YouMail is an Irvine, California-based provider of intelligent cloud telecom services for consumers and small businesses. It offers a digital personal assistant to help users manage incoming phone calls, with features including visual caller ID, automated caller blocking, personalized smart greetings, automatic replies, cloud storage, multi-platform access, and call routing. The service is available on iPhone and Android, desktop and mobile web, and has third-party applications tied into the YouMail platform for Windows Phone, iPhone, and Android. The company reports a base of over 6.5 million registered users and intends to use the new funding to expand that user base. YouMail raised $5.5M in a Series B, with investors in this round undisclosed; it was previously backed by VantagePoint Capital Partners, Wavemaker Ventures, the Tech Coast Angels ACE Fund, the CrunchFund, the Tech Coast Angels, and other private investors and family offices. The company is led by CEO Alex Quilici, with Brian Davi serving as Vice President of Marketing. YouMail offers visual voicemail and related features (visual caller ID, smart greetings) for smartphones, addressing gaps where native visual voicemail is unavailable. The service supports BlackBerry, Windows Phone 7, and Android. The company recently surpassed 3 million downloads. Financially, YouMail has raised multiple rounds and reports nearly $13 million in total funding to date. Its most recent financing was a small round announced alongside the download milestone. YouMail is an Irvine-based provider of third-party voicemail and other cloud-based communications services run by Alex Quilici. The company offers an enhanced voicemail service along with mobile applications for BlackBerry, Android, iPhone, WebOS, Windows Phone 7 and Windows 6.5. YouMail has answered over 1 billion calls via its service. It said it will use the new funding to roll out more mobile applications and services, expand its platform, and accelerate growth of its services. The article reports the company has upped its total funding to $12.5M. YouMail offers a “digital secretary” for voicemail with features such as visual voicemail, voice-to-text transcription (including paid human transcription), custom greetings, voicemail sharing, and caller blocking. The service is available via free apps for iPhone, Android, and BlackBerry (and a paid Palm webOS app) and works across major U.S. carriers including AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint. YouMail reports 15 million unique monthly callers and says U.S. users average 50 or more missed calls each, with users logging roughly 45–50 million hours of missed calls per month. The company sells premium and “pro” accounts that add features beyond the standard free offering. YouMail says the market for enhanced voicemail features should expand as users demand more from voicemail services. Founded in 2007 and based in Aliso Viejo, Calif., the company has prior venture backing. YouMail develops personalized voicemail and messaging services from its base in Aliso Viejo. According to a regulatory filing, the company raised $1.5M in a debt financing round. The filing did not disclose the source or terms of the funding. The company is venture-backed by VantagePoint Venture Partners and the Tech Coast Angels. No revenue, user counts, or other operating metrics were reported in the filing. The announcement was reported on July 15, 2009.

Total raised

$27M

Funding rounds

7

Latest round

Series B

Latest activity

Mar 2015