Zipwhip Overview

  • Founded

  • 2007

Founded
  • Status

  • Acquired/​Merged

  • Employees

  • 274

Employees
  • Latest Deal Type

  • M&A

  • Latest Deal Amount

  • $838M

Zipwhip General Information

Description

Developer of a business-texting software designed to assist businesses to increase their customer engagement and growth through texting. The company's software provides a platform to interact with customers by text messages from any business line and activates the telephone numbers that are used for customer services, enabling businesses to boost workplace productivity by supporting real human conversations at scale across any device.

Contact Information

Website
www.zipwhip.com
Ownership Status
Acquired/Merged
(Operating Subsidiary)
Financing Status
Formerly VC-backed
Primary Industry
Communication Software
Other Industries
Business/Productivity Software
Parent Company
Twilio
Primary Office
  • 300 Elliott Avenue West
  • Suite 500
  • Seattle, WA 98119
  • United States
+1 (855) 000-0000

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Zipwhip Valuation & Funding

Deal Type Date Amount Raised to Date Post-Val Status Stage
6. Merger/Acquisition 14-Jul-2021 $838M 000.00 00000 Completed Generating Revenue
5. Later Stage VC (Series D) 18-Jan-2019 000.00 000.00 00000 Completed Generating Revenue
4. Later Stage VC (Series C) 06-Sep-2017 000.00 000.00 00000 Completed Generating Revenue
3. Later Stage VC (Series 2) 17-Oct-2016 000 000.00 000.00 Completed Generating Revenue
2. Later Stage VC (Series B) 27-Jan-2015 $5.06M $8.16M 000.00 Completed Generating Revenue
1. Early Stage VC (Series A) 01-Apr-2011 $3.1M $3.1M 00.000 Completed Generating Revenue
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Zipwhip Cap Table

Stock # of Shares
Authorized		 Par Value Dividend Rate (%) Original
Issue Price		 Liquidation Liquidation
Pref. Multiple		 Conversion Price % Owned
Series D 00,000,000 00.000000 00 00.00 00.00 00 00.00 00.000
Series 3 00,000,000 00.000000 00 00.00 00.00 00 00.00 00.000
Series 2 0,000,000 00.000000 00 00.00 00.00 00 00.00 0.000
Series 1 9,762,720 $0.000100 8% $1 $1 1x $1 11%
Series Z 11,383,245 $0.000100 8% $1 $1 1x $1 12.82%
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Zipwhip Comparisons

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Industry
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Employees
Total Raised
Post Valuation
Last
Financing
Details
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274 As of 2021
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Zipwhip Competitors (73)

Company Name Financing Status Location Employees Total Raised Last Financing Date/Type Last Financing Amount
Unifonic Venture Capital-Backed Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 000 00000 00000000000 00000
00000000 000000 Formerly VC-backed Carlsbad, CA 00 0000 000000&0 0000
00000000 Venture Capital-Backed San Mateo, CA 000 00000 00000000000 00000
00000000 Venture Capital-Backed Los Angeles, CA 00 000000000 -
00000 (00000000000 Corporation Zug, Switzerland 000
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Zipwhip Patents

  • 19

    Total Documents Applications and Grants

  • 000

    Total Patents Families

  • 3

    Granted

  • 3

    Pending

  • 000

    Expiring in next 12 mo

Zipwhip Recent Patent Activity

Publication ID Patent Title Status First Filing Date Technology (CPC) Citations
US-20220417159-A1 Dynamic communication system registry traffic control on a communication network Pending 24-Jun-2021 000000000 0
US-20220368661-A1 A communication system facilitating delivery of a predefined message to end user devices on initial communications with an entity Active 11-May-2021 000000000 0
US-11637793-B2 Communication system facilitating delivery of a predefined message to end user devices on initial communications with an entity Active 11-May-2021 000000000 00
US-11218430-B2 System and method for in-account collaborative features Active 05-May-2020 000000000
US-20210352027-A1 System and method for in-account collaborative features Active 05-May-2020 G06F9/451
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Zipwhip Executive Team (18)

Name Title Board Seat Contact Info
John Lauer Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer & Board Member
Robert Chamberlain Chief Financial Officer
James Lapic Chief Technology Officer
John Larson Co-Founder & Chief Business Development Officer
Nimrod Vered Chief Engineering Officer
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Zipwhip Board Members (13)

Name Representing Role Since
Carol Meyers Self Board Member 000 0000
Geof Barker Self Board Member 000 0000
Hank Skorny Zipwhip Chairman 000 0000
Hillel Moerman Goldman Sachs Growth Equity Board Member 000 0000
John Lauer Zipwhip Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer & Board Member 000 0000
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Zipwhip Signals

Growth Rate

0.80% Weekly
Growth
Weekly Growth 0.80%, 93rd %
-35.5%. 530%

Size Multiple

219x Median
Size Multiple 219x, 100th %ile
0.00x 0.95x. 413Kx

Key Data Points

Twitter Followers

5.5k

Similarweb Unique Visitors

15.0K

Majestic Referring Domains

314

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Zipwhip Former Investors (10)

Investor Name Investor Type Holding Investor Since Participating Rounds Contact Info
Ariel Winton Angel (individual) Minority 000 0000 000000 0
Cowles Company Family Office Minority 000 0000 000000 0
GCI Communication Corporation Minority 000 0000 000000 0
Goldman Sachs Growth Equity Growth/Expansion Minority 000 0000 000000 0
Inteliquent (Acquired in 2017) Corporation Minority 000 0000 000000 0
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