Silicon Valley startup Mr. Number, makers of a call and text-blocking Android application with the same name, has been acquired by WhitePages after its app was downloaded from the Google Play Store more than 7 million times.
Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. In August 2011, Mr. Number raised $3.5 million from VC firm Menlo Ventures. The company was founded by serial entrepreneur Jason Devitt and ex-Googler Mike Wells.
The purchase of the startup helps WhitePages expand its mobile offerings and provide users with a robust caller ID service.
WhitePages claims its family of mobile apps – including its own Current Caller ID App – are used by more than 15 million users per month.
The company asserts that Mr. Number will remain a standalone mobile app and consumer site with “potential synergies leveraged in future app development”.
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The news of the acquisition was reported first by Geekwire, which claims WhitePages is only buying Mr. Number’s technology and assets and not taking over its employees.
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