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Skrumble

Skrumble is a Toronto business-communications platform that combines phone, video conferencing, team messaging and file sharing in one app, pitched to small and mid-size businesses as a more productive alternative to Slack. Founded in 2014 by David and Eric Lifson, it later launched a blockchain arm, Skrumble Network.

CommunicationsTorontoFounded 2014
C$19Mraised by Skrumble Network in a 2018 token sale (ICO)BetaKit

The people

David LifsonFounder & CEO · 1 TechTO talk
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Eric LifsonCo-founderprofile coming

What they build

Skrumble unified communicationsOne app combining business phone, video conferencing, team messaging and file sharing for small and mid-size businesses.

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About

Skrumble was founded in Toronto in 2014 by David Lifson and Eric Lifson under parent Nuage Telecom, aiming to unify workplace phone, conferencing, team messaging and file sharing and positioning itself against Slack on productivity. In 2018 the founders launched Skrumble Network, a blockchain communications protocol that raised about C$19 million in a token sale. The core company is now thinly staffed and its current operating status is unclear.

Backers

Skrumble Network raised about C$19M in a 2018 token sale (ICO); no priced venture round is confirmed from a primary source. Toronto's MaRS Discovery District featured Skrumble as a go-to-market case study.

Some figures are founder-stated, not independently confirmed

Quick answers

What does Skrumble do?

It sells a unified business-communications app that folds phone, video conferencing, team messaging and file sharing into one place, aimed at small and mid-size businesses as a more productive alternative to Slack.

Who founded Skrumble?

David Lifson and Eric Lifson, in Toronto in 2014, under parent Nuage Telecom. David Lifson is founder and CEO.

What is Skrumble Network?

A blockchain communications protocol the founders launched in 2018, raising about C$19M in a token sale. It marked Skrumble's pivot toward decentralized, privacy-focused communication.

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