When was Glia founded?

Glia was founded in 2012 and became a unicorn in 2022.

Where is Glia located?

Glia is headquartered in New York City, United States. It is registered at New York, New York.

How many employees does Glia have?

As of Aug 31, 2026, the latest employee count at Glia is 471.

Is Glia a funded company?

Glia is a funded company, having raised a total of $152M across 7 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $25K Seed round, raised on Jun 05, 2012.

How much is Glia worth?

The latest valuation of Glia is $1B as of Dec 31, 2022.

When was the latest funding round of Glia?

Glia's latest funding was a $45M Series D round on Mar 21, 2022, with participation from 3 investors.

Is Glia a Banking Tech company?

The primary sectors of Glia are Banking Tech, Sales Force Automation, Customer Service Software and Chatbots.

Where does Glia rank among its competitors?

Glia ranks 26th amongst 5332 active competitors, of which 435 are funded. It stands 6th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Genesys, which secured $1.5B in Jul, 2025.

Who are the top competitors of Glia?

Glia's top competitors include Salesforce, HubSpot and Zendesk. Among them, Genesys secured the most recent funding round in July, 2025.

Glia - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Sectors and market segments that Glia operate in

Glia serves in the FinTech, High Tech market segments.The primary business model of Glia are:

Company Details

Developer of an AI contact center platform for financial institutions. The platform offers tools for customer self-service, agent assistance, and manager support. It provides features such as virtual assistants, automated routing, and cognitive quality management. The platform aims to improve customer interactions and streamline workflows.

Website: www.glia.com/
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Registered Address: New York, New York

Key Metrics

Founded Year

2012

Location

New York City, United States

Stage

Series D

Total Funding

$152M in 7 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Series D, Mar 21, 2022, $45M

Post Money Valuation

$1B as on Dec 31, 2022

Investors

Insight Partners & 8 more

Ranked

26^th among 5332 active competitors

Employee Count

471 as on Aug 31, 2026

Investment & Acquisitions

Finn

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Glia is associated with 4 legal entities given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Documents
KaKaWa OÜ CIN: 16085688 , Estonia, Active	Oct 27, 2020	-	-
Bacabs OÜ CIN: 14702645 , Estonia, Active	Apr 10, 2019	-	-
SaleMove OÜ CIN: 12977800 , Estonia, Active	Jan 13, 2016	€10M - €50M (As on Dec 31, 2023)	130 (As on Sep 30, 2024)
Glia Technologies, Inc. CIN: 455413857 , United States, Active	Dec 31, 1999	-	133 (As on Dec 31, 2024)	-

Glia has raised a total funding of $152M over 7 rounds. Its first funding round was on Jun 05, 2012. Its latest funding round was a Series D round on Mar 21, 2022 for $45M. 3 investors participated in its latest round. Glia has 8 institutional investors and 1 angel investor.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Glia:

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Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Mar 21, 2022	$45M	Series D	$1B	-	Insight Partners	RingCentral, Wildcat Capital Management
Jan 07, 2021	$78M	Series C	-	-	Insight Partners	Donald Brown, Tola Capital, Temerity Capital Partners, Wildcat Capital Management, Grassy Creek
Mar 13, 2019	$20M	Series B	-	-	Insight Partners	Tola Capital, Grassy Creek, Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator, Wildcat Capital Management

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The founders of Glia are Justin Dipietro, Dan Michaeli and Carlos Paniagua.

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

Justin Dipietro: Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer of Glia. They serve on the board of 1 company.
Contact Info: 1 email address
Dan Michaeli: Co-Founder & CEO of Glia.
Contact Info: 1 email address
Carlos Paniagua: Co-Founder & CTO of Glia.
Contact Info: 1 email address

Glia's Board of Directors

Glia's board has 6 active members. Justin Dipietro, Aaron Fleishman, Lonne Jaffe, Daniel Michaeli, Srimant Panda and Drew Tarlow are independent board members.

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

Name	Type	Representing	Status	Duration
Justin Dipietro	Independent board member	-	Current	9y 3m
Aaron Fleishman	Independent board member	-	Current	9y 3m
Lonne Jaffe	Independent board member	-	Current	4y 0m
Daniel Michaeli	Independent board member	-	Current	9y 3m
Srimant Panda	Independent board member	-	Current	9y 3m
Drew Tarlow	Independent board member	-	Current	9y 3m

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Glia's employee count trend

Glia has 471 employees as of Aug 26. Here is Glia's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Glia include Salesforce, HubSpot and Zendesk. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Glia, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Salesforce 1999, San Francisco (United States), Public	Provider of a platform delivering customer relationship management and cloud solutions	$52M	New Enterprise Associates, Emergence Capital ... & 36 others	87/100
2nd	HubSpot 2005, Cambridge (United States), Public	Provider of a platform offering marketing, sales, and customer service software	$101M	Cross Creek, Google Ventures & 22 others	87/100
3rd	Zendesk 2007, San Francisco (United States), Acquired	Cloud based customer service and engagement platform for businesses	$89.1M	Redpoint Ventures, Veyo Partners & 21 others	84/100
4th	Freshworks 2010, Chennai (India), Public	Provider of IT service management and customer support solutions	$400M	Accel, Tiger Global Management & 8 others	84/100
5th	RingCentral 1999, Belmont (United States), Acquired	Cloud based platform offering unified communication solutions	$44M	IVP, Cisco Investments & 59 others	82/100
6th	Sinch 2008, Stockholm (Sweden), Public	Provider of customer communications management platform	$12M	New Enterprise Associates, Temasek & 8 others	80/100
7th	Genesys 1990, Menlo Park (United States), Acquired	Provider of cloud-based platform for customer experience and workforce engagement	$2.98B	Hellman & Friedman, ServiceNow & 18 others	80/100
8th	Dialpad 2011, San Ramon (United States), Series F	Provider of AI-powered contact center and unified communications platform solutions	$476M	Google Ventures, ICONIQ Growth & 43 others	79/100
9th	Twilio 2008, San Francisco (United States), Public	Cloud based omnichannel communication and customer engagement platform	$240M	T. Rowe Price, Fidelity Investments & 40 others	78/100
10th	Aircall 2014, New York (United States), Series D	Provider of cloud-based platform for business communication and customer engagement	$226M	Balderton Capital, EFounders & 34 others	78/100
26th	Glia 2012, New York City (United States), Series D	Developer of an AI contact center platform for financial institutions	$152M	Tola Capital, Wildcat Capital Management & 7 others	68/100