden that allows you to chat with people around you even when there is no regular Internet connection, is getting a major update today. This new version of FireChat in...
15.07.2016How to circumvent Turkey’s social media blockAccess to several social media sites was blocked for over an hour in Turkey today during a reported military coup. Although internet traffic appears to be flowing normally again, Turkey’s government frequently responds to political events b...
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