Where is Hotmail located?

Hotmail is headquartered in Mountain View, United States.

How many employees does Hotmail have?

As of Sep 30, 2026, the latest employee count at Hotmail is 90.

Where does Hotmail rank among its competitors?

Hotmail ranks 7th amongst 145 active competitors, of which 14 are funded. It stands 9th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Workshop, which secured $6.97M in Oct, 2026.

Who are the top competitors of Hotmail?

Hotmail's top competitors include Zimbra, Hiver and SEDNA. Among them, Workshop secured the most recent funding round in October, 2026.

Hotmail - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Q: Is Hotmail an acquired company?

Hotmail got acquired by Microsoft on Dec 31, 1997.

Hotmail is an acquired company based in Mountain View (United States), founded in 1995 by Sabber Bhatia. It operates as a Provider of email web service. The company has 145 active competitors, including 14 funded and 8 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Zimbra, Hiver and SEDNA.

Company Details

Hotmail is the provider of email web service. The solution offers calendar, tasks & contact management features to its users. Users can send & manage emails with this service and also schedule, manage appointments, tasks, events, etc.

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Founded Year

1995

Location

Mountain View, United States

Stage

Acquired

Investors

DFJ Growth & 5 more

Ranked

7^th among 145 active competitors

Employee Count

90 as on Sep 30, 2026

Similar Companies

Zimbra & 186 more

Exit Details

Acquired by Microsoft (Dec 31, 1997)

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Hotmail is associated with 1 legal entity given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Reports
Tartu linn, Tiigi tn 59 korteriühistu CIN: 80248085 , Estonia, Active	Feb 04, 2007	€0 - €1M (As on Dec 31, 2023)	-

Hotmail got acquired by Microsoft on Dec 31, 1997 at an acquisition amount of $*****.

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Hotmail has not raised any funding rounds yet. Hotmail has 6 institutional investors.

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The founders of Hotmail is Sabber Bhatia.

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

Sabber Bhatia: Co-Founder of Hotmail and founder of 2 other companies, Arzoo and Sabse Technologies. They are also an angel investor in 1 startup and serve on the board of 1 company.

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Hotmail's employee count trend

Hotmail has 90 employees as of Sep 26. Here is Hotmail's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Hotmail include Zimbra, Hiver and SEDNA. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Hotmail, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Zimbra 2003, Palo Alto (United States), Acquired	Enterprise collaboration software with open source APIs	$17M	Redpoint Ventures, Benchmark & 7 others	70/100
2nd	Hiver 2011, San Jose (United States), Series B	Email collaboration tools for sales and project management	$46.2M	K1 Investment Management, Kalaari Capital ... & 8 others	67/100
3rd	SEDNA 2017, London (United Kingdom), Series C	Cloud-based enterprise collaboration management software provider	$86M	G. K. Goh Holdings, Stride & 25 others	60/100
4th	Workshop 2020, Omaha (United States), Series A	Cloud-based platform for employee communications	$34.7M	McCarthy Capital, Coelius Capital & 7 others	60/100
5th	Fyxer 2015, London (United Kingdom), Series B	Provider of AI powered email and meeting management tools	$40M	20VC Fund, Madrona & 14 others	59/100
6th	Shortwave 1999, San Francisco (United States), Early Stage	Cloud-based platform for unified email	$9M	Union Square Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners ... & 6 others	53/100
7th	Hotmail 1995, Mountain View (United States), Acquired	Provider of email web service	-	DFJ Growth, Draper & 4 others	50/100
8th	Live.com 1994, Redmond (United States), Unfunded	Cloud-based platform for unified email	-	-	49/100
9th	Handwriting 2011, New York City (United States), Series A	API for handwriting	$4.45M	The Perkins Fund, Broadway Angels & 7 others	48/100
10th	Votiro 2010, Tel Aviv (Israel), Acquired	Secure email gateway solution for enterprise	$32.5M	Harvest Lane AM, Demtech & 5 others	48/100