LotusFlare
| Error creating thumbnail: | |
| Private | |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Software development |
| Founded 📆 | 2014 |
| Founders 👔 | Sam Gadodia, Terry Guo, Shao Xia |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | Santa Clara, California, United States |
Area served 🗺️ | |
| Members | |
Number of employees | |
| 🌐 Website | www |
| 📇 Address | |
| 📞 telephone | |
LotusFlare is a Palo Alto-based software development company that creates products for the telecommunications industry.[1] In 2018, LotusFlare launched a Digital Network Operator stack that incorporates a charging function, charging manager, and CDR manager. Converged Charging System is its SaaS component.[2]
Foundation & Investors
LotusFlare was founded in June 2014 by Sam Gadodia, Terry Guo, and Shao Xia, who met while working at Facebook. The initial operations were funded by a $4 million seed investment from, among others, Social Capital, Google Ventures, and Metamorphic Ventures.[3][4]
In September 2015, LotusFlare raised a $6 million Series A investment led by Chamath Palihapitiya’s firm Social Capital. At that time, he joined the company as the Chairman of the Board.[5][6]
Awards & Recognitions
2018 - Named a member of the GSMA 100, an initiative to identify the most promising growth-stage companies in key areas such as 5G and digital services.[7]
2019 - Received a Leading Lights award as the Outstanding Digital Enablement Vendor for its Digital Network Operator platform.[8]
2020 - Winner of the 2020 Leading Lights Awards in the Outstanding Component Vendor category[9]
2021 - Named as a Finalist in the 2021 Leading Lights Awards[10]
References
- ↑ "LotusFlare Company Profile". Pitchbook. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ↑ Silberberg, Chris (11 February 2022). "Technology Analysis: Converged Charging in 5G". Omdia.
- ↑ Perez, Sarah (1 September 2015). "LotusFlare Raises $6 Million To Help Emerging Markets Access The Mobile Internet". TechCrunch.
- ↑ Kosoff, Maya (1 September 2015). "Ex-Facebookers raise $6 million to bring internet to more people around the world". TechCrunch.
- ↑ Yeung, Ken (1 September 2015). "LotusFlare gets $6M from Social+Capital, others to make mobile Internet more accessible". TechCrunch.
- ↑ Lavine, Robert (4 September 2015). "LotusFlare shows way to $6m series A". TechCrunch.
- ↑ "GSMA Launches "GSMA 100" Initiative to Advance Next Generation of Connectivity and Digital Services". GSMA. 5 September 2018.
- ↑ Le Maistre, Ray (6 May 2019). "Leading Lights 2019: The Winners". Light Reading.
- ↑ Harvey, Phil (21 August 2020). "Leading Lights 2020: The Winners". Light Reading.
- ↑ Harvey, Phil (1 September 2021). "Leading Lights 2021: The Finalists". Light Reading.
External links
This article "LotusFlare" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical and/or the page Edithistory:LotusFlare. Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one.
