Angus Davis

Founder and CEO, Swipely

In 1999, Angus co-founded Tellme, which revolutionized speech recognition systems today used by 1 in 3 Americans. Microsoft acquired Tellme in its largest-ever acquisition of a private company in 2007. In 2009, Angus returned home to New England and founded Swipely to help local merchants accept payments, understand customer and grow sales.

Twitter: @angusdav

About Swipely
Swipely is a simple way for local merchants to accept payments, understand customers and grow sales. Swipely's valuable analytics, loyalty and marketing tools work with systems merchants already have and with cards consumers already use. Merchants use Swipely to manage over 400 million dollars in sales and to understand and grow relationships with more than 875,000 consumers.

Founded by Angus Davis, the Providence, RI based company includes veterans of Tellme, Microsoft, Netscape, LivingSocial and SeamlessWeb, and is backed by leading Silicon Valley investors including Index Ventures, Greylock Partners, and First Round Capital, among others, who have made the largest software venture investment in Rhode Island history.

Twitter: @swipely