Celebrity Voicemail Firm SayNow Gets $7.5 Million Funding

This has been tried a few times before in the mobile market, but another one now comes into the picture: SayNow, a Palo Alto, CA-based mobile startup, will formally launch next month, and lets celebrities receive voice messages and send ones en masse to those who have subscribed to be a part of their fan community. Each celebrity gets a phone number that fans can call to either record a message or listen to one left by the artist, reports AP. The service is free; SayNow is relying on advertising for revenue.

SayNow, a startup based in Palo Alto, says it has signed more than 870,000 fans and secured $7.5 million in venture funding. The round was led by led by Shasta Ventures, which was joined by Tugboat Ventures

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