Tile Secures $13 Million in Financing to Expand the World’s Largest Lost and Found to Android

San Mateo, Calif. – (October 1, 2014) – Today the makers of  Tile , the tiny wearable for the things you never want to lose, announced the company has closed $13 million in funding. This includes a $9.5 million Series A round led by  GGV Capital  and a $3.5 million seed round led by Tencent.  This round of funding will accelerate development of Tile’s Android app and build on its vision of creating the world’s largest lost and found  by scaling production to meet global demand.

Tile’s mission is to enable everything to communicate and connect, with its first product focused on solving one of the most common and frustrating problems: losing things.  Tile is a small and simple device that connects objects to an app on iOS devices. Consumers love Tile’s simplicity, sleek design, and everyday utility. But Tile goes beyond connecting your keys to your phone. It has created the  world’s largest lost and found  – with a network of smartphones, that will soon include Android, acting as a “search party” for lost items.

To expedite Tile’s ability to expand its products and services to its community, Tile raised $9.5 million in new capital and is working with key partners to support continued international expansion. GGV Capital led the round, appointing managing partner, Jeff Richards to Tile’s board of directors.

“The Internet of Things market is about to go mainstream and Tile is poised to be a dominant player because of its incredibly innovative product platform which provides simple, elegant, ’every day’ functionality to any consumer with a mobile device,” said Richards. “With the rapid growth of the Tile community, the company is creating an incredibly powerful network effect. We’re thrilled to help finance Tile’s expansion and scale on a global basis.”

Tile  is committed to making this network even more pervasive worldwide. There are already more than 300,000 Tiles  in over 30 countries around the world. Today  Tile  is announcing that it is developing an Android version of its app for the Samsung Galaxy S5 , with support for more Android phones to follow. Android is a critical platform for international markets, and Tile i s starting with the S5 because it is the most widely used Android phone worldwide with the necessary the Bluetooth 4.0 support that will provide the optimal Tile experience.

Beyond  GGV Capital , other investors include  Tencent, Tandem Capital,   Nick Woodman (Go Pro) ,  Rothenberg Ventures ,  Jerry Yang’s AME Cloud Ventures (Yahoo) ,  Dave Morin’s Slow Ventures (Path),   Charles Huang (Guitar Hero) ,  Chris Hulls (Life360) ,  Bob Lee (Square ), and  Mike and Kass Lazerow (BuddyMedia)  among others.

Tile began shipping to backers in May 2014, and is currently on backorder. Customers can still guarantee delivery of their  Tiles  for the 2014 holiday season for $20 at www.thetileapp.com. 

About Tile
Tile is a wearable for anything you never want to lose, and is creating the world’s largest lost and found. Tiles are simple, sleek, and can be placed on valuable things like keys, wallets, purses, computers, and luggage to give users peace of mind knowing their items can always be found.  It’s fun, fast and easy to find your Tiled items by seeing its last known location, or playing Tile’s distinctive melody. Members of the Tile community passively help one another by creating local search parties that effortlessly help find the stuff that somehow got away. Tile is based in San Mateo, CA and is on a mission to give everything in the world the ability to communicate and connect.
www.thetileapp.com

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