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Voyage SMS

“Can an SMS marketing platform differentiate against Attentive and Postscript by combining automation with human live-agent conversational commerce?”

Founded2019
HQSanta Monica, California, United States
Total raised$11.9M
Latest round$10M (with LiveRecover acquisition)
IndustryHorizontal SaaS / Marketing (SMS)

The story

Voyage SMS is an eCommerce-focused SMS marketing platform (legal entity: Voyage Mobile, Inc.) founded 2019 and based in Santa Monica/LA. It competes with Attentive, Postscript, and Klaviyo SMS. In 2022 it raised $10M and acquired LiveRecover to add conversational commerce with live agents (First Mate). It is a pure SaaS marketing tool — not an embedded finance platform.

Last 12 months

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Product timeline

2019

Voyage Mobile, Inc. founded to build SMS marketing platform for eCommerce· pivot

2022

Raised $10M and acquired LiveRecover, a conversational messaging platform· acquisition

2022

Launched First Mate by Voyage — human-in-the-loop live agent SMS product· pivot

Acquisitions

LiveRecover2022

Conversational SMS/messaging platform acquired to power Voyage's live-agent 'First Mate' offering

The stack

0 layers disclosed in Voyage SMS’s embedded-finance stack

Accounting gap: none

Voyage SMS — frequently asked

Where is Voyage SMS headquartered?

Voyage SMS is founded in 2019 and headquartered in Santa Monica, California, United States.

How much funding has Voyage SMS raised?

Voyage SMS has raised $11.9M in total (latest round: $10M (with LiveRecover acquisition)).

What companies has Voyage SMS acquired?

Voyage SMS's acquisitions include LiveRecover (2022).

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