Zumbox, Inc.

http://www.zumbox.com/

Last activity: 09.04.2014

Probably Closed

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Overview

Location

United States, California, Los Angeles

Employees

51-200

Total raised

$28.3M

Founded date

2007

Funding Rounds 3

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Dec 24, 2010	Funding round	$9.7M
Aug 24, 2009	Funding round	$8M

Mentions in press and media 20

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Aug 29, 2013	Outbox now willing to open anyone’s mail in San Francisco	Back in the days of the Wild West, bandits intercepted mail trains and used dynamite and guns to rob them. Today Outbox launched publicly to intercept your mail, but with a far less sinister intention. Outbox has built an alternative to the...
Feb 25, 2013	Kiss your postal mailbox goodbye for $5 a month	We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! The U.S. postal system has not typically been a b...
Feb 25, 2013	Kiss your postal mailbox goodbye for $5 a month	The U.S. postal system has not typically been a breeding ground for innovative startup activity. But the founders of Outbox, a startup launching in San Francisco today, have an alternative to the “old system” of mail delivery. Outbox will c...
Jul 10, 2012	Zumbox Raises More Than $10 Million
Jul 10, 2012	Zumbox Receives $10M More In Series C Funding	Los Angeles-based Zumbox, the startup providing digital, postal mail services, which is now headed by John Payne, has raised $10.6M in a Series C funding round, the firm said late this morning. The firm said the funding came from existing i...
Jul 10, 2012	Zumbox deals $10 million blow to on-the-ropes U.S. Postal Service	We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Besieged by financial woes and closing offices al...
Jul 10, 2012	Paperless Postal System Zumbox Raises $10 Million Series C	Zumbox, the company which delivers your postal mail online in a digital format, has just closed a $10 million Series C round of funding, bringing its total raise to date to $28 million. The round included participation from Zumbox CEO John ...
Jul 10, 2012	Zumbox Secures $10.6M in Series C Funding	Zumbox, a Los Angeles, CA-based provider of digital postal mail services, has secured $10.6m in Series C funding. Backers include CEO John M Payne and Computershare (ASX: CPU), a global market leader in transfer agency and share registratio...
Apr 11, 2011	Zumbox will deliver digital postal mail for New Zealand	Zumbox has figured out a way to get rid of paper mail and replace it with a digital online postal service. In a big endorsement for that service, New Zealand is announcing today that the New Zealand Post will use Zumbox’s platform. The deal...
Dec 27, 2010	Zumbox Raises $9.7M	Zumbox, a Westlake Village, CA-based provider of a platform for paperless postal systems, has received $9.7m in financing, according to a regulatory filing with SEC. The company, which had closed an $8m Series A funding in August 2009, has ...
Dec 27, 2010	Zumbox Takes $9.7M	Westlake Village-based Zumbox, which is developing an electronic bill payment service, has raised an additional $9.7M in funding, according to a regulatory filing by the firm. Source of the new funding was not disclosed. The firm previously...
Dec 24, 2010	Zumbox raises $9.7M to kill the post office with a digital mailbox	Zumbox, which provides its users with digital copies of their mail based on their home address, has raised an additional $9.7 million, according to a recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Zumbox lets users send or recei...
Dec 24, 2010	Zumbox Raises $9.7 Million More For Paperless Postal System	Zumbox, a privately held company that offers a digital mailbox and filing system based on your street address, has raised a little over $9.7 million in venture capital, according to this SEC filing. In August 2009, Zumbox announced that it ...
Aug 24, 2009	Zumbox Scores $8M	Westlake Village-based Zumbox, a developer of a system for sending electronic mail to postal addresses, announced today that it has raised $8M in a funding. The firm said the funding came from Art Bilger of Shelter Capital Partners; Rick Br...
Aug 24, 2009	Zumbox raises $8M to take on email and the postal service	We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Zumbox has raised $8 million in the first round o...
Aug 24, 2009	Zumbox raises $8M to take on email and the postal service	Zumbox has raised $8 million in the first round of institutional funding for what it describes as “the world’s first and only paperless postal system.” The Westlake Village, Calif., company is pitching its service as an alternative to both ...
Jun 9, 2009	Zumbox lines up partner to launch paperless postal service	Zumbox is announcing a new partner and a new chief executive today to prepare for its launch of a national paperless postal service. The Westlake Village, Calif.-based company said it has partnered with ALC, a data marketing service provide...
Feb 10, 2009	Zumbox creates an all-digital alternative to the U.S. Postal Service	The U.S. Postal Service is about to get some competition in the digital world. Zumbox is launching the public beta test today for its all-digital alternative to the paper postal service. Wait a minute, you’re thinking. Isn’t that email? Nop...
Dec 23, 2008	Zumbox Delivers Paperless Mail (In Beta)	Would you trust your postal mail with a company called Zumbox? I ask, because startup Zumbox enters public beta today with a fairly interesting (but not entirely new) alternative to traditional snail mail. Here’s how it works: instead of se...

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FAQ about Zumbox, Inc.

When was Zumbox, Inc. founded?

Zumbox, Inc. was founded in 2007.

How much funding has Zumbox, Inc. raised?

Zumbox, Inc. has raised $28.3M in total across 3 funding rounds.

What funding rounds has Zumbox, Inc. raised?

Parsers VC lists 3 funding rounds of Zumbox, Inc., among them a funding round of $9.7M on Dec 24, 2010 and a funding round of $8M on Aug 24, 2009.

What has the press written about Zumbox, Inc.?

Parsers VC has collected 20 articles mentioning Zumbox, Inc., among them “Outbox now willing to open anyone’s mail in San Francisco” (Aug 29, 2013) and “Kiss your postal mailbox goodbye for $5 a month” (Feb 25, 2013).

Is Zumbox, Inc. still active?

Zumbox, Inc. is probably closed: its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Apr 9, 2014.