Jajah holds strong, dials up $2.8M to expand VoIP services

March 16, 2009 | Camille Ricketts | Comments |

Jajah, a voice over internet protocol (VoIP) communication service, has taken in $2.75 million of an anticipated $5 million fourth round of funding, peHUB reports. The Menlo Park, Calif.-based company provides service to millions of users, much like competitors mig33 and Jaxtr. Last April it scored a deal with Yahoo to provide phone-to-PC calling capabilities to the 90 million people who use the search giant’s messenger product.

Jajah has seen impressive growth over the three years since its inception — impressive in the sense that it’s survived the field’s wave of consolidations and closures that knocked peer companies like Yoomba and Jangl out of commission. Last month, it rolled out software for Windows Mobile, Blackberry and Symbian that allows them to make VoIP calls over WiFi or the cellular network. It also released a system that allows any carrier to deliver calling and text messaging services to the iPod Touch, no SIM card required.

At the start of this month, Jajah began a partnership with Bravestorm, developer of the click-to-call BoldCall product. Under the deal, companies using BoldCall will allow visitors to their sites to call live customer service representatives in real time for free via the Jajah IP network.

While the investors in the recent round have not been disclosed, Jajah has been backed by Globespan Capital Partners, Intel Capital, Deutsche Telekom and Sequoia Capital in the past. It previously raised $23 million.

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  • Iam
    Be interesting to see who uses Jajah going forward when Google Voice is free phone-to-phone. Puts to question domestic use of Skype, AOL, Yahoo, and anyone else selling minutes in the U.S.
  • It looks like another "J" possibly going down the tube... Out of the 3 "J"'s... One of them already gone; we all know the second "J" isn't doing any better and now this?

    Didn't we learn anything from the past? It is very difficult to generate revenue from re-selling minutes.
  • the market is big enough to innovate though...jajah is going down the right path
  • i am not sure if how many are using this service, but its good that they are providing the services to millions around ( as they mentioned .)