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 Jun 30, 2019, the latest employee count at Chirp is 4.

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 £69.4K as on Jun 30, 2019.

Where does Chirp rank among its competitors?

Chirp ranks 7th 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

7^th among 288 active competitors

Annual Revenue

£69.4K as on Jun 30, 2019

Employee Count

4 as on Jun 30, 2019

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	$89.9K (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	2532481	Series A	8085815	5654387	5164801	4836481
Aug 15, 2016	4531398	Series A	2990640	4582712	8876882	Steve Cloran & 14 more
Feb 22, 2016	9600764	Seed	4766877	6581961	Guanqun Investment	Jonathan Summers & 12 more

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The founders of Chirp are Anthony Steed and Patrick Bergel.

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

Anthony Steed: Founder & CTO of Chirp. They are also an angel investor in 1 startup.
Patrick Bergel: Founder 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
fw{noai	Team	-	Current	4y 7m
szdyzzm	Team	-	Past	2y 3m
aaneqbk	Team	-	Past	9y 1m
Steven Schooling	Investor	UCLB	Current	9y 0m
ylbfyhh	Investor	-	Past	9y 4m
aypfdtr	Investor	kklwgry	Past	3y 7m
qjplkgm	Investor	egbtofj	Past	6y 5m
Steven Cloran	Independent board member	-	Current	9y 5m
ovviwvj	Independent board member	-	Past	4y 5m

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Chirp's employee count trend

Chirp has 4 employees as of Jun 19. 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, IVP & 60 others	76/100
2nd	Kik 2009, Santa Monica (United States), Acquired	Multimedia messaging app	$166M	Union Square Ventures, RRE Ventures & 16 others	70/100
3rd	Zalo 2012, Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam), Unfunded	Messaging and chat app	-	-	55/100
4th	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 & 10 others	54/100
5th	Daze 2024, New York (United States), Series A	Provider of messaging platform	$5.7M	Uncommon Projects, Andreessen Horowitz & 7 others	51/100
6th	Real-Time Innovations 1991, Sunnyvale (United States), Funding Raised	Software framework for developing and deploying intelligent, distributed, physical AI systems	-	DOE, OSTI	49/100
7th	Chirp 2011, London (United Kingdom), Acquired	Sharing information through sound	$8M	London Co-Investment Fund, Crowdcube & 74 others	48/100
8th	TelloTalk 2015, Lahore (Pakistan), Seed	Multimedia messaging app	$1.6M	Market One Capital, i2i Ventures & 7 others	47/100
9th	Bridgefy 2014, San Francisco (United States), Seed	Messaging app that works even without Internet or phone data	-	Alchemist Accelerator, PT Prasetia Dwidharma ... & 12 others	46/100
10th	Connect SMS Home Screen 2024, Kansas City (United States), Unfunded	App-based messaging platform	-	-	46/100

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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	2019997	3344045	4414901	3462211
Patrick Bergel	9768411	4917334	6834945	8724719	4801294	4979682
Anthony Steed	3555	4071	4603	1895	5534	2683
Fund	17.60%	2.24M	3194876	3775458	8002160	4213369
Guanqun Investment	5184946	5135595	5817596	2866714	6222065	3303561
Crowdcube	77	11	43	77	21	59
Enterprise	27.70%	3.52M	3047106	5187761	1689085	4838497
Angel	38.55%	4.89M	8398521	5132836	5388053	5778471
Steve Cloran	3435037	3285137	4818466	8152539	6026112	7421225
Anna Karaoglou	897	539	626	137	968	423
Jonathan Summers	91	26	85	28	91	62
Akash Gupta	11	95	70	58	83	11
Mark Zaleski	3	8	3	6	1	2
Rahul Moodgal	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other People	3.70%	467K	976	819	776	314
Total	99.95%	1.27Cr	2327933	5451525	3669550	5415417