MOBIVOX announced today that they have now a new COO, Nitzan Shaer, who was previously an “Entrepreneur-In-Residence” at IDG Ventures Boston, which I guess is a fancy way to call a business developer. IDG Ventures Boston led earlier this month series A funding for the voip startup, raising a total of $11million. Nitzan Shaer worked previously for Skype, where he headed the mobile division, a highly relevant experience to get MOBIVOX growing. As a direct consequence, MOBIVOX announced they will open a new office in Boston, which should push their growth on the international market; although it also sounds as a total takeover by IDG Ventures.
Recently, MOBIVOX also overhauled their website, offering a simpler and smarter message, à la Skype, making it easy for everyone to use the service. You just write your details and the phone number you want to call, and MOBIVOX will set up the phone connexion between the two lines. I liked it compared to the previous interface, where they focused on the voice agent and other things that somehow felt clusmy.
Tris Hussey from blognation who has been testing the service also finds it easy-to-use. It seems that MOBIVOX is gaining real traction these days, and seems to be Montreal’s current star startup.
