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IntelePeer
Type Private
Industry Telecommunications
Founded 2003
Headquarters

San Mateo, CA

Key people
  • Frank Fawzi, president, CEO and chairman of the board
  • Andre Simone, chief financial officer
  • Matt Edic, chief experience officer
Website http://www.intelepeer.com

IntelePeer is a privately held company based in San Mateo, California,[1] and is a Communications Platform as a Service (CPaaS) provider of voice, messaging, automation, applications, APIs, and analytics for enterprises.[2]

The company is backed by venture capital firms VantagePoint Venture Partners, Kennet Partners, NorthCap Partners and EDF Ventures.[3]

Corporate history[edit]

IntelePeer was founded as VoEX, Inc. in 2003[3] to provide core network VoIP services to large communications services providers, universities, large enterprises and VoIP applications developers.[4] The company was originally based in Grand Rapids, Michigan.[4]

In July 2006, the company completed a series B funding round for $12 million led by Kennet Partners.[5]

In September 2006, the company moved its global headquarters to Foster City, California.[6]

In October 2006, the company introduced its SuperRegistry,[7] which combines interconnection call signaling and media translation, and ENUM Telephone number mapping registry capabilities to allow peering partners who participated in the SuperRegistry to complete calls with each other through direct digital connections to reduce long distance and international call expenses for customers.[7]

VoEX changed its name to IntelePeer, Inc. in September 2007.[1]

In September 2008, IntelePeer launched its AppWorx communications-enabling application development environment offering an application programming interface (API) based on Web standards like PHP and REST to help service providers and application developers to voice-enable their applications.[8]

In November 2008, IntelePeer completed a series C round of financing for $18 million.[3][9] The financing was led by new investor VantagePoint Venture Partners of San Bruno, California, with participation by existing investors.[3]

In October 2009, IntelePeer joined the Microsoft Partner Program[10] to integrate its platform with Windows Live applications.[11]

In May 2011 the company initially filed to go public.[12] In January 2012 the company withdrew its request to go public[13] and remains private at this time.

In October 2015 IntelePeer acquired Advantone, a cloud contact center company based in Plantation, Florida. IntelePeer added Advantone’s contact center suite to its product line, creating the Atmosphere cloud communications platform. [14]

In 2016, IntelePeer announced its partnership with Cisco to become the first PSTN provider for Cisco’s Spark and Meraki products.[15]

In March 2018, IntelePeer moved to multi-channel communications with its launch of Atmosphere Messaging, which enables companies to configure their business phone lines to send and receive SMS messages. [16]

In October 2018, IntelePeer launched a new partner portal designed to help channel partners develop and nurture Communications Platform as a Service (CPaaS) business opportunities.[17]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b BusinessWeek. Private Company Listing. November 11, 2008. Retrieved July 10, 2009.
  2. ^ “Consolidate Your Customer Service with IntelePeer”. thesiliconreview.com. Retrieved 2018-12-27.
  3. ^ a b c d Matt Marshall, VentureBeat. “IntelePeer raises $18M for telephony-Web platform.” November 11, 2008. Retrieved July 10, 2009.
  4. ^ a b Kennet Partners. “VoEx, Inc. Raises $12 Million of Preferred Equity Funding.” July 12, 2006. Retrieved July 13, 2009.
  5. ^ Link Silicon Valley. “VoEX, Inc. Raises $12 Million of Preferred Equity Funding.” July 12, 2006. Retrieved July 13, 2009.
  6. ^ PR Web. “VoEX Establishes New Global Headquarters in Foster City, California.” September 20, 2006. Retrieved July 13, 2009.
  7. ^ a b EDF Ventures. “The VoEX SuperRegistry and peering solution disrupts the voice market with dramatic cost savings and global reach for member carriers and providers.”
  8. ^ Rich Karpinski, Telephony Online. “IntelePeer joins voice 2.0 parade.” September 12, 2008. Retrieved July 10, 2009.
  9. ^ Om Malik, New York Times. “Why IntelePeer Snagged $18 Million in Funding.” November 11, 2008. Retrieved July 13, 2009.
  10. ^ Erik Linask, TMCnet. “IntelePeer, Microsoft Drive CaaS in Web 2.0 World.” October 27, 2008. Retrieved July 13, 2009.
  11. ^ Telco 2.0 blog. “IntelePeer: Reverse Engineering Telco 2.0.” February 13, 2009. Retrieved July 13, 2009.
  12. ^ “EDGAR Intelepeer S-1”. US Securities and Exchange Commission. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
  13. ^ “EDGAR Intelepeer RW”. US Securities and Exchange Commission. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
  14. ^ “IntelePeer Acquires Advantone – ChannelVision Magazine”. ChannelVision Magazine. 2015-10-09. Retrieved 2017-01-17.
  15. ^ “IntelePeer Provides Near-Real Time Provisioning for Cisco Spark Call via Its New API”. Retrieved 2017-01-17.
  16. ^ “IntelePeer Goes Multi-Channel with Atmosphere Messaging”. www.virtualofficeresource.com. Retrieved 2018-12-27.
  17. ^ Baldino, Gerald (2018-10-16). “IntelePeer Unveils Partner Portal”. ChannelVision Magazine. Retrieved 2018-12-27.