Ping4 Inc. is a Nashua, N.H.-based company that provides a hyperlocal emergency alerts communications platform. Led by CEO Jim Bender, the company built the ping4alerts! platform to deliver localized, rich-media alerts about geographically relevant dangers and emergencies to nearby smartphones running the app. The platform has been deployed by several state emergency management agencies, police departments, and educational institutions in the US. Ping4 closed a $4M funding round to support its growth. The company intends to use the funding for product enhancements, intellectual property, and creation of global sales and marketing capabilities. Ping4 is hiring as it expands its commercial and product efforts. Ping4 Inc., based in Hollis, NH, develops software that "pings" smartphone users when they are near their favorite stores. Its Ping4 Mobile Communications and Merchandising Platform focuses on advanced geo-mobile communications for the smartphone market. The platform creates a mobile messaging and alerts medium that enables customers to deliver real-time location-based multimedia messages to any smartphone anywhere in the world. According to documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Ping4 has received equity financing. The company disclosed a $1.1 million equity raise in SEC filings. Thirteen separate investors participated in the offering.

Total raised

$5M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Equity

Latest activity

Feb 2013