When was Trigger founded?

Trigger was founded in 2008 and raised its 1st funding round within a year of its incorporation.

Where is Trigger located?

Trigger is headquartered in San Francisco, United States.

How many employees does Trigger have?

As of Apr 30, 2026, the latest employee count at Trigger is 3.

Is Trigger a funded company?

Trigger is a funded company, having raised a total of $1.12M across 2 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $***** Seed round, raised on 2008.

How much is Trigger worth?

The last known valuation of Trigger was $***** as of Jan 01, 2008.

When was the latest funding round of Trigger?

Trigger's latest funding was a $***** Seed round on Jan 2012, with participation from 4 investors.

Where does Trigger rank among its competitors?

Trigger ranks 70th amongst 398 active competitors, of which 37 are funded. It stands 9th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Daytona, which secured $48.3M in Jul, 2026.

Who are the top competitors of Trigger?

Trigger's top competitors include Anysphere, Gitpod and Progress. Among them, Daytona secured the most recent funding round in July, 2026.

Trigger - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Company Details

Trigger Corp provides Forge, a development framework enabling web developers to create native apps for multiple platforms from a single HTML5 codebase. Consists of a JavaScript API that exposes device functionality such as the Camera, SMS, Contacts, Topbar and Tabbar navigation and a cloud build service to compile app for multiple platforms. As per company PR published in 2013 Co-Founders James and Amir have Joined Square with Antoine van Gelder managing Trigger.io.

Website: trigger.io
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Founded Year

2008

Location

San Francisco, United States

Stage

Deadpooled

Total Funding

$1.12M in 2 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Seed, Jan 2012, $*****

Last Known Valuation

$***** as on Jan 01, 2008

Investors

Y Combinator & 8 more

Ranked

70^th among 398 active competitors

Employee Count

3 as on Apr 30, 2026

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Trigger is associated with 1 legal entity given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Reports
WEBMYND CORP. CIN: 261752239 , United States, Active	Dec 31, 1999	-	3 (As on Dec 31, 2014)	-

Trigger has raised a total funding of $1.12M over 2 rounds. Its first funding round was on 2008. Its latest funding round was a Seed round on Jan 2012 for $*****. 4 investors participated in its latest round. Trigger has 9 institutional investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Trigger:

Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Jan 2012	2557407	Seed	4682954	1728353	9195701	8768991
2008	6851	Seed	6563	2648	Y Combinator	4545

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The founders of Trigger is James Brady.

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

James Brady: Co-Founder of Trigger and founder of 1 other company.

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Trigger's employee count trend

Trigger has 3 employees as of Apr 26. Here is Trigger's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Trigger include Anysphere, Gitpod and Progress. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Trigger, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Anysphere 2022, San Francisco (United States), Acquired	Developer of software and models for automating code and improving programmers	$3.38B	Thrive Capital, Andreessen Horowitz & 11 others	67/100
2nd	Gitpod 2017, Kiel (Germany), Series A	Platform offering integrated cloud development environment	$41M	Speedinvest, General Catalyst & 13 others	65/100
3rd	Progress 1981, Bedford (United States), Public	Platform offering IDE based application development software	-	August Capital, Inventus Capital Partners ... & 6 others	64/100
4th	Qt Group 1995, Helsinki (Finland), Acquired	Developer of cross-platform software development tools and quality assurance solutions	$6.7M	Index Ventures, Northzone & 4 others	64/100
5th	Posit 2009, Boston (United States), Series D	Posit \| The Open-Source Data Science Company	$164M	Brighton Park Capital, DCVC	63/100
6th	Daytona 2023, New York City (United States), Series C	Provider of secure and elastic infrastructure for running AI-generated code	$79.3M	Tiny, Upfront Ventures & 21 others	63/100
7th	Cursor 2017, San Francisco (United States), Acquired	AI-powered coding platform boosting developer productivity and software creation	-	Accel, Andreessen Horowitz	60/100
8th	Coder 2017, Austin (United States), Series C	Cloud based cross platform integrated development environment	$175M	Redpoint Ventures, Georgian & 14 others	59/100
9th	Xamarin 2011, San Francisco (United States), Acquired	Provider of cross platform application development platform	$82.3M	Ignition Partners, Floodgate & 4 others	58/100
10th	Meteor 2011, San Francisco (United States), Acquired	Cloud-based cross-platform application development solutions	$62.4M	Andreessen Horowitz, Saw Mill Capital & 8 others	56/100
70th	Trigger 2008, San Francisco (United States), Deadpooled	Native mobile apps using HTML5.	$1.12M	500 Global, Soma Ventures & 7 others	32/100