Pigeonly
YC W15 ↗Las Vegas, US · Founded 2012 · Delaware corporation · 40 employees · Inactive · 6 known investors
Pigeonly provides technology products that enable families and friends to communicate affordably with incarcerated individuals through low-cost phone calls, photo sharing, letters, postcards, and greeting cards. The company also operates Pigeonly Corrections, which works with correctional facilities to screen incoming mail for contraband while preserving family communication channels.
Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (W15)
FH
Frederick HutsoninFounder/CEO
AB
Alfonzo BrooksinCo-Founder/Head of Finance
CK
Clifford KeeneyinFounder
BJ
Benjamin JealousDirector
MK
Mitchell KaporDirector
EM
Erik MooreDirector
Investors · 6
Reported raises · per SEC filings
Form D private placements▶$450KraisedJun 2023 · 3 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
▶$450KraisedJun 2023 · 3 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
- Benjamin JealousDirector
- Rashid GaladanciDirector
- Frederick HutsonExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
- Alfonzo BrooksExecutive Officer
- Erik MooreDirector
- Offering amount
- $1M
- Amount sold
- $450K
- First sale
- Dec 2022
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$750KraisedAug 2019 · 1 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
▶$750KraisedAug 2019 · 1 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
- Erik MooreDirector
- Benjamin JealousDirector
- Rashid GaladanciDirector
- Frederick HutsonExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
- Alfonzo BrooksExecutive Officer
- Offering amount
- $1.5M
- Amount sold
- $750K
- First sale
- Aug 2019
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$717.5KraisedAug 2017 · 6 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
▶$717.5KraisedAug 2017 · 6 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
- Rashid GaladanciDirector
- Frederick HutsonExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
- Alfonzo BrooksExecutive Officer
- Benjamin JealousDirector
- Mitchell KaporDirector
- Erik MooreDirector
- Offering amount
- $1M
- Amount sold
- $717.5K
- First sale
- Jan 2017
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2013
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$2.5MraisedJun 2016 · 23 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
▶$2.5MraisedJun 2016 · 23 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
- Benjamin JealousDirector
- Alfonzo BrooksExecutive Officer
- Mitchell KaporDirector
- Frederick HutsonExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
- Erik MooreDirector
- Offering amount
- $3M
- Amount sold
- $2.5M
- First sale
- Apr 2015
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2013
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.
In the news
- Why The Struggle To Secure VC Funding Early On Wasn't Necessarily A Bad Thing For Pigeonly CEO Frederick Hutson - AfroTechafrotech.com · 2022
- 'TIME 100' Recognizes Tech Company That Helps Prison Inmates - UrbanGeekzurbangeekz.com · 2022
- Why Prominent Silicon Valley Investors Trusted A Formerly Incarcerated Man With $5+Mforbes.com · 2019
- The Incredible Story of Pigeonly, an App That Mails Photos to Prison Inmates | by Nicole Dieker | The Billfold | Mediummedium.com · 2015
- Tech Startup of the Week: Pigeonly, Data Company Takes Flight with $1 Million Seed Investmentblackenterprise.com · 2013
- Pigeonly Raises $875k to Help Inmates Communicate with the Outside World - Mattermarkmattermark.com · 2013
