Twilio

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.