At SayNow, we set out to change how we communicate with groups and started by re-inventing how to use a phone number. SayNow numbers are different from ordinary phone numbers because they're designed to:
* Make communicating with groups more personal, authentic, and immediate. You can use SayNow to talk to or send voice messages to your community from wherever you are. Unlike text messages, blog posts, and email, which can be written by someone other than you, no one else can can speak for you because your voice is unique.
* Make meeting new people fun and easy, both for you AND your community. People who call your number can also listen to and chat with each other!
* Protect your privacy. You can use your SayNow number to send messages and talk to people you may not know (but might want to know). Everyone's real phone number stays private.
With SayNow you don't have to buy a new phone or pay for a new phone line. We'll simply link your SayNow number to your current phone so you can use it to talk, listen to, or send messages to your community whenever you want. It's fun and it's free!
* Make communicating with groups more personal, authentic, and immediate. You can use SayNow to talk to or send voice messages to your community from wherever you are. Unlike text messages, blog posts, and email, which can be written by someone other than you, no one else can can speak for you because your voice is unique.
* Make meeting new people fun and easy, both for you AND your community. People who call your number can also listen to and chat with each other!
* Protect your privacy. You can use your SayNow number to send messages and talk to people you may not know (but might want to know). Everyone's real phone number stays private.
With SayNow you don't have to buy a new phone or pay for a new phone line. We'll simply link your SayNow number to your current phone so you can use it to talk, listen to, or send messages to your community whenever you want. It's fun and it's free!
Total raised: $7.5M
Founded date: 2005
Investors 1
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Tugboat Gr... | tugboatven... |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 29.08.2007 | Series A | $7.5M | - |
Mentions in press and media 9
| Date | Title | Description |
| 31.01.2011 | Google Teams Up With Twitter And SayNow To Bring Tweeting-By-Phone To Egypt | It was only last week that Google acquired SayNow, a voice messaging startup, They’re already putting them to good use. I mean really good use. As they’ve just announced on the Google Blog, the search giant has teamed up with the incoming S... |
| 25.01.2011 | Google Buys Voice Messaging Application Developer SayNow | Google has just acquired voice messaging startup SayNow, according to a blog post on SayNow’s homepage. SayNow’s platform allows voice messaging, one-on-one conversations, and group calls to be integrated into Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, An... |
| 09.09.2010 | I Am T-Pain for iPhone now delivering Auto-Tuned tracks straight to your shawtaaay's voicemail | As a wise man once said: pimpin’ aint easy. Then cell phones came along, and made things even harder. You know how hard it is to keep your pimpin’ voice strong when it’s being compressed down to pretty much nothing and sent through a few do... |
| 28.08.2010 | Phone Numbers Are Dead, They Just Don't Know It Yet | Editor’s note: The following guest post is by Nikhyl Singhal, the co-founder and CEO of voice-application startup SayNow. Is it conceivable that one of our greatest inventions, the phone number, is about to face extinction? Just ask Mark Zu... |
| 08.06.2008 | Vator Box on mobile marketing and optimizing ad spend (Rubicon Project, Mozes) | "I like the pitch, Frank's a good pitch man," said Mike Marquez, head of M&A/investments for CBS Interactive. Mike joined us again as our guest host. This week, we look at Frank Addante's ad network optimization company called... |
| 30.08.2007 | SayNow lets musicians stay in touch with fans, raises $7.5M | SayNow, a Palo Alto company that provides a free calling service to bands on Myspace to stay in touch with their fans, has raised $7.5 million in venture capital. For now, it’s difficult to see how SayNow can make serious money from its mod... |
| 29.08.2007 | SayNow Lands $7.5 Million Series A | SayNow, a service that enables “celebrities to connect to their audience over the phone” will announce $7.5 million Series A funding September 12, in a round led by Shasta Partners. Tugboat Ventures’ Dave Whorton, a SayNow advisor since ear... |
| 27.07.2006 | iPod Hi-Def, Google fesses & Google dance, Digg debate, SayNow & more | Updated High-definition video on your iPod available in five months — This will happen when San Carlos company ATO releases a new liquid crystal display sleeve that slips onto the iPod, the company said at the AlwaysOn conference this week ... |
| 26.07.2006 | SayNow helps musicians call their fans | Sometimes simple systems work the best and SayNow might be one of those cases. The service, still in private beta, is targeting musicians on MySpace who want to exchange voice messages with their fans. They can record voice messages, SMS al... |