Twilio

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. 

Twilio raises a $130,000,000 series E round from DFJ, Bessemer Venture Partners, Salesforce Ventures, ArrowMark Partners, Altimeter Capital, Amazon, Fidelity Investments and T. Rowe Price.

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. 

Twilio raises a $70,000,000 series D round from DFJ, Redpoint Ventures and Bessemer Venture Partners.

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. 

Twilio raises a $17,000,000 series C round from Union Square Ventures, Infocomm Investments and Bessemer Venture Partners.

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. 

Twilio raises a $12,000,000 series B round from 500 Startups, SV Angel, K9 Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners and Union Square Ventures.

Twilio raises a $1,000,000 seed round from Dave McClure, Chris Sacca, K9 Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Mitchell Kapor, Pathfinder and Techstars.

Seed funding round

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. 

Twilio was founded by Jeff Lawson.

Founding of Twilio

Twilio was founded in 2008 by Jeff Lawson, Evan Cooke, and John Wolthuis.