Rodger Desai, Founder of Payfone

About Rodger Desai

Rodger Desai is the co-founder and CEO of Payfone, a company based in New York. Founded in 2008, Payfone specializes in providing mobile digital identity authentication and verification solutions for businesses. Desai has secured over $210 million in funding to advance Payfone's mobile phone-based digital ID platform.

Rodger Desai at a glance

• Company: Payfone
• Total raised: $210M
• Latest round: Growth
• Investors: Apax Digital, MassMutual Ventures, RRE Ventures, Relay Ventures, Capital One Growth Ventures, Sandbox Insurtech Ventures
• Location: New York, USA

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