4INFO is a mobile media platform that provides marketing technology and services to agencies, marketers and publishers. Our mission is to help customers create and send high quality, interactive mobile messages. 4INFO’s expertise in text messaging, mobile ad serving, mobile search and mobile marketing helps our customers make the most of the mobile channel and provides them with superior insight into their target audience.

4INFO is the largest provider of ad-supported SMS content and information services in North America. 4INFO’s consumer services deliver real-time answers and alerts via SMS across a broad range of content categories, from sports scores and weather updates to stock quotes and celebrity gossip. 4INFO’s services work on any cell phone and are free of charge.

Financials

Date Type Amount Investors Valuation
03/01/05 Series A 8M Gannett, Sand Hill Capital Unknown
01/01/06 Series B 9.5M Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, Sherpalo Ventures, Cambrian Ventures Unknown
06/01/07 Series C 10M Benchmark Capital, DCM-, Peacock Equity, Time Warner Investments Unknown
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People

Mike Stachowiak (Engineer)

Amol Joshi (SVP Business Operations)

Robert Roth (Director of Marketing)

Ted Burns (VP of Product)

Markus Nordvik (VP of Strategy & Operations)

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Competitors

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News

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