goTenna (Series A)
Funding Details
- Awarder
- Inbox
- Date Award
- March 02, 2016
- Vertical
- Hardware
- Funding URL
- View Funding Page
- Funding Amount:
- $7,500,000
Company Info
- Founding Year
- 2012
- Founders
- Daniela Perdomo, Jorge Perdomo
- Company Description
- goTenna is a hardware startup founded by siblings Daniela and Jorge Perdomo, who came up with the idea after Hurricane Sandy when over a quarter of cell towers were downed and power went out, cutting access to wifi and cell service for people in the 10-state area affected by the storm. The company's goal is to empower people to communicate directly using the phones they carry around every day, without having to rely necessarily on central connectivity.
- Market
- Consumer and Institutional Communication
- Location
- Brooklyn, NY, USA
- Coinvestors
- BG Ventures, Bloomberg Beta, Howard Finkelstein, Kenneth Horowitz, Walden VC, Wareness.io