Pigeonly
Pigeonly is a YC Winter 2015 (W15) company. Based in Las Vegas, NV, USA. Team of 40.
About Pigeonly
Summary
Pigeonly builds a communication platform for families and friends of incarcerated people, replacing the fragmented, high-cost process of staying in touch with inmates across federal, state, and county facilities. Its proprietary inmate search tool, Haystac, indexes millions of records in real time to locate inmates across more than 4,000 facilities. From a single interface, users can send photos, letters, postcards, greeting cards, and articles, and make phone calls at a sharply reduced cost compared to traditional prison telecom providers.
Business model
A flat-rate subscription covering all communication services with no long-term contract required.
Go-to-market
Pigeonly sells directly to consumers, with a free trial entry point that lets users try the platform before subscribing, accessible from any phone, tablet, or computer.
From the Y Combinator listing
The affordable way to search, find & communicate with an incarcerated…
Pigeonly is a subscription-based platform that makes it easy for people to search, find, and communicate with an incarcerated loved from anywhere in the world. Our technology cuts the cost of expensive prison calls by 80% and allows our customers to send their inmate printed photos, greeting cards, and more right from any cell phone, tablet, or computer. At the core of the Pigeonly business is our proprietary inmate API, Haystac, that searches and organizes millions of Federal, State, and County records in real-time to determine the location of 2MM+ inmates across all prison facilities. This makes it possible for our users to easily search, find, and connect with their incarcerated loved one using one or all of our 6 consumer-facing products. Pigoenly's target market usually has to settle for poor product design and is often the victim of predatory business practices. At Pigeonly, we focus on providing quality products at affordable prices; pair that with five-star customer service to achieve a superb customer experience never seen in the market. We understand just how important this is to our customer because we are our customer.
Facts
- Consumer / Consumer -> Social
- Las Vegas, NV, USA
- 40
- Inactive
- Early
Founders (3)
- Alfonzo Brooks
- Clifford Keeney
- Frederick Hutson
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