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 Jul 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 294 active competitors, of which 26 are funded. It stands 6th 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 Signal. Among them, Daze secured the most recent funding round in October, 2024.

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

Chirp is an acquired company based in London (United Kingdom), founded in 2011 by Patrick Bergel and Anthony Steed. It operates as a Sharing information through sound. Chirp has raised $8M in funding from Guanqun Investment, with last known valuation of $*****. The company has 294 active competitors, including 26 funded and 15 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Snapchat, Kik and Signal.

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 294 active competitors

Annual Revenue

£0 - £1M as on Jun 30, 2019

Employee Count

2 as on Jul 31, 2026

Similar Companies

Snapchat & 495 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	8370510	Series A	1358991	4288144	1364095	2751660
Aug 15, 2016	7811420	Series A	8778812	9881400	6117687	Steve Cloran & 14 more
Feb 22, 2016	2242651	Seed	7976080	4946352	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
mddqhdl	Team	-	Current	8y 1m
cjlmvdl	Team	-	Past	2y 4m
wm{jzwb	Team	-	Past	4y 3m
Steven Schooling	Investor	UCLB	Current	9y 6m
rdmeyxy	Investor	-	Past	7y 5m
ynhqvsi	Investor	nuyxuvz	Past	5y 7m
ecee{hz	Investor	wgtz{r{	Past	9y 7m
Steven Cloran	Independent board member	-	Current	9y 11m
iqviozf	Independent board member	-	Past	9y 7m

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Chirp's employee count trend

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

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Top competitors of Chirp include Snapchat, Kik and Signal. 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	Foundation Capital, Spark Capital & 16 others	71/100
3rd	Signal 2018, Mountain View (United States), Seed	Provider of a platform for secure messaging	$50M	-	70/100
4th	Daze 2024, New York (United States), Series A	Provider of messaging platform	$5.7M	Uncommon Projects, Alpaca & 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	Earlybird, Molten Ventures & 12 others	50/100
6th	Chirp 2011, London (United Kingdom), Acquired	Sharing information through sound	$8M	London Co-Investment Fund, UCLB & 74 others	47/100
7th	TelloTalk 2015, Lahore (Pakistan), Seed	Multimedia messaging app	$1.6M	Market One Capital, i2i Ventures & 7 others	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	Real-Time Innovations 1991, Sunnyvale (United States), Funding Raised	Software framework for developing and deploying intelligent, distributed, physical AI systems	-	DOE, OSTI	45/100
10th	Meebo 2005, Mountain View (United States), Acquired	Instant messaging and social networking service provider	$65M	Icon Ventures, Sequoia Capital & 5 others	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	8289239	8338789	7057717	5771797
Patrick Bergel	7775546	4677633	5176464	8360472	5880573	7098042
Anthony Steed	3019	7165	8697	9413	3187	4173
Fund	17.60%	2.24M	6438079	6758774	3119427	6748347
Guanqun Investment	9320410	7826308	9032309	5250019	4734630	8910063
Crowdcube	80	77	82	43	82	87
Enterprise	27.70%	3.52M	7892018	7412247	5635317	6205993
Angel	38.55%	4.89M	1827725	8193733	8280261	2805858
Steve Cloran	3139055	8073069	5682270	4835700	9169461	9335270
Anna Karaoglou	913	579	207	153	463	208
Jonathan Summers	98	22	41	34	41	83
Akash Gupta	23	69	74	79	20	11
Mark Zaleski	7	2	3	1	6	5
Rahul Moodgal	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other People	3.70%	467K	396	649	152	897
Total	99.95%	1.27Cr	7487728	8600480	7837789	4317386