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Fuze company history timeline

2006

Thinking Phone Networks was founded in 2006 by Steven Kokinos and Derek Yoo, as an enterprise software company.

2009

In 2009, it was taken private and renamed FuzeBox.

2010

Thinking Phone Networks took its first venture capital in January 2010, a $1.2 million equity financing from Capstone Partners.

In 2010, Thinking Phone Networks launched one of the first mobile business phone applications on the iOS store, and later released an Android version of the service.

2015

The company grew from 200 employees at the beginning of 2015 to over 700 by the end of the year.

2016

On February 9, 2016, Thinking Phones announced that it had rebranded itself as Fuze.

He originally joined the company in December 2016 as chief financial officer.

In 2016, after raising a new round of $112 million in private financing from Summit Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners and Technology Crossover Ventures, the company brought its total fundraising to over $200 million since its founding.

2017

On February 17, 2017, Colin Doherty was announced as CEO of Fuze.

2019

In May 2019, Fuze announced it has raised $484.8 million to date in total funding.

On December 11, 2019, Brian Day was named the company's new chief executive officer.

2021

On January 21, 2021, the company announced it had raised an additional $13.6 million from existing investors, including Bessemer Venture Partners and Summit Partners.

On April 9, 2021, Christopher Jones was named Fuze's new chief revenue officer.

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Founded
1998
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Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
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Steven Kokinos,Derek Yoo
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