Zumbox
{{Infobox company
| name = Zumbox
| logo = Zumbox.jpg
| logo_size =
| type = Private
| foundation = 2007
| location_city = Los Angeles, California
| location_country = U.S.
| num_employees = 25-50
| website = https://web.archive.org/web/20090418182000/
| screenshot =
| traded_as =
| defunct = 2014
}}
Zumbox is a proposed hybrid mail service for receiving postal mail via the web.{{cite web|title=Zumbox Tries to Re-imagine the Post Office|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/02/10/zumbox-tries-to-re-imagine-the-post-office/|work=Wall Street Journal|access-date=8 February 2013|author=Clark, Don|date=10 February 2009}} The service was intended to work in parallel to traditional postal services, whereby a digital mailbox—a Zumbox— would be created for every street address in the U.S.
People were able to claim their Zumbox via a paper mail confirmation code.{{cite web|title=Zumbox gives your house an e-mail in-box|url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10163247-2.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5|work=CNET|access-date=8 February 2013|author=Needeleman, Rafe|date=12 February 2009}}
Zumbox provided security in compliance with PCI DSS, BITS and HIPAA security rules and regulations.{{cite web|url=http://static.zumbox.com/mk_about_privacy_security.html|title=Privacy and Security|publisher=Zumbox|access-date=8 February 2013}}
Zumbox was founded in 2007 in Los Angeles, and obtained more than $30 million in venture capital. After seven years of development, Zumbox announced in 2014 that it lacked sufficient investor interest to launch as a national brand.{{cite web|title=Zumbox closes after seven years, 30m plus in funding from Michael Eisner and others|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2014/04/10/zumbox-closes-after-seven-years-30m-plus-in-funding-from-michael-eisner-and-others/|work=Wall Street Journal|access-date=4 December 2014|date=10 April 2014}}
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090418182000/http://www002.zumbox.com// Zumbox]
- [https://www.usnews.com/blogs/fresh-greens/2009/02/12/zumbox-presents-a-new-alternative-to-postal-mail.html U.S. News & World Report]
Category:2007 establishments in California