INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Y Combinator graduate OpenPhone is raising a $2 million funding round led by Slow Ventures
The company is working on an app that lets you seamlessly get a business phone number without a second phone or a second SIM card.Y
Aircall and other enterprise solutions, OpenPhone targets small and medium companies that want a mobile-first, easy-to-use solution to take
you separate your personal and professional life more easily.OpenPhone works on iPhone, iPad and Android
You also can use a web interface to interact with the app from your computer
It currently costs $10 per month per user
For that price, you get a local number, a toll-free number or you can port an existing phone number
Five thousand people are using OpenPhone right now.You can then use that number for unlimited calls and texts in the United States and
Behind the scene, OpenPhone uses your internet connection to establish voice-over-IP calls.The startup has been working on collaborative
features so you can use OpenPhone with multiple users
For instance, you can share a phone number with other users so your team can answer text messages faster and pick up the phone more often
The company has also launched a Slack integration that lets you receive a notification when somebody calls or texts your phone number.
