When was Chirp founded?

Chirp was founded in 2011 and raised its 1st funding round within a year of its incorporation.

Where is Chirp located?

Chirp is headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is registered at 4 Clare Corner, London, England, SE9 2AE.

Which legal entities is Chirp associated with?

Chirp is associated with ASIO LTD.

How many employees does Chirp have?

As of May 31, 2026, the latest employee count at Chirp is 2.

Is Chirp a funded company?

Chirp is a funded company, having raised a total of $8M across 6 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $***** Seed round, raised on Dec 05, 2011.

How much is Chirp worth?

The last known valuation of Chirp was $***** as of Jan 04, 2017.

When was the latest funding round of Chirp?

Chirp's latest funding was a $***** Series A round on Jan 04, 2017, with participation from 13 investors.

What is the annual revenue of Chirp?

Annual revenue of Chirp is less than £1M as on Jun 30, 2019

Where does Chirp rank among its competitors?

Chirp ranks 6th amongst 288 active competitors, of which 25 are funded. It stands 4th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Daze, which secured $5.7M in Oct, 2024.

Who are the top competitors of Chirp?

Chirp's top competitors include Snapchat, Kik and Zalo. Among them, Daze secured the most recent funding round in October, 2024.

Chirp - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding, Competitors & Financials

Company Details

Chirp is a messaging application that allows users to share photos, web pages, and contacts using sound. The app uses special electronic birdsong to ‘chirp’ information over the air to transfer information. It can quickly send data to multiple devices at once without them needing to be either paired or have a wireless connection. Chirp technology provides iOS and Android supported SDK for developers.

Website: chirp.io
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Registered Address: 4 Clare Corner, London, England, SE9 2AE

Key Metrics

Founded Year

2011

Location

London, United Kingdom

Stage

Acquired

Total Funding

$8M in 6 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Series A, Jan 04, 2017, $*****

Last Known Valuation

$***** as on Jan 04, 2017

Investors

Guanqun Investment & 75 more

Ranked

6^th among 288 active competitors

Annual Revenue

£0 - £1M as on Jun 30, 2019

Employee Count

2 as on May 31, 2026

Similar Companies

Snapchat & 489 more

Exit Details

Acquired by Sonos (Feb 13, 2020)

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Chirp is associated with 1 legal entity given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Documents
ASIO LTD CIN: 7851934 , Germany, Active	Nov 16, 2011	£0 - £1M (As on Jun 30, 2019)	4 (As on Jun 30, 2019)

Chirp got acquired by Sonos on Feb 13, 2020.

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Chirp has raised a total funding of $8M over 6 rounds. Its first funding round was on Dec 05, 2011. Its latest funding round was a Series A round on Jan 04, 2017 for $*****. 13 investors participated in its latest round. Chirp has 13 institutional investors and 63 angel investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Chirp:

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Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Jan 04, 2017	2272080	Series A	7198946	3080180	8203390	9762412
Aug 15, 2016	6206171	Series A	2777202	3262964	5209386	Steve Cloran & 14 more
Feb 22, 2016	7462814	Seed	3941931	3940101	Guanqun Investment	Jonathan Summers & 12 more

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The founders of Chirp are Patrick Bergel and Anthony Steed.

Here are the details of Chirp's key team members:

Patrick Bergel: Founder of Chirp. They are also an angel investor in 1 startup.
Anthony Steed: Founder & CTO of Chirp. They are also an angel investor in 1 startup.
Moran Lerner: CEO of Chirp. They serve on the board of 1 company.

Chirp's Board of Directors

Chirp's board has 3 active members. Steven Schooling and Stephen Dunford are part of team and Steven Cloran is independent board member.

Here is the list of Chirp's board of directors:

Name	Type	Representing	Status	Duration
kuztipz	Team	-	Current	6y 4m
lxog{{e	Team	-	Past	1y 5m
tozpfgn	Team	-	Past	2y 4m
Steven Schooling	Investor	UCLB	Current	9y 4m
r{rlkul	Investor	-	Past	6y 4m
zlomiqc	Investor	hwalmzg	Past	3y 8m
zbvgvfx	Investor	fytaica	Past	1y 4m
Steven Cloran	Independent board member	-	Current	9y 9m
{fxhxl{	Independent board member	-	Past	7y 9m

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Chirp's employee count trend

Chirp has 2 employees as of May 26. Here is Chirp's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Chirp include Snapchat, Kik and Zalo. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Chirp, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Snapchat 2011, Los Angeles (United States), Public	Provider of multimedia messaging application	$2.62B	Benchmark, Kleiner Perkins & 61 others	82/100
2nd	Kik 2009, Santa Monica (United States), Acquired	Multimedia messaging app	$166M	RRE Ventures, Spark Capital & 16 others	71/100
3rd	Zalo 2012, Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam), Unfunded	Messaging and chat app	-	-	55/100
4th	Daze 2024, New York (United States), Series A	Provider of messaging platform	$5.7M	Uncommon Projects, Andreessen Horowitz & 7 others	51/100
5th	HiveMQ 2012, Landshut (Germany), Series A	Provider of MQTT based platform for bi-directional flow of data between IoT devices and enterprises systems	$53.3M	Molten Ventures, Senovo & 11 others	50/100
6th	Chirp 2011, London (United Kingdom), Acquired	Sharing information through sound	$8M	London Co-Investment Fund, UCLB & 74 others	48/100
7th	2Mee 2012, York (United Kingdom), Acquired	AR based hologram messaging platform	-	VentureOut, Plutus One Capital	46/100
8th	Bridgefy 2014, San Francisco (United States), Seed	Messaging app that works even without Internet or phone data	-	Alchemist Accelerator, MaC Venture Capital ... & 12 others	46/100
9th	TelloTalk 2015, Lahore (Pakistan), Seed	Multimedia messaging app	$1.6M	i2i Ventures, Market One Capital & 7 others	46/100
10th	Real-Time Innovations 1991, Sunnyvale (United States), Funding Raised	Software framework for developing and deploying intelligent, distributed, physical AI systems	-	DOE, OSTI	45/100

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Founders own 12.40%, Funds own 17.60%, Enterprises own 27.70% and Angels (largest shareholder) own 38.55%. The net worth of Chirp's founders is INR 1.58M as of Jan 04, 2017.

Shareholders Name	Post Round Holding %	Net worth	Cumulative Investment	Realised Returns	Unrealised Returns	Return Multiple
Founder	12.40%	1.58M	6426336	8003965	7291477	5391024
Patrick Bergel	7088046	2676943	9766521	5578612	1397187	8638514
Anthony Steed	1330	6473	5731	1186	7104	9808
Fund	17.60%	2.24M	5563499	5859782	4146010	1096154
Guanqun Investment	8212493	8549751	9733550	4160473	1368839	1489824
Crowdcube	71	66	13	27	82	48
Enterprise	27.70%	3.52M	1587762	6933137	4340480	1169736
Angel	38.55%	4.89M	8945596	9227508	2459311	2057590
Steve Cloran	1379048	2235254	2219259	2871352	6712915	8130111
Anna Karaoglou	323	895	667	214	318	613
Jonathan Summers	30	56	82	77	42	45
Akash Gupta	51	37	44	61	20	80
Mark Zaleski	2	3	3	8	7	6
Rahul Moodgal	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other People	3.70%	467K	641	700	357	586
Total	99.95%	1.27Cr	3131771	3148481	8441538	8278306