Teckst raises $2.5M

What does Teckst do?

Teckst, is a first to market service that enables 2 way text messaging for customer service teams. It is text messaging for businesses. Businesses cannot proactively web chat a customer or actually call a customer. One can try but the customer will not answer. Social sites such as Twitter is good but not good enough for airing dirty things such as customer support issues. This company provides software which enables customers all over the world to text message directly with a company. Texting is regular way of customers to talk with each other. This company brings the time when businesses too get in on the conversation.

How much Teckst was funded?

Teckst raised $2.5M on May 17, 2016 from Kevin Mahaffey, Adam Press, Dan Porter, Kernel Capital, Zelkova Ventures,  Composite Capital Partners and Gaingels.

Previous funding

• $800k on July 24, 2015 from Gaingels, Dan Porter, Kevin Mahaffey, Zelkova Ventures, Adam Press and Composite Capital Partners.
• $1.66M in undisclosed round on April 14, 2016

What is next for Teckst?

The company’s latest funding will help it in accelerating the company’s growth and expansion into new markets.

More about Teckst

Teckst was founded on November 23, 2014 by Matthew Tumbleson and Ji Young Choi. It has its headquarters in New York, New York.  The company is fixing the age old and biggest problem of antiquated phone calls plagued with endless hold times. Despite the increasing popularity of the messaging apps, the chat platforms such as Whatsapp, Facebook Messenger and WeChat, are brining huge integration challenges for the customer services functions.  Texting is the most widely used and easiest way of customer communication, and now with this company, customers can send 2 way texts to businesses they often have to communicate with such as cable providers, airlines and e-commerce retailers. This company reaches more than 6 billion mobile devices.