# Alan Dsouza

> Alan Dsouza is the San Francisco-based founder and CEO of Outbox Labs, associated with Zapmail and ReachInbox. His earlier ventures include Vavia Technologies, txtBrowser, FreePaisa, Adof Games, Autograph.ly, and Listed/OpeninApp. His public career centers on building software products and solving practical access, distribution, and customer acquisition problems.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Outbox Labs
- **Organizations:** Outbox Labs, Zapmail, ReachInbox, Vavia Technologies, txtBrowser, FreePaisa, Adof Games, Autograph.ly, Listed, OpeninApp
- **Education:** PES University (PESIT), Bengaluru
- **Known for:** His Wellfound profile reports approximately 1.1 billion paid txtBrowser queries across six countries and twelve languages., His Wellfound profile reports that FreePaisa acquired approximately 50 million users for startup clients., OpeninApp’s founder biography reports $5 million ARR for FreePaisa.

## Career timeline

- **2008** — Started Vavia Technologies while studying engineering at PESIT in Bengaluru; a 2014 interview dates the founding to August 8.
- **2011 - 2014** — Lists txtBrowser, an SMS-based internet search venture, in his career history.
- **2014 - 2017** — Lists FreePaisa, an app discovery platform, in his career history.
- **2017 - 2020** — Lists Adof Games, a skill-based games business, in his career history.
- **2020 - 2021** — Founded Autograph.ly, offering personalized celebrity video messages.
- **2021** — Co-founded Listed; OpeninApp identifies him as a founder.
- **2023-10** — Outbox Labs was founded; its official history places its inception in Dubai.
- **2023-12** — Outbox dates the launch of ReachInbox to December 2023.
- **2024-06** — Outbox dates the launch of Zapmail to June 2024.
- **2024-12** — Outbox dates the launch of MailVerify to December 2024.
- **2025-05** — Outbox dates the launch of ReferralStack to May 2025.

## Achievements

- His Wellfound profile reports approximately 1.1 billion paid txtBrowser queries across six countries and twelve languages.
- His Wellfound profile reports that FreePaisa acquired approximately 50 million users for startup clients.
- OpeninApp’s founder biography reports $5 million ARR for FreePaisa.
- His Wellfound profile reports approximately 1.1 million monthly paying subscribers for Adof Games.
- In a public LinkedIn announcement, he reported Outbox reaching $10 million ARR in under thirteen months, bootstrapped, with zero advertising spend and profitability from day one.

## Latest updates

- **2025-11** — Listed as the speaker for SaaSBoomi’s November 23 virtual workshop on outbound growth.
- **2026-04** — Edbound’s interview write-up, dated April 7 on the live page, discusses his Zapmail and ReachInbox outbound approach.

## Links

- Website: https://outbox.vc
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dsouza-alan
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/dsouzaalan

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Last updated: 2026-10-09