SayNow - 2025 Company Profile, Funding & Competitors

Q: Where is SayNow located?

SayNow is located in Palo Alto, United States .

SayNow is an acquired company based in Palo Alto (United States), founded in 2005 by . It operates as a Service connecting celebrities and fans through mobile. SayNow has raised $7.5M in funding from Shasta Ventures. The company has 52 active competitors, including 4 funded and 4 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Cord, Slide2Talk and Hello Yo.

Company Details

SayNow is a free service that lets fans and celebrities connect with one another via voice and text messaging. Each celebrity is given a unique phone number, which fans can call to leave messages or which celebrities can use to leave messages for their fans to tell them directly what they're up to. As an optional service, the company even lets broadcasters earn revenue by including relevant sponsorship in text or voice messages.

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Founded Year

2005

Location

Palo Alto, United States

Stage

Acquired

Total Funding

in 1 round

Latest Funding Round

Investors

Shasta Ventures & 6 more

Ranked

6^th among

Similar Companies

Cord &

Exit Details

Acquired by Google (Jan 25, 2011)

SayNow got acquired by Google on Jan 25, 2011.

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SayNow has raised a total funding of $7.5M over 1 round. Its latest funding round was a Series A round on Aug 29, 2007 for $7.5M. 4 investors participated in its latest round, which includes Felicis Ventures, Shasta Ventures, Altos Ventures Management and Tugboat Ventures.

SayNow has 7 institutional investors including Shasta Ventures, and Altos Ventures Management.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of SayNow:

Date of funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post money valuation	Revenue multiple	Investors
Aug 29, 2007	$7.5M	Series A	4359098	3764231	Tugboat Ventures, Altos Ventures Management, and

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The founders of SayNow is .

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Top competitors of SayNow include Cord, Slide2Talk and Hello Yo. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of SayNow, ranked by 秘密研究所 score :

Overall Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	秘密研究所 Score
1st	Cord 2014, Brooklyn (United States), Acquired	One tap voice chats app	$1.8M	Google Ventures, Lerer Hippeau听&补尘辫;听	44/100
2nd	Slide2Talk 2018, Vladivostok (Russia), Unfunded	App-based platform for voice messaging	-	-	42/100
3rd	Hello Yo 2017, Singapore (Singapore), Unfunded	Social platform for audio chats with friends	-	-	41/100
4th	Mumble 2012, Malmo (Sweden), Unfunded	App-based platform for voice messaging	-	-	41/100
5th	Snapvine 2005, Seattle (United States), Deadpooled	Mobile voicemail app	$12M	DFJ, First Round Capital听&补尘辫;听	40/100
6th	2005, Palo Alto (United States), Acquired	Service connecting celebrities and fans through mobile	$7.5M	Felicis Ventures, Shasta Ventures听&补尘辫;听	30/100
7th	Toymail 2013, New York City (United States), Deadpooled	Voice messaging app to connect with kids	$1.64M	Verizon, Hemisphere Ventures听&补尘辫;听	39/100
8th	CB Radio Chat 2010, Chechlo (Poland), Unfunded	Push-To-Talk messaging platform	-	-	34/100
9th	Airwave 2010, San Francisco (United States), Funding Raised	Provider of communication app solution for messaging	-	Page One Ventures, Operator Stack	31/100
10th	VoiceByte 2010, Sydney (Australia), Funding Raised	Provider of voice messaging app	-	Investible, Adcock Private Equity听&补尘辫;听	31/100