# Soofa: Marketing & advertising, Cambridge, United States

> Soofa: Soofa is a smart city communication platform founded in 2014 by women from MIT and Harvard. Based in Cambridge, United States. Founded 2014.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/startup/soofa (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Soofa

Soofa is a smart city communication platform founded in 2014 by women from MIT and Harvard.

Funding reported Last round: Undisclosed round

Marketing & advertising Cambridge, United States

Company summary

- **Founded:** 2014 12 years old
- **Team:** 15 11 to 50 people
- **Funding reported:** $3.2M in dollars
- **Last round:** Undisclosed round Jan 2022

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 Soofa 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 Soofa

Soofa is a smart city communication platform founded in 2014 by women from MIT and Harvard.

Based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the company focuses on outdoor advertising and smart city infrastructure. Soofa delivers solar-powered digital kiosks that enhance urban environments by providing real-time community messaging, transit information, and pedestrian traffic insights. The company's flagship products include the Soofa Bench, a solar-powered park bench with USB charging ports, and the Soofa Sign, a solar-powered digital community bulletin board. These products utilize innovative technology to connect city infrastructure to the Internet of Things (IoT). Soofa's solutions are deployed in nearly 100 cities across the U.S. and internationally, serving municipal governments and advertisers. The platform aims to engage urban residents, transit riders, and visitors with local content and community events.

## What company datasets say Soofa raised

Funding, as reported

Reported in all **$3.2M** in dollars

Rounds **4**

Last round **Undisclosed round**

Last round size **$2.5M**

Last round date **Jan 2022**

Investors listed **10**

## On 2 portfolio pages

Investors who name them

- [The E14 Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/e14-fund)
- [Eastward Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eastward-capital-partners)

Each firm lists Soofa 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

hardware community event signage interactive outdoor signs city engagement platforms customer engagement zero-emission technology city communication platforms outdoor advertising in smart cities urban public art integration sustainable outdoor signage construction & real estate solar-powered digital kiosks community communication internet of things education community engagement tools

Built with from their website

Google Tag Manager Squarespace ECommerce Linkedin Insight Tag Google Ads YouTube MailChimp Google Workspace Viewport Meta LinkedIn Ads Element UI

+8 more

Hubspot Amazon S3 Google Meet Firebase Google Font API amCharts Open Graph jQuery

- **Sector:** Marketing & advertising
- **Industry code:** NAICS 54131, 541810, 334118, SIC 3661
- **Region:** Massachusetts
- **Revenue:** $6.0M a year, as listed
- **Full record:** [Every detail in the company directory](https://millionrounds.com/directory/soofa)

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