articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . july 2016 fnbox ventures inc. type private industry internet founded los angeles california united states 2002 2002 founder rodrigo teijeiro 1 headquarters buenos aires argentina area served worldwide key people rodrigo teijeiro founder & ceo lvaro teijeiro cto gustavo victorica cfo products recarga.com cuponica.com sonico.com phonico.com tarjetastelefonicas.com datam.com number of employees 85 2012 2 website corporate site fnbox ventures inc. is a latin american technology company primarily organized as a holding company that manages various online businesses . 3 contents 1 history of fnbox 1.1 2002 1.2 2004 1.3 2006 1.4 2010 1.5 2012 2 products and services 2.1 recarga.com 2.2 cuponica.com 2.3 sonico.com 2.4 phonico.com 2.5 tarjetastelefonicas.com 2.6 datam.com 3 management 4 offices 5 references 6 external links history of fnbox edit fnbox was founded in june 2002 4 and raised 6 million investment from venture capital and private investors in 2008 . 5 6 fnbox has built a series of businesses focused on the latin american internet community . 7 2002 edit fnbox was founded in 2002 4 when ceo & founder rodrigo teijeiro turned to internet technology to save money on calls to argentina . 8 rodrigo started fnbox and his first subsidiary tarjetastelefonicas.com known as cloncom.com in the us market with a development team located in ukraine . 9 according to rodrigo five days after going live the website was selling 500 worth of voip minutes . 2004 edit however they soon realized that this service was highly exposed to internet fraud and decided to close down the website and focus on developing a fraud protection system . after two years with a fraud protection system ready to go tarjetastelefonicas.com was re launched . this time the website attracted 325 000 valid users across eight countries in just five years . 10 2006 edit in 2006 with a team of developers in place and facebook spreading like wildfire among college campuses in the us fnbox decided to launch a social network customized for latin american audiences . as an early mover in the latin american social space sonico registered 4.4 million users in its first year . 11 fnbox immediately raised 4.3 million 5 in financing from venture capital and angel investors and brought sonico to brazil the largest consumer market in latin america . 6 2010 edit by the end of 2010 fnbox had 75 million users across tarjetas sonico and recarga a prepaid phone recharge platform launched that year . 12 it was time to focus on monetizing this traffic . in 2010 fnbox bought a coupon site to offer daily deals to new and existing customers and launched an online advertising service to help businesses reach targeted audiences . 13 2012 edit moving forward fnbox expects to leverage traffic and regional e commerce know how to attract latin america s 355 million mobile phone users 14 115 million registered social network users 15 16 and 30 billion of expected online shopping for 2013 . 17 products and services edit recarga.com edit even though the cost of prepaid service can be 10 times that of traditional service most users in latin america use prepaid cell phones because it attracts clients whose incomes are frequently too erratic to make a monthly payment . 18 recarga.com is an on line technology platform that enables end users to add credits to their prepaid mobile phones in latin america and the usa . 19 to date they have processed transactions in six countries for 110 000 clients across more than 20 mobile carriers . 20 cuponica.com edit daily deals reaching more than 75 million cuponica was purchased by fnbox in 2009 . 13 cup nica offers consumers daily deals with 50 % discounts to restaurants theatres spas hotels and entertainment . 21 sonico.com edit founded in july 2007 sonico is a social network in latin america that organizes people s lives online into all life categories including private public and professional . this social media platform allows individuals organizations and brands to interact . 22 phonico.com edit fnbox s online calling card business has sold over 750 million minutes to over 325 000 clients in 150 countries . 23 tarjetastelefonicas.com edit tarjetas telef nicas is a telecommunications platform and utilizes technologies developed for long distance and mobile phones calls . tarjetas telef nicas has developed an in house fraud control system that process over 80 % of all orders automatically more than 30 000 monthly e commerce transactions with lower than industry charge back levels . tarjetastelefonicas.com has sold over 750 million minutes since its start . 24 datam.com edit online advertising and lead generation datam generated 3.3 million qualified in their first four months . in june 2010 fnbox launched datam . 25 management edit key management personnel comprise rodrigo teijeiro founder and ceo lvaro teijeiro co founder and cto and gustavo victorica cfo . 26 as of september 2012 fnbox has over 90 employees and offices in 4 countries . offices edit according to fnbox s website they currently have offices in the following locations 27 buenos aires argentina s o paulo brazil miami florida usa mexico city mexico references edit elena zafra . tecnolog a y marketing para convertir start ups en negocios globales in spanish . mit technologyreview . retrieved october 15 2012 . prnewswire . latin american e commerce leader fnbox chooses adyen s payments platform to facilitate global expansion . pr newswire . retrieved september 12 2012 . fnbox . fnbox online adventures . fnbox . retrieved september 12 2012 . a b businessweek september 18 2011 . company overview of fnbox ventures inc . bloomberg businessweek . retrieved september 18 2011 . a b mark hendrickson june 3 2008 . latin american social network sonico raises 4.3 million . techcrunch . retrieved september 12 2012 . a b prnewswire december 16 2008 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