When was Wickr founded?

Wickr was founded in 2012 and raised its 1st funding round 2 years after it was founded.

Where is Wickr located?

Wickr is headquartered in San Francisco, United States. It is registered at San Francisco, California.

How many employees does Wickr have?

As of May 31, 2026, the latest employee count at Wickr is 18.

Is Wickr a funded company?

Wickr is a funded company, having raised a total of $84.9M across 7 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $***** Series A round, raised on Apr 17, 2014.

When was the latest funding round of Wickr?

Wickr's latest funding was a $***** Series C round on Oct 13, 2021, with participation from 1 investor. Its primary sector is Cybersecurity. In United States, the Cybersecurity sector has seen $5.29B in funding in 2026 to date.

Where does Wickr rank among its competitors?

Wickr ranks 55th amongst 1618 active competitors, of which 204 are funded. It stands 6th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Read AI, which secured $50M in Oct, 2024.

Who are the top competitors of Wickr?

Wickr's top competitors include Skype, Zoom and Dialpad. Among them, Read AI secured the most recent funding round in October, 2024.

Wickr - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Company Details

Wickr is a cloud-based video collaboration software provider. It offers multi-threaded encryption of text, picture, audio & video messages for security & privacy. Delivers surveillance and hacking proof ephemeral communications globally. Solution is compliant with HIPAA, FIPS 140-2 & NSA Suite B encryption/security for top-secret communication. The self-destruct part of the software forensically erases unwanted files deleted from the device. The app is available on both Android and iOS-based devices for business and personal use.

Website: wickr.com
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Registered Address: San Francisco, California

Key Metrics

Founded Year

2012

Location

San Francisco, United States

Stage

Acquired

Total Funding

$84.9M in 7 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Series C, Oct 13, 2021, $*****

Investors

CME Group & 17 more

Ranked

55^th among 1618 active competitors

Employee Count

18 as on May 31, 2026

Investment & Acquisitions

Net Power & Light

Similar Companies

Skype & 2298 more

Exit Details

Acquired by Amazon (Jun 25, 2021)

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Wickr is associated with 1 legal entity given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Documents
WICKR INC CIN: 462899615 , United States, Active	Dec 31, 1999	-	4 (As on Dec 31, 2021)	-

Wickr got acquired by Amazon on Jun 25, 2021.

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Wickr has raised a total funding of $84.9M over 7 rounds. Its first funding round was on Apr 17, 2014. Its latest funding round was a Series C round on Oct 13, 2021 for $*****. 1 investor participated in its latest round. Wickr has 18 institutional investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Wickr:

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Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Oct 13, 2021	2100420	Series C	1709526	1807176	2164532	9762960
Mar 25, 2019	2507458	Series C	7766946	1225815	2053013	9549821
Dec 03, 2018	9810697	Series C	8871974	8451596	6601659	8732116

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The founders of Wickr is Robert Statica.

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

Robert Statica: Former Co-Founder & CTO of Wickr and founder of 1 other company.

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Wickr's employee count trend

Wickr has 18 employees as of May 26. Here is Wickr's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Wickr include Skype, Zoom and Dialpad. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Wickr, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Skype 2002, Luxembourg, Acquired	VoIP Software application	$26.8M	Index Ventures, DFJ & 18 others	81/100
2nd	Zoom 2011, San Jose (United States), Public	Cloud-based video conferencing software	$157M	AME Cloud Ventures, Emergence Capital & 17 others	81/100
3rd	Dialpad 2011, San Ramon (United States), Series F	Provider of AI-powered contact center and unified communications platform solutions	$476M	Google Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz & 43 others	79/100
4th	Otter.ai 2016, Los Altos (United States), Series B	Developer of an AI meeting agent providing transcription and summarization	$70M	Spectrum Equity, Horizons Ventures & 25 others	75/100
5th	Vonage 2001, Holmdel (United States), Acquired	Provider of contact center business communication solutions	$645M	New Enterprise Associates, 3i Group & 15 others	74/100
6th	Mitel 1973, Ottawa (Canada), Acquired	Cloud based platform for unified communication management	$1.01M	August Capital, Francisco Partners & 3 others	74/100
7th	Loom San Francisco (United States), Acquired	Developer of software for recording and sharing screen video messages	$214M	Google Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz & 24 others	74/100
8th	LumApps 2012, Tassin la Demi Lune (France), Acquired	Cloud based employee communication platform provider	$102M	Idinvest Partners, Goldman Sachs & 6 others	74/100
9th	Panopto 2007, Seattle (United States), Series B	Cloud-based video conferencing management software provider	$48.5M	Sterling Partners Education Opportunity Fund, Sterling Partners ... & 9 others	73/100
10th	Read AI 2021, Seattle (United States), Series B	AI-based platform for sentiment analysis	$81M	Smash Capital, Goodwater Capital & 15 others	71/100
55th	Wickr 2012, San Francisco (United States), Acquired	Cloud-based video collaboration software provider	$84.9M	Riverwood Capital, Breyer Capital & 16 others	56/100