LotusFlare
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| Industry | Telecommunications |
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| Founded | June 2014 |
| Founder | Sam Gadodia Terry Guo Shao Xia |
| Headquarters | U.S. |
| Website | www |
LotusFlare is a software development company focused on creating products for the telecommunications industry and providing SaaS products to enterprises.[1][2][3][4]
Background
[edit]LotusFlare was founded in June 2014 by former Facebook engineers Sam Gadodia, Terry Guo, and Shao Xia.[5][2]
The company raised a $4 million seed investment from Social Capital, Google Ventures, and Metamorphic Ventures.[5] In September 2015, the company raised a $6 million Series A investment led by Chamath Palihapitiya's firm Social Capital.[6][1] He is the chairman of the board.[6]
In December 2025, Ericsson acquired a minority stake in the company to integrate LotusFlare's cloud-native DNO Cloud platform into its network application programming interface (API) exposure architecture.[7][8]
Products
[edit]Nomad
[edit]Nomad is a mobile app and website that allows users to purchase eSIM products.[9]
Digital Network Operator Cloud (DNO Cloud)
[edit]DNO Cloud is a cloud-based business support system that is designed to serve telecommunications and media service providers.[10] DNO is based on TM Forum standards, and is Platinum-level certified for a number of its APIs.[11][12]
Users
[edit]Some notable users of DNO Cloud include:
References
[edit]- 1 2 Fried, Ina (2015-09-01). "LotusFlare Gets $6 Million to Fund Quest to Bring Mobile Data to Emerging Markets". Vox. Retrieved 2024-06-17.
- 1 2 Kosoff, Maya. "Ex-Facebookers raise $6 million to bring internet to more people around the world". Business Insider. Retrieved 2024-06-17.
- ↑ Yeung, Ken (2015-09-01). "LotusFlare gets $6M from Social+Capital, others to make mobile Internet more accessible". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2024-06-17.
- ↑ "Lotusflare Inc – Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2024-06-17.
- 1 2 Perez, Sarah (September 1, 2015). "LotusFlare Raises $6 Million To Help Emerging Markets Access The Mobile Internet". TechCrunch. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
- 1 2 "Chamath Palihapitiya – Chairman at LotusFlare". THE ORG. Retrieved 2024-06-17.
- ↑ Wood, Nick. "Ericsson enters into strategic partnership with LotusFlare to accelerate adoption of network APIs". Telecoms. Telecoms.com. Retrieved 26 January 2026.
- ↑ "Ericsson still in desperate hunt for network API profits". Light Reading. Retrieved 2026-06-15.
- ↑ "Nomad eSIM". LotusFlare.
- ↑ "LotusFlare DNO Cloud". LotusFlare.
- ↑ "TM Forum Open API Conformance Overview". TM Forum. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
- ↑ "LotusFlare Achieves Gold-Level Certification for TM Forum V5 Open APIs". LotusFlare. 2024-04-16. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
- ↑ "Deutsche Telekom Selects LotusFlare for its Magenta API Capability Exposure (MACE) Platform". NewsWire. 2024-07-01.
- ↑ "What's up with… Proximus, DT & LotusFlare, Telecom Egypt & 4iG Group". TelecomTV. 2024-07-01.
- ↑ "Deutsche Telekom Selects LotusFlare for its Magenta API Capability Exposure (MACE) Platform". NewsWire. 2023-09-05.
- ↑ "A1 Group re:do trial exposes raw truth about human nature". Mobile Europe. 2023-03-16.
- ↑ "MTN SA, LotusFlare Launch Pi Digital Telecom Brand Using Cloud-Native DNO Platform". The Fast Mode. 2026-06-06.
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