Stealthy RAZ Mobile raises $150k, aims to revolutionize mobile fundraising

RAZ Mobile, a Kansas City-based startup still in stealth mode, has raised $150,000, according to an SEC Form D filing on August 4, “Our intent is to revolutionize mobile fundraising,” RAZ co-founder Bradley Kropf said in an email today, “overcoming the significant faults that are prevalent with ‘app-based’ solutions and carrier-billed short …

RAZ Mobile, a Kansas City-based startup still in stealth mode, has raised $150,000, according to an SEC Form D filing on August 4, 

“Our intent is to revolutionize mobile fundraising,” RAZ co-founder Bradley Kropf said in an email today, “overcoming the significant faults that are prevalent with ‘app-based’ solutions and carrier-billed short codes.”

While RAZ’s website stays true to its stealth status, just providing one line of detail – “Stay tuned for the very best platform to reach your key donors and maintain an ongoing connection – becoming an important part of their daily lives!” – the company’s Facebook page provides more information on what’s to come:

RAZ Mobile is a new mobile business that is designed specifically for national charities, political campaigns, and political organizations. Our singular purpose is to help bring organizations and donors together and keep them together! We can directly raise money, solicit donations, or simply notify an organization’s base of milestones and progress toward important goals. There is no easier tool to create immediate and lasting relationships while simultaneously stimulating viral growth.

The Form D lists Kropf (left, photo from linkedin.com) and Dale Knoop (right, photo from linkedin.com) as directors of RAZ. According to their LinkedIn profiles, the two have nearly 30 combined years in the telecommunications or mobile industry, and both currently list Sprint as their employer. Also noteworthy: on Knoop’s profile, he lists that he “holds multiple patents and applications for patent in the mobile space, including advertising, content optimization, geo-targeting and negative QOS.”

This story is part of the AIM Archive

This story is part of the AIM Institute Archive on Silicon Prairie News. AIM gifted SPN to the Nebraska Journalism Trust in January 2023. Learn more about SPN’s origin »

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