Iperia

Iperia, formerly known as Visual Telesystems, was a company operating in the Unified Communications sector, founded in 1997 and based in Waltham, Massachusetts. The firm provided a service delivery platform, IperiaVX, which offered value-added services such as mobile, voice, video, conferencing, and web messaging suites. This platform was built on a Service Oriented Architecture, enabling it to merge web-based technologies with telecommunications functions to create a high-performance, carrier-grade voice processing system. Iperia's solutions catered to a wide range of industries including enterprise, service providers, financial services, healthcare, retail, higher education, and government.

The company's core product, IperiaVX, functioned as both a Unified Communications software suite and a service creation platform. It allowed clients to develop and customize communications applications using a single voice-enabled framework through web services. A key benefit of the platform was its ability to provide telephony interfaces for clients' mission-critical applications, enabling remote access and interaction. This capability aimed to enhance employee productivity, increase business agility, and reduce operational expenditures for its customers. For the mobile workforce, IperiaVX offered solutions to simplify communication and reduce delays for employees working outside the traditional office environment.

Throughout its history, Iperia raised a total of $32 million in funding over four rounds, with the first round occurring on June 8, 1999. Its institutional investors included VIMAC Ventures, New Venturetec, and Argo Global Capital. The company was eventually acquired by Genband on April 2, 2012, in a deal facilitated by Bowen.

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