Where is Polycom located?

Polycom is headquartered in San Jose, United States. It is registered at Santa Cruz, California.

Who is the current CEO of Polycom?

Brian Hinman and Johnny Breeden s of Polycom.

How many employees does Polycom have?

As of Jul 31, 2026, the latest employee count at Polycom is 2006.

Where does Polycom rank among its competitors?

Polycom ranks 26th amongst 1132 active competitors, of which 99 are funded. It stands 11th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Dialpad, which secured $50M in Dec, 2022.

Who are the top competitors of Polycom?

Polycom's top competitors include Slack, RingCentral and Skype. Among them, Dialpad secured the most recent funding round in December, 2022.

Polycom - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Polycom is a public company based in San Jose (United States), founded in 1990 by Brian Hinman, Brian L. Hinman and Mckinley Bedwell. It operates as a Provider of video, audio, and content management solutions. The company has 1132 active competitors, including 99 funded and 122 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Slack, RingCentral and Skype.

Company Details

Provider of video, audio, and content management solutions. Provide HD video conferencing solutions with features like real presence, cross-platform support, conferencing halls and more. Sells VOIP desk phones, Installed audios, conference phones that natively integrate with Microsoft UC solutions, and more for voice conferencing. Provides platform for video content management with features for capturing, sharing and storing video resources. Has acquired companies including.

Website: polycom.com
Registered Address: Santa Cruz, California

Key Metrics

Founded Year

1990

Location

San Jose, United States

Stage

Public

Investors

Accel & 7 more

Ranked

26^th among 1132 active competitors

Employee Count

2,006 as on Jul 31, 2026

Investment & Acquisitions

O'cean Beverages & 18 more

Similar Companies

Slack & 1574 more

Exit Details

Public

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Polycom is associated with 1 legal entity given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Documents
Plantronics, Inc. CIN: 770207692 , United States, Active	Dec 26, 999	-	1406 (As on Dec 31, 2022)	-

Polycom is a funded company. Polycom has 8 institutional investors.

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The founders of Polycom are Brian Hinman, Brian L. Hinman and Mckinley Bedwell.

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

Brian Hinman: Former Co-Founder & CEO of Polycom and founder of 3 other companies, PictureTel Corp., Mimosa and 2Wire.
Brian L. Hinman: Former Co-Founder of Polycom.
Mckinley Bedwell: Founder Hyderabad Odc | Lead For Build-Operate-Transfer of Polycom.
Johnny Breeden: CEO of Polycom.

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Polycom's employee count trend

Polycom has 2,006 employees as of Jul 26. Here is Polycom's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Polycom include Slack, RingCentral and Skype. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Polycom, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Slack 2009, San Francisco (United States), Acquired	Developer of communication software for team collaboration and project management	$1.22B	Dragoneer Investment Group, Index Ventures ... & 69 others	89/100
2nd	RingCentral 1999, Belmont (United States), Acquired	Cloud based platform offering unified communication solutions	$44M	IVP, Sequoia Capital & 59 others	86/100
3rd	Skype 2002, Luxembourg, Acquired	VoIP Software application	$26.8M	Index Ventures, DFJ & 19 others	81/100
4th	Agora 2014, Guangzhou (China), Public	Cloud based customer engagement platform	$55M	Coatue, Morningside & 16 others	79/100
5th	Dialpad 2011, San Ramon (United States), Series F	Provider of AI-powered contact center and unified communications platform solutions	$476M	ICONIQ Growth, Amasia & 43 others	79/100
6th	Vonage 2001, Holmdel (United States), Acquired	Provider of contact center business communication solutions	$645M	New Enterprise Associates, 3i Group & 15 others	74/100
7th	Mitel 1973, Ottawa (Canada), Acquired	Cloud based platform for unified communication management	$1.01M	August Capital, Francisco Partners & 3 others	74/100
8th	Firstup 2008, San Francisco (United States), Series E	Cloud-based communication and employee experience management platform for enterprises	$127M	Venrock, Trinity Ventures & 22 others	74/100
9th	LumApps 2012, Tassin la Demi Lune (France), Acquired	Cloud based employee communication platform provider	$102M	Idinvest Partners, Goldman Sachs & 6 others	74/100
10th	Panopto 2007, Seattle (United States), Series B	Cloud-based video conferencing management software provider	$48.5M	Sterling Partners Education Opportunity Fund, Square 1 Bank ... & 9 others	73/100
26th	Polycom 1990, San Jose (United States), Public	Provider of video, audio, and content management solutions	-	Accel, Norwest & 6 others	62/100

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Polycom has made 10 investments in companies including O'cean Beverages and O'cean Beverages. Polycom has also acquired 9 companies including Obihai and Sentri.

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Date of Investment/Acquisition	Type	Company Name	Founded Year	Location
Nov 22, 2022	Investments	O'cean Beverages	2015	Mumbai (India)
Aug 25, 2021	Investments	O'cean Beverages	2015	Mumbai (India)
Jan 04, 2018	Acquisition	Obihai	2010	Campbell (United States)