Mahyar Raissi, Founder of OpenPhone

About Mahyar Raissi

Mahyar Raissi is a Canadian-Iranian software engineer who co-founded and currently serves as CEO of Quo (formerly OpenPhone), a cloud-based phone system for startups and SMBs. He led the company through several funding rounds, including a $2M seed round, a $14M Series A, and a $40M Series B, before a $105M growth funding round and the company's rebranding to Quo.

Mahyar Raissi at a glance

• Company: OpenPhone
• Total raised: $161M
• Latest round: Growth
• Investors: General Catalyst Customer Value Fund, Craft Ventures, Slow Ventures, Garage Capital, Y Combinator, Tiger Global Management
• Location: Kitchener, Canada

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