Bird - About the company
Bird is a series C company based in Amsterdam (Netherlands), founded in 2011 by Adriaan Mol, Robert Vis and Rene Feiner. It operates as a Cloud based CRM software for businesses. Bird has raised $1B in funding from investors like Y Combinator, Accel and Spark Capital, with a current valuation of $3B. The company has 1520 active competitors, including 88 funded and 96 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Agora, RingCentral and Avaya.
Company Details
Cloud based CRM software for businesses. It provides CRM solutions for marketing, sales, and payment businesses. It offers customer support with ticket management and analytics solutions. The platform integrates email, sms, whatsapp, and social channels into the workflows to engage with the audience. It allows users to design, automate, and optimize the email marketing campaigns. Features include communications API, email analytics, customer journey management, and more.
- Website
- bird.com
- Social
- Email ID
- *****@messagebird.com, *****@messagebird.com
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2011
Location
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Stage
Series C
Total Funding
$1B in 6 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Post Money Valuation
$3B as on Apr 28, 2021
Investors
Ranked
14th among 1520 active competitors
Employee Count
322 as on May 31, 2026
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Bird's funding and investors
Bird has raised a total funding of $1B over 6 rounds. Its first funding round was on Jul 08, 2016. Its latest funding round was a Conventional Debt round on Apr 28, 2021 for $300M. 4 investors participated in its latest round. Bird has 17 institutional investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Bird:
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Filter this listDate of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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Apr 28, 2021 | $300M | Conventional Debt | - | - | - | |
Apr 28, 2021 | $700M | Series C | $3B | - | ||
Oct 08, 2020 | $200M | Series C | - | - |
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Bird's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileHere are the details of Bird's key team members:
- Adriaan Mol: Co-Founder of Bird and founder of 5 other companies, including Spacetime, Parcell and MessageBird. They are also an angel investor in 13 startups.
- Robert Vis: Co-Founder & CEO of Bird and founder of 2 other companies, Parcell and MessageBird. They are also an angel investor in 2 startups.Contact Info: 2 email addresses
- Rene Feiner: Co-Founder of Bird. They are also an angel investor in 1 startup.
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Bird's employee count trend
Bird has 322 employees as of May 26. Here is Bird's employee count trend over the years:
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Bird's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Bird include Agora, RingCentral and Avaya. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Bird, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st | Cloud based customer engagement platform | $55M | 84/100 | ||
2nd | RingCentral 1999, Belmont (United States), Acquired | Cloud based platform offering unified communication solutions | $44M | 82/100 | |
3rd |  Avaya 2000, Durham (United States), Public | Cloud based unified communication software | $401M | 74/100 | |
4th |  Vonage 2001, Holmdel (United States), Acquired | Provider of contact center business communication solutions | $645M | 74/100 | |
5th | Provider of customer relationship management software and sales pipeline tools | $91.1M | 73/100 | ||
6th | ActiveCampaign 2003, Chicago (United States), Series C | Platform offering sales, CRM and email marketing automation software | $363M | 70/100 | |
7th | Bandwidth 1999, Raleigh (United States), Public | Cloud-based enterprise collaboration platform for VoIP communication management | $21.9M | 69/100 | |
8th |  8x8 1987, Campbell (United States), Acquired | Provider of cloud communications solutions | - | 68/100 | |
9th |  LINK Mobility 1993, Oslo (Norway), Public | Provider of cloud communications platform offering messaging solutions and related tools | - | 66/100 | |
10th | Copper 2013, San Francisco (United States), Series C | Cloud based platform offering CRM software for Google workspaces | $99.5M | 65/100 | |
14th |  Bird 2011, Amsterdam (Netherlands), Series C | Cloud based CRM software for businesses | $1B | 63/100 |
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Bird's Investments and acquisitions
Bird has made no investments or acquisitions yet.
News related to Bird
Filter this listMedia has covered Bird for a total of 3 events in the last 1 year, 1 of them has been about company updates.
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Bird Increases Stake to 5.39% as CM.com Rejects €165.8M Takeover BidSilicon Canals•Nov 07, 2025•Bird, CM Telecom
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Bird to Acquire CM.com in €165.8M All-Cash Deal to Expand European FootprintSilicon Canals•Nov 05, 2025•Bird, CM Telecom
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Airwallex Partners with Technology Company Bird to Power Its Global Payments InfrastructureFintech Finance•Apr 22, 2024•Airwallex, Bird
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Dutch startup MessageBir reportedly acquires U.S. listed company TwilioCui Niuhui•Feb 03, 2024•Twilio, Bird
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Dutch software firm MessageBird rebrands as Bird, slashes pricesChannelnewsasia•Feb 02, 2024•Bird, MessageBird
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MessageBird rebrands as Bird, and slashes prices by 90% on SMS to take on TwilioTechCrunch+•Feb 01, 2024•Bird
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Framer Raises $27M in Series C FundingFinSMEs•Oct 02, 2023•Framer, Atomico, Accel, Bird and 4 others
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Pleo Hires Former IBM and CrowdStrike Executives To Drive Growth Plans Across EuropeFintech Finance•Apr 19, 2023•Pleo, Bird, Freshworks, HP and 6 others
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MessageBird goes for a smaller nest, lets go of almost a third of its staffTech.eu•Nov 29, 2022•Bird
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German HR management platform Personio appoints Koen Stam as Head of BeneluxSilicon Canals•Sep 15, 2022•Bird, Personio
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