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November 27, 2006
VOIP Startup Vertico Raises €2M From firstVentury
Vertico Software, a one year old Karlruhe-based company specialized in developing VOIP products and services for small&medium sized businesses, said today it raised €2M from firstVentury, a Heidelberg-based VC.
The startup already employs a team of 22 and has developed a softswitch PBX, which it sells as a package, or pre-installed in a server appliance under the brandname Starface (image right). It supports the kind of features businesses requires, like caller ID, call deflecting, conference calls, call routing, and connectivity for external employees. The middleware framework is Asterisk, according to the firm's website - if we read it correctly. Support for things like hotlines, virtual call centers, and integration into apps like CRM is also built in. We didn't see anything about Outlook Express integration, though.
What probably attracted the VCs the most was its managed services offering, where it hosts the soft PBX for customers, which nicely positions Vertico for growth, internationally.
Starface's user interface is browser-based and looks pretty easy to use.
Read - firstVentury equity GmbH Invests
Posted on November 27, 2006 06:17 PM | Posted to News And Updates | VoIP | Permalink
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