Bitbar - About the company
Bitbar is an acquired company based in Helsinki (Finland), founded in 2009 by Marko Kaasila. It operates as an Automated, scalable testing platform for Android and iOS. Bitbar has raised $3M in funding from Inventure. The company has 29 active competitors, including 5 funded and 6 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like pCloudy, Testin and Keynote.
Company Details
Testdroid, by bitbar, offers a suite of developer tools for automated mobile app testing on real devices on public and private clouds. Supports Android, iOS and HTML5 apps. Has three product offerings - Testdroid Recorder - Tool for recording tests, generating reusable Android JUnit test cases and running them in the Cloud. Testdroid Cloud - Online service for real-time testing mobile apps on 250+ Android devices and 15+ iOS devices hosted by Bitbar. Testdroid Enterprise - Server software for managing automated testing on multiple real Android and iOS devices simultaneously. Customers include eBay, Facebook, Linkedin, Google, Intel, PayPal, Lookout, Flipboard, Evernote, Swiftkey, Pinterest. Offices in Finland, Poland and Silicon Valley, USA. Selected as one of Finland’s 12 Hottest Startups 2013 by Business Insider.
- Website
- bitbar.com
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2009
Location
Helsinki, Finland
Stage
Acquired
Total Funding
$3M in 3 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Ranked
2nd among 29 active competitors
Employee Count
967 as on May 31, 2026
Exit Details
Acquired by SmartBear (Aug 29, 2019)
Bitbar's acquisition details
Bitbar got acquired by SmartBear on Aug 29, 2019.
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Bitbar's funding and investors
Bitbar has raised a total funding of $3M over 3 rounds. Its first funding round was on Mar 12, 2012. Its latest funding round was a Series A round on May 21, 2015 for $*****. 1 investor participated in its latest round. Bitbar has 8 institutional investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Bitbar:
Date of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 21, 2015 | 3465502 | Series A | 3206106 | 1772113 | 6436217 | 5609645 |
Apr 17, 2013 | 7709216 | Series A | 4271885 | 9925342 | 5838056 | |
Mar 12, 2012 | 4770629 | Seed | 8246109 | 5888957 | 7040089 |
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Bitbar's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of Bitbar is Marko Kaasila.
Here are the details of Bitbar's key team members:
- Marko Kaasila: Founder & CEO of Bitbar and founder of 1 other company.
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Bitbar's employee count trend
Bitbar has 967 employees as of May 26. Here is Bitbar's employee count trend over the years:
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Bitbar's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Bitbar include pCloudy, Testin and Keynote. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Bitbar, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Cloud based device lab for application testing | $560K | 48/100 | ||
2nd | Automated, scalable testing platform for Android and iOS | $3M | 48/100 | ||
3rd | Automated cloud based mobile app testing platform | $94.8M | 42/100 | ||
4th | Keynote 1995, San Mateo (United States), Acquired | Provider of mobile application monitoring and digital experience management solutions | - | 40/100 | |
5th | Mobile device testing solutions provider | - | - | 39/100 | |
6th | Area28 Technologies 2017, Hong Kong (China), Seed | Cloud-based real time testing solutions provider | $2.15M | 38/100 | |
7th | Appurify 2012, San Francisco (United States), Acqui-Hired | Automated mobile testing and optimization | $6.25M | 36/100 | |
8th | DeviceAnywhere 2003, San Mateo (United States), Acquired | Cloud based platform for testing and monitoring mobile websites and apps | - | 36/100 | |
9th | Continuous integration & delivery for mobile apps | - | 35/100 | ||
10th | AppThwack 2012, Portland (United States), Acqui-Hired | Cloud computing leader providing scalable infrastructure, platform, and software solutions | $643K | 35/100 |
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Bitbar's Investments and acquisitions
Bitbar has acquired 2 companies including SmartBear and SmartBear. Bitbar has not made any investments as of now.News related to Bitbar
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SmartBear Expands Support of Codeless, Automated Testing for Mobile and ERP ApplicationsBusiness Wire•Apr 14, 2021•SmartBear, Bitbar
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