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Twilio - About the company

Twilio is a public company based in San Francisco (United States), founded in 2008 by John Wolthuis and Evan Cooke. It operates as a Cloud based omnichannel communication and customer engagement platform. Twilio has raised $240M in funding from investors like Fidelity Investments, Bessemer Venture Partners and Union Square Ventures. The company has 784 active competitors, including 107 funded and 111 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like RingCentral, Capillary Technologies and Agora.

Company Details

Cloud based omnichannel communication and customer engagement platform. The platform offers a telephony infrastructure web service in the cloud, allowing web developers to integrate phone calls, text messages, and IP voice communications into the web, mobile, and traditional phone applications. It provides customer data platform that allows users to collect data from different channels, and manage the customer journeys in real time. It caters its solution to industries such as reatil, finance, healthcare, and more.
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Email ID
*****@twilio.com
Registered Address
San Francisco, California
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2008
Location
San Francisco, United States
Stage
Public
Total Funding
$240M in 13 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Ranked
Annual Revenue
$1B+ as on Dec 31, 2025
Employee Count
7,695 as on Aug 31, 2026
Investment & Acquisitions
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Exit Details
Public

Twilio's IPO details

Twilio got listed on Jun 23, 2016.
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Twilio's funding and investors

Twilio has raised a total funding of $240M over 13 rounds. Its latest funding round was a Post IPO round on Jul 31, 2021 for $*****. 1 investor participated in its latest round. Twilio has 41 institutional investors and 1 angel investor.

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Date of Funding
Funding Amount
Round Name
Post-Money Valuation
Revenue Multiple
Lead Investors
Other Investors
Jul 31, 2021
5720024
Post IPO
7053162
9081266
5439201
6981340
May 2018
2785809
Post IPO
6816412
5820157
8930235
4692138
Jul 31, 2015
2215103
Series E
8553198
8046042
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Twilio's founders and board of directors

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The founders of Twilio are John Wolthuis and Evan Cooke.
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Twilio's employee count trend

Twilio has 7,695 employees as of Aug 26. Here is Twilio's employee count trend over the years:
Employee count trend for Twilio
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Twilio's Competitors and alternates

Top competitors of Twilio include RingCentral, Capillary Technologies and Agora. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Twilio, ranked by Tracxn score:
Rank
Company Details
Short Description
Total Funding
Investors
Tracxn Score
1st
Logo for RingCentral
RingCentral
1999, Belmont (United States), Acquired
Cloud based platform offering unified communication solutions
$44M
86/100
2nd
Logo for Capillary Technologies
Capillary Technologies
2008, Bengaluru (India), Public
AI powered loyalty management software for enterprises
$144M
82/100
3rd
Logo for Agora
Agora
2014, Guangzhou (China), Public
Cloud based customer engagement platform
$55M
79/100
4th
Logo for Twilio
Twilio
2008, San Francisco (United States), Public
Cloud based omnichannel communication and customer engagement platform
$240M
78/100
5th
Logo for Vonage
Vonage
2001, Holmdel (United States), Acquired
Provider of contact center business communication solutions
$645M
74/100
6th
Logo for Zeotap
Zeotap
2014, Berlin (Germany), Series D
Provider of customer data platform with AI-powered insights and orchestration
$117M
73/100
7th
Logo for Route Mobile
Route Mobile
2004, Mumbai (India), Acquired
Provider of cloud communication platform as a service (CPaaS) solutions
$23M
73/100
8th
Logo for Hightouch
Hightouch
2019, San Francisco (United States), Series D
Provider of an AI-powered marketing and customer data platform
$322M
73/100
9th
Logo for Avaya
Avaya
2000, Durham (United States), Public
Cloud based unified communication software
$401M
72/100
10th
Logo for Acquia
Acquia
2007, Boston (United States), Acquired
Provider of a digital experience platform for content, community, and commerce
$174M
71/100
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Twilio's Investments and acquisitions

Twilio has made 29 investments in companies including Rime and Coval.ai. Twilio has also acquired 10 companies including Ionic Security and Zipwhip.
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Date of Investment/Acquisition
Type
Company Name
Founded Year
Location
Jul 15, 2026
Investments
2020
San Francisco (United States)
Jun 23, 2026
Investments
2023
San Francisco (United States)
Jun 22, 2026
Investments
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News related to Twilio

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Media has covered Twilio for a total of 80 events in the last 1 year, 46 of them have been about company updates and 8 about partnerships.
Rime Scores $24 Million Series AMassinvestorJul 16, 2026M13, Twilio, Rime, M13 Company and 1 other
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