Frengo is the global leader in creating and powering social media and entertainment services on top of popular social networks and across mobile devices. Frengo builds upon the “social graph” of on-line users to promote social sharing, people discovery and friendship. Frengo strives to provide the best user experience for keeping people connected, informed and entertained, regardless of location – in front of a PC on a mobile phone. Frengo provides tools to let anyone create and share user generated content within a friend circle or across a large audience via SMS text messaging and the wireless web. Frengo supports all major U.S. carriers and the majority of popular global mobile carriers, with the ability to reach more than one billion cell phones worldwide.

Financials

Date Type Amount Investors Valuation
12/01/06 Seed 2.3M MDS Proteomics, Halpern,Denny & Co Unknown
05/01/07 Series A 5.7M Rhodes Partners, View22 Technology, Hearst Unknown

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