Mozes

http://www.mozes.com/

Last activity: 29.01.2013

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We help brands communicate, connect, and differentiate. We create new brands and products as well as events, campaigns and website development. We combine our experience in advertising, design and digital with an innate ability to identify the opportunities that uniquely connect brands with how consumers communicate and seek information. Using intuition and creativity, we aim at unlocking the power of simplicity to help brands realize their full potential.

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Overview

Location

United States, California, Palo Alto

Total raised

$16.5M

Founded date

2018

Funding Rounds 2

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Feb 21, 2007	Funding round	$5M

Mentions in press and media 25

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Oct 6, 2011	It’s time for mobile marketers to unleash the power of data	Recently, I’ve had several conversations with the heads of marketing at large brands that surprised me. They have opt-in mobile lists of hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of consumers who have raised their hands and said, “Yes, I love...
Oct 6, 2011	It’s time for mobile marketers to unleash the power of data	Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. Recently, I’ve had several conversations with the heads of marketing at large brands that surprised me. They have opt-in mobile lists o...
Jul 29, 2009	Nobody’s making money in mobile… yet	Mobile talk once again zeroes in on iPhone, king of a big market still without big money Saying something more does not make it truer. But let’s just say it, all together, one more time: very few app developers are raking in the millions fo...
Apr 21, 2009	Texting is so dreadfully simple — Smash wants to liven it up	Well-known investor and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has led a $1.35 million first round of investment in Smash Technologies, a company that is creating newer, slicker ways to use text messaging. So far, texting has remained dead simpl...
Apr 19, 2009	Kadoink Seized By Creditors	Kadoink, a text messaging marketing startup based in San Francisco, has been seized by creditor Hercules Technology Growth Capital after failing to maintain the financial requirements of a $2.5 million line of credit. CEO Scott Cahill says ...
Mar 23, 2009	GamesBeat 2009 just about sold out; follow us online!	GamesBeat 2009 is our inaugural conference for the gaming industry, and it’s about to sell out. It takes place tomorrow, March 24, at the Mission Bay Conference Center in San Francisco, CA. The excitement around GamesBeat is a great example...
Aug 18, 2008	Poll Everywhere Asks The Crowd To Spice Up PowerPoint Presentations	Despite using a plethora of flashy graphics and professionally designed templates, many lecturers have to grapple with one common dilemma: PowerPoint presentations are usually pretty boring. One common way in increase engagement, especially...
Aug 14, 2008	UK 2.0 – Why the UK can become the global hub for mobile	This is a guest post by jamescoops from the mjelly mobile internet blog. There’s been a lot of discussion on Techcrunch UK and elsewhere about how to make London and the UK a hub for Web/Mobile 2.0 startups and businesses. However, London a...
Jul 30, 2008	Create Your Own Free SMS Campaign With Tagga	As one of the most popular forms of communication in the world, SMS has become a favorite channel for advertisers to reach out to their audience. Everywhere we go, billboards and TV shows try to convince us that we should “Text MAGIC to 934...
Jul 9, 2008	Via Mozes – the phone is the new lighter	CEO Dorian Porter talks about how consumer behavior is changing I recall years ago attending the Rolling Stones concert in San Francisco, and taking photos and videos of Mick Jagger and crew with my tiny Treo. Unfortunately, they're lost in...
May 13, 2008	Mozes Raises $11.5 Million for SMS-Based Communities. Wants to Move Beyond Bands To Brands.	Palo Alto-based mobile startup Mozes has secured an additional $11.5 million in Series B funding from lead investor Maveron, as well as existing investors North Bridge Venture Partners and Norwest Venture Partners. Mozes powers online commu...
Dec 13, 2007	Kwiry, Hooja offering new texting features	(updated with funding details for Hooja) Texting is commonplace, but new companies are building new features around it now that more people comfortable with it and sending more texts (SMS) than ever. Kwiry, a San Francisco company, now lets...
Nov 5, 2007	Mozes Extends Web Presence, Adds Voice Capabilities	Mobile community builder Mozes has been releasing some new functionality over the past couple of weeks that enables users to access their Mozes activity across the web and participate in voice-based campaigns. Mozes is a company we covered ...
Sep 17, 2007	Follow the TechCrunch40 Conference Online	Couldn’t snag a ticket to this year’s TechCrunch40 conference? Head on over to techcrunch40.com to follow the action online. We’ve put together a fully-featured website for the event, which starts this morning and continues through Tuesday ...
Aug 30, 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...
Apr 21, 2007	More Thoughts On Web 2.0 Expo	Ed: To finish up the coverage of the Web 2.0 Expo that we provided this week, I asked some of the Read/WriteWeb writers to give us their takeaways. Graeme Thickins, Sean Ammirati and Emre Sokullu list their thoughts below…See also my own We...
Feb 21, 2007	Mozes SMS Service Raises $5m	SMS call-and-response service Mozes will announce in the morning that the company has raised $5 million in series A venture funding from Norwest Venture Partners and North Bridge Venture Partners. The SMS services space is one of the most a...
Feb 20, 2007	Mozes revisited — lets you text favorite bands	Mozes, the Palo Alto company that lets you text-message music bands for information like concert details, venue changes and promotions, had raised $5 million in a first round of venture capital funding. Mozes’ mission is straightforward, bu...
Feb 18, 2007	New Revenue Stream For Bloggers: TextMark SMS Alerts	TextMarks will announce a new product tomorrow that allows publishers to charge people to receive breaking news and other information via text messages. It’s available now under a new “monetize” tab on the home page of the site. To use this...
Jul 1, 2006	Mozes, the SMS marketing company, raises angel funding	Mozes, a Palo Alto start-up that lets you send it an SMS (text message) to get information about a person, a band or other product, has raised an angel round of $750,000. Media analyst Paul Kagan is among the investors. It is the latest mov...
May 20, 2006	Mytago: A Real/Online World Bridge	Like Mozes, Mytago is trying to find an easy way for people to tag real world stuff for interaction online. The idea is to create a visual tag (see image) that can be included on a website or, more usefully, somewhere offline like a poster....
Apr 20, 2006	Mozes: Secure Your Keyword	Mozes is a Palo Alto based startup founded by Dorrian Porter that is tapping into the U.S. SMS (phone text) market. It allows you to do all sorts of things via sms. Hear a song on the radio that you like and want to bookmark? Text the radio...
Apr 12, 2006	Maya's Mom – For Parents	Like previously profiled Minti, Palo Alto based Maya’s Mom is going to be a great collaborative/community resource for parenting. The founder, Ann Crady Kennedy, previously a corporate lawyer at Wilson Sonsini and later at Yahoo, has a land...
Feb 21, 2006	Vizu raises $1 million for unrobust online polls	Updated Vizu, a San Francisco-based start-up that does interactive Web-based polling, has raised $1 million in a first round of funding. The site lets you share the results of the polls with your friends. It is backed by WR Hambrecht + Co, ...

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FAQ about Mozes

When was Mozes founded?

Mozes was founded in 2018.

How much funding has Mozes raised?

Mozes has raised $16.5M in total across 2 funding rounds.

What funding rounds has Mozes raised?

Parsers VC lists 2 funding rounds of Mozes, among them a funding round of $5M on Feb 21, 2007.

What has the press written about Mozes?

Parsers VC has collected 25 articles mentioning Mozes, among them “It’s time for mobile marketers to unleash the power of data” (Oct 6, 2011) and “It’s time for mobile marketers to unleash the power of data” (Oct 6, 2011).

Is Mozes still active?

Mozes is probably closed: its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Jan 29, 2013.