Segment - About the company
Segment is an acquired company based in San Francisco (United States), founded in 2011 by Calvin French-Owen, Peter Reinhardt, Ilya Volodarsky, Jean Lafleur and Ian Taylor. It operates as a Cloud-based customer data platform. Segment has raised $300M in funding from investors like Accel, Google Ventures and Y Combinator, with last known valuation of $1.5B. The company has 557 active competitors, including 89 funded and 69 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Capillary Technologies, Twilio and Hightouch.
Company Details
Cloud-based customer data platform. It provides an API for developers to integrate and collect customer data and send it to multiple tools for analytics, marketing, data warehousing. It also provides multiple data sources to integrate and collect information like google analytics, HEAP, adobe analytics, flurry, mixpanel, etc. It also provides solutions for data governance.
- Website
- segment.com
- Social
- Email ID
- *****@segment.com
- Registered Address
- San Francisco, California
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2011
Location
San Francisco, United States
Stage
Acquired
Total Funding
$300M in 6 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Last Known Valuation
$1.5B as on Apr 01, 2019
Ranked
3rd among 557 active competitors
Employee Count
233 as on Jan 31, 2026
Investment & Acquisitions
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Exit Details
Acquired by Twilio (Oct 09, 2020)
Legal entities associated with Segment
Segment is associated with 1 legal entity given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Documents |
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SEGMENT.IO, INC. CIN: 900711955 , United States, Active | Dec 26, 999 | - | 450 (As on Dec 31, 2022) | - |
Segment's acquisition details
Segment got acquired by Twilio on Oct 09, 2020 at an acquisition amount of $3.2B. It was facilitated by Qatalyst Partners, Goodwin, Morgan Stanley and 1 more.
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Segment's funding and investors
Segment has raised a total funding of $300M over 6 rounds. Its first funding round was on Jan 15, 2013. Its latest funding round was a Series D round on Apr 02, 2019 for $175M. 7 investors participated in its latest round. Segment has 19 institutional investors and 1 angel investor.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Segment:
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Filter this listDate of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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Apr 02, 2019 | $175M | Series D | - | - | ||
Jul 13, 2017 | $64M | Series C | - | - | ||
Oct 09, 2015 | $27M | Series B | - | - |
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Segment's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of Segment are Calvin French-Owen, Peter Reinhardt, Ilya Volodarsky, Jean Lafleur and Ian Taylor.
Here are the details of Segment's key team members:
- Calvin French-Owen: Former Co-Founder of Segment and founder of 3 other companies, ClassMetric, Metalsmith and segment.io. They are also an angel investor in 17 startups.Contact Info: 1 email address and 1 phone number
- Peter Reinhardt: CEO & ex- Co-founder of Segment and founder of 3 other companies, ClassMetric, Charm Industrial and segment.io. They are also an angel investor in 7 startups.Contact Info: 2 email addresses
- Ilya Volodarsky: Former Co-Founder of Segment and founder of 1 other company. They are also an angel investor in 6 startups.Contact Info: 1 email address
- Jean Lafleur: CO-FOUNDER of Segment and founder of 1 other company.
- Ian Taylor: Co-Founder of Segment and founder of 1 other company. Contact Info: 1 email address
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Segment's employee count trend
Segment has 233 employees as of Jan 26. Here is Segment's employee count trend over the years:
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Segment's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Segment include Capillary Technologies, Twilio and Hightouch. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Segment, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st |  Capillary Technologies 2008, Bengaluru (India), Public | AI powered loyalty management software for enterprises | $144M | 81/100 | |
2nd |  Twilio 2008, San Francisco (United States), Public | Cloud based omnichannel communication and customer engagement platform | $240M | 81/100 | |
3rd | Segment 2011, San Francisco (United States), Acquired | Cloud-based customer data platform | $300M | 77/100 | |
4th | Hightouch 2019, San Francisco (United States), Series C | Provider of a customer data and AI platform for marketing | $172M | 72/100 | |
5th |  Treasure Data 2011, Mountain View (United States), Acquired | Provider of an AI-native platform for marketing, data, and customer engagement | $301M | 72/100 | |
6th |  Census 2018, San Francisco (United States), Acquired | Cloud based customer data management platform | $80.3M | 72/100 | |
7th | Provider of customer data platform with AI-powered insights and orchestration | $117M | 71/100 | ||
8th | Acquia 2007, Boston (United States), Acquired | Provider of a digital experience platform for content, community, and commerce | $174M | 71/100 | |
9th |  mParticle 2012, New York City (United States), Acquired | Platform offering data management software | $272M | 66/100 | |
10th | Tealium 2008, San Diego (United States), Series G | Customer data management and orchestration platform | $277M | 65/100 |
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Segment's Investments and acquisitions
Segment has a total of 1 investment in DPEARL. Segment has not made any acquisitions as of now.Reports related to Segment
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News related to Segment
Filter this listMedia has covered Segment for a total of 2 events in the last 1 year, 1 of them has been about company updates and 1 about partnerships.
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Luisaviaroma enhances marketing precision, optimises ad spend with Twilio SegmentRetail Technology Innovation Hub•Jun 12, 2025•Luisaviaroma, Segment
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Hightouch bags $80m Series C at $1.2bn valuation as it brings AI decisioning to retail marketersRetail Technology Innovation Hub•Feb 18, 2025•Hightouch, Sapphire Ventures, NewView Capital, Amplify and 24 others
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New Relic Announces Katrina Wong as Chief Marketing OfficerBusiness Wire•May 06, 2024•New Relic, Segment
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Lavender Raises $13.2M for its AI-powered email marketing engineSilicon Valley Journals•Feb 02, 2023•Lavender, Norwest Venture Partners, Signia Venture Partners, Signia and 7 others
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Cordial Integrates with Amperity, mParticle, and SegmentDestinationcrm•Aug 09, 2022•Cordial, Amperity, mParticle, Segment
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3D digital orthodontic service "DPEARL" operated, 150 million yen raised in pre-series A from Mistletoe et al.THE BRIDGE•Jun 23, 2022•Philduct, DPEARL, Mistletoe, Open Ventures and 1 other
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Talon.One and Segment strengthen partnership with new integration featuresPR Newswire•May 10, 2022•Talon One, Segment
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