TokBox

TokBox Inc
Company type	Private
Industry	Video conferencing
Founded	1 May 2007
Founder	Serge Faguet; Ron Hose;
Fate	Acquired; brand retired
Headquarters	San Francisco, California, California
Key people	Scott Lomond, CEO; Badri Rajaseker, CTO; Melih Onvural, Director of Product Management; Michael Kelleher, Director of Business Analytics; Ian Small, Chairman of the Board;
Owner	Telefónica Digital a subsidiary of Telefónica
Website	www.tokbox.com

TokBox was a PaaS (Platform as a Service) company that provided hosted infrastructure, APIs and tools required to deliver enterprise-grade WebRTC capabilities. It did so primarily through its proprietary OpenTok video platform for commercial application.^[1]

TokBox was founded by Serge Faguet and Ron Hose. Headquartered in the SOMA (South of Market) district in San Francisco, CA. TokBox was acquired by Telefónica Digital, a subsidiary of Telefónica, in October 2012.^[2]. It was purchased from Telefónica by Vonage in 2018.^[3] Vonage has since retired the name "TokBox", using "Vonage APIs" instead.^[4]

Developer resources

Server SDKs

Server SDKs: OpenTok's server SDKs wrap the OpenTok REST API, and let developers securely generate tokens for their OpenTok applications. Officially supported libraries include: Java and PHP. Community supported and created libraries include: Python, Ruby On Rails, .NET, Node.js, Perl, Golang.^[5]

Client libraries

Client Libraries: OpenTok's WebRTC client libraries enable video communications on a client platform. Officially supported libraries include: JavaScript, iOS and Android. Community supported and created libraries include: PhoneGap and Titanium.^[6]

History

2007

August: Series A funding from Sequoia Capital^[7]
October: Launched www.tokbox.com^[8]
November: Launched multi-party chat and partnership with Meebo^{[citation needed]}

2008

April: TokBox Version 2 launched^{[citation needed]}
July: Series B funding from Bain Capital Ventures and Sequoia Capital^[9]
September: Launched the TokBox platform/ API ^{[citation needed]}

2009

Added document collaboration tool—Etherpad (now owned by Google)^{[citation needed]}

2010

January: Rolled out its first set of paid features at $9.99 per month.^{[citation needed]}
November: Series C Funding from DAG Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures and Sequoia Capital^[10]
November: Announced the OpenTok API^{[citation needed]}

2011

February: TokBox announced that as of April 5, 2011, they would be discontinuing the TokBox video chat and video conferencing service to focus solely on their API, OpenTok.^[11]

2012

TokBox acquired by Telefónica.

2018

TokBox from Telefónica by Vonage Holdings.

2020

TokBox name redirects to Vonage.^[12]

References

^ Cohen, A.D. (2014). Strategies in Learning and Using a Second Language. Longman applied linguistics. Taylor & Francis. p. 131. ISBN 978-1-317-86117-1.
^ Lunden, Ingrid (25 October 2012). "Telefonica Digital Buys Video Chat Platform TokBox, An Airtime For The Rest Of Us".
^ "Vonage Acquires TokBox, the Leading Programmable Video Provider" (Press release). HOLMDEL, N.J.: Vonage Holdings Corp. StreamingMedia.com. 2018-08-02. Retrieved 2025-11-17.
^ "Tokbox is now Vonage APIs". www.vonage.ca. Retrieved 2025-11-17.
^ "OpenTok Server SDKs". Archived from the original on 2013-12-16. Retrieved 2013-12-16.
^ "OpenTok Client SDKs". Archived from the original on 2013-12-16. Retrieved 2013-12-16.
^ "TokBox Raises $10 Million - PE Hub". PE Hub. 2008-08-07. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
^ "TokBox". 2007-07-15. Archived from the original on 28 October 2007. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
^ Kincaid, Jason. "Video Chat Service TokBox Raises $10 Million From Bain". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
^ "TokBox raises $12M to jam Skype into your web browser | VentureBeat". venturebeat.com. 15 November 2010. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
^ "Breaking up is hard to do - TokBox Blog". 8 February 2011. Archived from the original on 13 February 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
^ "tokbox.com redirects to Vonage on 2020-03-31". 2020-03-31. Retrieved 2025-11-17.

External links

TokBox Home Page (Archived 2008-09-30 at the Wayback Machine)

[1] Cohen, A.D. (2014). Strategies in Learning and Using a Second Language. Longman applied linguistics. Taylor & Francis. p. 131. ISBN 978-1-317-86117-1.

[2] Lunden, Ingrid (25 October 2012). "Telefonica Digital Buys Video Chat Platform TokBox, An Airtime For The Rest Of Us".

[3] "Vonage Acquires TokBox, the Leading Programmable Video Provider" (Press release). HOLMDEL, N.J.: Vonage Holdings Corp. StreamingMedia.com. 2018-08-02. Retrieved 2025-11-17.

[4] "Tokbox is now Vonage APIs". www.vonage.ca. Retrieved 2025-11-17.

[5] "OpenTok Server SDKs". Archived from the original on 2013-12-16. Retrieved 2013-12-16.

[6] "OpenTok Client SDKs". Archived from the original on 2013-12-16. Retrieved 2013-12-16.

[7] "TokBox Raises $10 Million - PE Hub". PE Hub. 2008-08-07. Retrieved 2017-10-27.

[8] "TokBox". 2007-07-15. Archived from the original on 28 October 2007. Retrieved 2017-10-27.

[9] Kincaid, Jason. "Video Chat Service TokBox Raises $10 Million From Bain". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2017-10-27.

[10] "TokBox raises $12M to jam Skype into your web browser | VentureBeat". venturebeat.com. 15 November 2010. Retrieved 2017-10-27.

[11] "Breaking up is hard to do - TokBox Blog". 8 February 2011. Archived from the original on 13 February 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2011.

[12] "tokbox.com redirects to Vonage on 2020-03-31". 2020-03-31. Retrieved 2025-11-17.

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