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goTenna
Enabling mobile communications when cell, wifi, and satellite are unavailable
- 21-100 employees
- B2C
- B2B
- Communication
- Mobile
- Telecommunications
- Downtown Brooklyn, NY
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Company mission
To decentralize connectivity and address society's ultimate last mile.
-31% employee growth in 12 months
Our take
Cell phone reception isn't perfect - attend a large sporting event and your phone reception will often become rendered useless by the mass of signals around you.
GoTenna creates portable antennas that connect to your phone through Bluetooth, providing a seamless reception regardless of the setting. The device utilizes long-range radio waves to ensure flawless communication, and when paired with another GoTenna antenna can provide a reliable alternative to a cell-phone network.
Its application to smartphones provides a modern solution to an archaic problem. The company's industry adaptability has enabled it to shift focus from consumer-tech to public-sector clients such as emergency services, and it has secured a significant contract with US Customs and Border Protection.
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Benefits
- Equity
- 401(k)
- Fun team events
- 100% of insurance premiums covered
- Stocked kitchen & beverages
- Annual education stipend
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Aug 2022
$23.8m
GRANT
Mar 2022
$0.3m
GRANT
Total funding: $65m
This company has top investors
Leadership
Daniela (Perdomo) Perlein
(Co-Founder)Studied International Relations at Tufts University where they received the Mary Grant Charles Prize for Fiction and was an Omidyar/Tisch Citizenship & Public Service Scholar. Co-founded goTenna in 2012, acting as its CEO until June 2021.
Ari Schuler
(Interim CEO (not founder))Background in research before spending almost 10 years in various roles for the US Government. In January 2020 they became the Vice President of Emerging Markets at Daon, before joining goTenna as COO the following year.