Twilio is a cloud communications platform for building SMS, Voice & Messaging applications on an application programming interface (API) built for global use. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California and was founded in 2008 by Jeff Lawson, Evan Cooke, and John Wolthuis. Notable companies using Twilio are Twitch, ZenDesk, Nordstrom, and Lyft.
Introduction to Twilio.
Funding
Seed
On January 1, 2009 Twilio completed their seed funding round with $1 million in funding from Techstars Ventures, Pathfinder, K9 Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Mitchell Kapor, Manu Kamar, Dave McClure, and Chris Sacca.
Series A
On December 30, 2009 Twilio completed their series A funding round with $3.7 million in funding from Union Square Ventures (lead investor), Techstars Ventures, Lowercase Capital, K9 Ventures, Founders Fund, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Mitchell Kapor.
Series B
On November 9, 2010 Twilio completed their series B funding round with $12 million in funding from Bessemer Venture Partners (lead investor), Union Square Ventures, 500 Startups, SV Angel, and K9 Ventures.
Series C
On December 7, 2011 Twilio completed their series C funding round with $17 million in funding from Bessemer Venture Partners (lead investor), Infocomm Investments, and Union Square Ventures.
Series D
On June 7, 2013 Twilio completed their series D funding round with $70 million in funding from Bessemer Venture Partners (lead investor), DFJ, and Redpoint.
Series E
On July 29, 2015 Twilio completed their series E funding round with $130 million in funding from T. Rowe Price (lead investor), Fidelity (lead investor), Salesforce Ventures, DFJ, Bessemer Venture Partners, ArrowMark Partners, Amazon, and Altimeter Capital.
Acquisitions
SendGrid
On October 15, 2018 Twilio acquired SendGrid, a cloud-based customer communication platform, for $3 billion.
Ytica
On September 11, 2018 Twilio acquired Ytica, a company offering an analytical platform for customer service solutions, for an undisclosed amount if money.
Beepsend SMS
On February 7, 2017 Twilio acquired Beepsend SMS, a company providing SMS connectivity solutions, for an undisclosed amount of money.
Kurento
On September 20, 2016 Twilio acquired Kurento, an open source software development framework for making media servers, for and undisclosed amount of money.
Authy
On February 24, 2015 Twilio acquired Authy, an API for developers to customize user experiences, for an undisclosed amount of money.
Timeline
Series E funding round
On July 29, 2015 Twilio completed their series E funding round with $130 million in funding from T. Rowe Price (lead investor), Fidelity (lead investor), Salesforce Ventures, DFJ, Bessemer Venture Partners, ArrowMark Partners, Amazon, and Altimeter Capital.
Acquisition of SendGrid
Twilio announced the successful completion of its previously announced acquisition of SendGrid.
Acquisition of Ytica
On September 11, 2018 Twilio acquired Ytica, a company offering an analytical platform for customer service solutions, for an undisclosed amount if money.
Acquired Beepsend SMS
On February 7, 2017 Twilio acquired Beepsend SMS, a company providing SMS connectivity solutions, for an undisclosed amount of money.
Kurento
On September 20, 2016 Twilio acquired Kurento, an open source software development framework for making media servers, for and undisclosed amount of money.
Authy
On February 24, 2015 Twilio acquired Authy, an API for developers to customize user experiences, for an undisclosed amount of money.
Series D funding round
On June 7, 2013 Twilio completed their series D funding round with $70 million in funding from Bessemer Venture Partners (lead investor), DFJ, and Redpoint.
Series D funding round
On June 7, 2013 Twilio completed their series D funding round with $70 million in funding from Bessemer Venture Partners (lead investor), DFJ, and Redpoint.
Series C funding round
On December 7, 2011 Twilio completed their series C funding round with $17 million in funding from Bessemer Venture Partners (lead investor), Infocomm Investments, and Union Square Ventures.
Series B funding round
On November 9, 2010 Twilio completed their series B funding round with $12 million in funding from Bessemer Venture Partners (lead investor), Union Square Ventures, 500 Startups, SV Angel, and K9 Ventures.
Funding rounds
People
Adam Ballai
Employee
Ajai Karthikeyan
Employee
Albert Wenger
Board member
Amanda Mulay
Employee
Andres Krogh
Employee
Andrew Benton
Employee
Andrew Watson
Employee
Anna Taylor
Employee
Ari Sigal
Employee
Aubrey Johnson
Employee
Ben Nunney
Employee
Brian Partridge
Employee
Byron Deeter
Board member
Carter Rabasa
Employee
Charles Oppenheimer
Employee
Chris Sacca
Advisor
Chris Wright
Employee
Chung Nguyen
Employee
D. Keith Casey Jr.
Employee
Dan Kang
Employee
Daniel Zarick
Employee
Danielle Morrill
Employee
Dave McClure
Board member
Dave Schappell
Investor
David Cohen
Investor
Further reading
Twilio acquires Beepsend to make message delivery more efficient on its Super Network
Lucas Matney
Web
February 7, 2017
Twilio closes acquisition of email specialist SendGrid in all-stock deal now worth $3B
Ingrid Lunden
Web
February 1, 2019
Twilio's contact center products just got more analytical with Ytica acquisition
Ron Miller
Web
September 11, 2018
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