WeTransfer - About the company
WeTransfer is an acquired company based in Amsterdam (Netherlands), founded in 2009 by Ronald Hans and Rinke Visser. It operates as a Cloud-based file sharing and file transfer application. WeTransfer has raised $63.8M in funding from Highland Capital Partners and HPE Growth. The company has 1378 active competitors, including 119 funded and 84 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Box, Dropbox and Egnyte.
Company Details
WeTransfer is a cloud-based file transfer software tool. The web-based tool enables users to send files of larger sizes up to 20 GB. The web app enables users to share URLs, files, documents, etc., from third-party platforms like Slack, Chrome, Sketch, Firefox, etc.
- Website
- wetransfer.com
- Social
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2009
Location
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Stage
Acquired
Total Funding
$63.8M in 2 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Investors
Ranked
3rd among 1378 active competitors
Employee Count
84 as on Jun 30, 2026
Investment & Acquisitions
Exit Details
Acquired by Bending Spoons (Jul 31, 2024)
WeTransfer's acquisition details
WeTransfer got acquired by Bending Spoons on Jul 31, 2024.
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WeTransfer's funding and investors
WeTransfer has raised a total funding of $63.8M over 2 rounds. Its first funding round was on Feb 17, 2015. Its latest funding round was a Series B round on Aug 19, 2019 for $*****. 2 investors participated in its latest round. WeTransfer has 4 institutional investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of WeTransfer:
Date of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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Aug 19, 2019 | 5677184 | Series B | 5491420 | 5003006 | 9051551 | 7307300 |
Feb 17, 2015 | 3797233 | Series A | 7878349 | 8982812 | 5257473 |
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WeTransfer's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of WeTransfer are Ronald Hans and Rinke Visser.
Here are the details of WeTransfer's key team members:
- Ronald Hans: Co-Founder of WeTransfer. They are also an angel investor in 6 startups.
- Rinke Visser: Co-Founder of WeTransfer.
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WeTransfer's employee count trend
WeTransfer has 84 employees as of Jun 26. Here is WeTransfer's employee count trend over the years:
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WeTransfer's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of WeTransfer include Box, Dropbox and Egnyte. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of WeTransfer, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st |  Box 2005, Redwood City (United States), Public | AI based platform for secure collaboration, content management,
and workflow | $693M | 80/100 | |
2nd | Dropbox 2007, San Francisco (United States), Public | Cloud-based enterprise collaboration platform for enterprise file sharing | $607M | 78/100 | |
3rd | WeTransfer 2009, Amsterdam (Netherlands), Acquired | Cloud-based file sharing and file transfer application | $63.8M | 75/100 | |
4th | Egnyte 2006, Mountain View (United States), Series F | Platform that offers data governance and file sharing solutions | $136M | 73/100 | |
5th |  Conga 2006, Broomfield (United States), Acquired | Provider of document automation, contract lifecycle management, and revenue solutions | $140M | 72/100 | |
6th |  BitTorrent 2004, San Francisco (United States), Acquired | Cloud-based file sharing software provider | $35.8M | 70/100 | |
7th |  Kiteworks 1999, Palo Alto (United States), Series D | Provider of private data network for secure and compliant data exchange | $650M | 69/100 | |
8th | Cortex 2019, San Francisco (United States), Series C | Developer of an internal developer portal using AI technology | $112M | 69/100 | |
9th | SpiderOak 2007, Northbrook (United States), Series C | Provider of zero-trust security solutions for data protection and access control | $35M | 67/100 | |
10th | pCloud 2013, Baar (Switzerland), Series A | Enterprise cloud storage | $3M | - | 64/100 |
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WeTransfer's Investments and acquisitions
WeTransfer has acquired FiftyThree. WeTransfer has not made any investments as of now.News related to WeTransfer
Filter this listMedia has covered WeTransfer for a total of 4 events in the last 1 year, 2 of them have been about company updates.
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Investment Bending Spoons: Italian web recycler now at $11 billionTrending Topics•Oct 31, 2025•Cox Enterprises, Meetup, Vimeo, Evernote and 3 others
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Bending Spoons to Acquire Vimeo for $1.38 Billion in Cash DealTechPortal•Sep 11, 2025•Vimeo, Bending Spoons, IAC, WeTransfer and 2 others
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Bending Spoons Acquires WeTransfer, Cuts 75% of StaffAffari Italiani•Sep 10, 2024•Bending Spoons, WeTransfer
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Bending Spoons Plans to Lay Off 75% of WeTransfer Staff After AcquisitionGlobal Village Space•Sep 08, 2024•Bending Spoons, WeTransfer
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Dutch tech platform WeTransfer acquired by Bending SpoonsTechzine•Aug 01, 2024•WeTransfer, Bending Spoons, Latham & Watkins, Aoshearman
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WeTransfer investor backs UK’s fintech company FINBOURNE in €65M roundSilicon Canals•Jun 18, 2024•Highland Europe, WeTransfer, AVP
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