TeleSign

TeleSign Corporation is a Communications Platform as a Service company, founded on security, based in Los Angeles, California.[1] Founded in 2005, by Darren Berkovitz, Ryan Disraeli[2]and Stacy Stubblefield, the company mainly provides Two-factor authentication services, a secure supplementary method of preventing illicit access to online accounts used by many companies like iTunes, Yahoo, Gmail, Outlook, Twitter, Facebook, Bank of America, Chase, Discover, PayPal, Etsy, Salesforce, and more.[3][4] The company also offers a variety of cloud communications APIs via a self-service portal.[5] Ryan Disraeli is the current CEO of the company.[6] Along with his co-founders Disraeli, Stubblefield and Berkowitz were named as USC alumni entrepreneurs of the year.[7] TeleSign was an early project of the technology incubator Curious Minds.

TeleSign
Type of businessAcquired by BICS
Founded2005
Headquarters
Marina del Rey
,
United States
Key peopleRyan Disraeli (co-founder and CEO),
Stacy Stubblefield (co-founder and CIO),
Tim Weerasiri (CFO)
IndustryMobile Identity and Communications
ProductsVoice
SMS
Mobile Identity
2FA
RCS
URLwww.telesign.com

As of 2014, the company had raised $49 million in funds.[8]

In April 2017, Telesign announced that it is being acquired by BICS, a Belgium-based company for $230 million.[9][10]

References
  1. Winther, Mark. "IDC: TeleSign Poised for Market Leadership in CPaaS". IDC. IDC. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  2. "TeleSign Co-Founder Ryan Disraeli Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 List". Retrieved 2017-09-20.
  3. J. J. Colao (29 April 2014). "With Another $40 Million In Funding, TeleSign Looks To Dominate 2-Step Verification". Forbes. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  4. Ira Wilkser (8 October 2015). "Secure your online accounts with two factor authentication". The Examiner. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  5. Carter, Eric. "TeleSign Opens Self-Service Portal for its CPaaS APIs". ProgrammableWeb. ProgrammableWeb. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  6. BusinessWire (17 August 2016). "TeleSign Board Appoints Security and Identity Veteran Aled Miles as CEO". BusinessWire. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  7. "How I Made It: Ryan Disraeli's TeleSign helps prevent online fraud, one PIN at a time". Los Angeles Times. 2019-05-19. Retrieved 2019-07-17.
  8. "TeleSign Co-Founder Ryan Disraeli Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 List". Retrieved 2017-09-20.
  9. "BICS Acquires TeleSign Corp for $230M". www.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com. Retrieved 2017-09-20.
  10. Dave, Paresh (2017-04-25). "TeleSign, a Marina del Rey start-up crucial to integrity of popular apps, purchased for $230 million". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2017-09-20.


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