Vyng - About the company
Vyng is an acquired company based in Santa Monica (United States), founded in 2014 by Jeffrey Chernick and Paul Kats. It operates as an Offers blockchain-based caller ID app. Vyng has raised $12M in funding from March Capital and Omidyar Network India. The company has 83 active competitors, including 6 funded and 6 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Truecaller, Hiya and CallApp.
Company Details
Offers blockchain-based caller ID app. The app notifies the caller ID to the customers. It also provides rewards in the form of bitcoins. It has features like visual caller ID, business caller ID, and spam blocking. The app is available on the Android platform.
- Website
- vyng.me
- Email ID
- *****@vyng.me
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2014
Location
Santa Monica, United States
Stage
Acquired
Total Funding
$12M in 4 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Investors
Ranked
3rd among 83 active competitors
Employee Count
7 as on May 31, 2026
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Exit Details
Acquired by DigitalReef (Nov 15, 2022)
Vyng's acquisition details
Vyng got acquired by DigitalReef on Nov 15, 2022.
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Vyng's funding and investors
Vyng has raised a total funding of $12M over 4 rounds. Its first funding round was on Oct 10, 2017. Vyng has 19 institutional investors and 3 angel investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Vyng:
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Filter this listDate of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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Apr 21, 2022 | 1212989 | Series A | 5520729 | 9433691 | 2100016 | 8784138 |
Dec 13, 2018 | 5419818 | Series A | 1300269 | 2991387 | 1964497 | |
Feb 27, 2018 | 6134139 | Angel | 3846753 | 5044722 | 3912826 |
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Vyng's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of Vyng are Jeffrey Chernick and Paul Kats.
Here are the details of Vyng's key team members:
- Jeffrey Chernick: Co-Founder of Vyng and founder of 1 other company. Contact Info: 2 email addresses
- Paul Kats: Co-Founder & CEO of Vyng. Contact Info: 1 email address
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Vyng's employee count trend
Vyng has 7 employees as of May 26. Here is Vyng's employee count trend over the years:
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Vyng's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Vyng include Truecaller, Hiya and CallApp. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Vyng, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st |  Truecaller 2009, Stockholm (Sweden), Public | App-based platform providing caller ID and spam call-blocking services | $96.8M | 83/100 | |
2nd | Hiya 2016, Seattle (United States), Series A | Provider of branded caller ID and spam protection services | $30.7M | 71/100 | |
3rd | Vyng 2014, Santa Monica (United States), Acquired | Offers blockchain-based caller ID app | $12M | 55/100 | |
4th | Provider of a caller ID app | $5M | 52/100 | ||
5th | Opplysningen 1881, Oslo (Norway), Acquired | Offers an app for finding caller IDs | - | 51/100 | |
6th | Eyecon 2016, Houston (United States), Unfunded | Developer of a visual caller ID app | - | - | 50/100 |
7th |  Getcontact 2015, London (United Kingdom), Unfunded | Provider of a caller identification app | - | - | 49/100 |
8th | Provider of an AI-powered caller identification app | - | - | 46/100 | |
9th | Reverse Lookup 2009, United States, Unfunded | Offers an app providing unknown caller details | - | - | 45/100 |
10th | Caller ID & call blocker app | - | - | 45/100 |
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Vyng's Investments and acquisitions
Vyng has made no investments or acquisitions yet.
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News related to Vyng
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DigitalReef Announces Acquisition of VYNG, Advanced Caller ID PlatformFusoes & Aquisicoes•Nov 28, 2022•DigitalReef, Vyng
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US Based App, Vyng Launches Video Ringtone Feature Pan-indiaStartup Success Stories•Jan 07, 2019•Vyng
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Vyng Raises $4 Million in Series A RoundVCA Online•Dec 13, 2018•Vyng, Omidyar Network, March Capital, Alpha Edison and 6 others
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Tech start-up Vyng rings in undisclosed amount from Indian Angel NetworkBusiness Standard•Feb 27, 2018•Vyng, March Capital, BAM Ventures, HOF Capital and 4 others
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$3 million round for Vyng proves ringtones are still a thing | MMOTimesmmotimes.com•Oct 09, 2017•Vyng, March Capital, BAM Ventures, HOF Capital and 3 others
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