# Pigeonly: Information technology & services, Las Vegas, United States

> Pigeonly: Pigeonly is a Las Vegas-based company that offers inmate communication tools to help families and friends stay connected with their incarcerated...

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# Pigeonly

Pigeonly is a Las Vegas-based company that offers inmate communication tools to help families and friends stay connected with their incarcerated loved ones.

Funding reported Last round: Undisclosed round

Information technology & services Las Vegas, United States

Company summary

- **Founded:** 2012 14 years old
- **Team:** 20 11 to 50 people
- **Funding reported:** $6.6M in dollars
- **Last round:** Undisclosed round Dec 2019

How sure we are

- ✓ **Listed** We know it exists and what it does
- 2 **Funding reported** A company dataset reports a raise
- 3 **Observed** A filing or a dated announcement confirms a round

No round for Pigeonly has been confirmed by a filing or an announcement yet, so nothing here counts toward an investor's record. [How we decide](https://millionrounds.com/methodology)

## About Pigeonly

Pigeonly is a Las Vegas-based company that offers inmate communication tools to help families and friends stay connected with their incarcerated loved ones.

The platform provides affordable services, including an inmate locator, low-cost phone calls, and options to send messages and media to inmates. The company’s main offerings include a free inmate locator, low-cost prison phone calls, and the delivery of photos, letters, postcards, and greeting cards to inmates, either digitally or in print. Pigeonly also features a subscription model with tiered access plans that bundle various communication services. Its mission focuses on reducing the challenges of maintaining contact during incarceration, aiming to eliminate cost and logistical barriers for families and communities.

## What company datasets say Pigeonly raised

Funding, as reported

Reported in all **$6.6M** in dollars

Rounds **8**

Last round **Undisclosed round**

Last round size **$450K**

Last round date **Dec 2019**

Investors listed **13**

SEC Form D **$10.0M sold, 11 filings, last Jun 2023**

Y Combinator **W15**

## Funding filed with regulators

Pigeonly filed one raise, $123K in all. Filings say how much was sold and to how many investors; they never name the investors.

- May 2018 **$123K** other of $250K offered Crowdfunding

## Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 2 on the team.

- **Alfonzo Brooks** Executive Officer i
- **Frederick Hutson** Executive Officer, Director, Promoter i

On the board, as filed i *Benjamin Jealous* *Erik Moore* *Rashid Galadanci*

## On 4 portfolio pages

Investors who name them

- [Base Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/base-ventures)
- [Bronze Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bronze-investments)
- [American Family Insurance Institute for Corporate and Social Impact](https://millionrounds.com/fund/american-family-insurance-institute-for-corporate-and-social)
- [Catapult](https://millionrounds.com/fund/catapult-vc)

Each firm lists Pigeonly on its own website. That is the firm's claim, a weaker thing than a round we watched, but a named source.

## The company, in detail

What they build

Known for

voip consumers consumer goods & retail inmate emotional support photo sharing correctional facility compliance enterprises online inmate photo sharing information technology & services big data financial services enterprise software information technology affordable inmate services inmate messaging greeting cards for inmates

Built with from their website

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+8 more

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- **Sector:** Information technology & services
- **Industry code:** NAICS 56144, 517121, 519290, SIC 4899
- **Region:** Nevada
- **Full record:** [Every detail in the company directory](https://millionrounds.com/directory/pigeonly)

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