Zumbox raises $8M to take on email and the postal service
Zumbox has raised $8 million in the first round of institutional funding for what it describes as “the world’s first and only paperless postal system.”
The Westlake Village, Calif., company is pitching its service as an alternative to both traditional mail and email. It allows you to digitally mail things you might normally send as physical mail, such as letters and bills. You can scan the object, or if it’s an electronic document, just avoid printing-and-scanning… Continue Reading
Zumbox lines up partner to launch paperless postal service
Zumbox is announcing a new partner and a new chief executive today to prepare for its launch of a national paperless postal service.
The Westlake Village, Calif.-based company said it has partnered with ALC, a data marketing service provider, to help launch its system, which lets companies send you bills or friends send you correspondence to a digital mailbox, eliminating the need to send paper letters or bills through the U.S. Postal Service. The company came… Continue Reading
Zumbox creates an all-digital alternative to the U.S. Postal Service
The U.S. Postal Service is about to get some competition in the digital world. Zumbox is launching the public beta test today for its all-digital alternative to the paper postal service.
Wait a minute, you’re thinking. Isn’t that email? Nope. Westlake Village, Calif.-based Zumbox lets you send or receive scanned, physical representations of letters, bills or other things you might normally send via paper mail. You can log into your mailbox at the Zumbox site and… Continue Reading