1) MessageBird
MessageBird is a cloud communications platform that seamlessly integrates high-quality messaging, voice and video, reducing costs and improving customer satisfaction around the world.
Details of the startup:
- Valuation: $3.80B (October 2020)
- Country: Netherlands
- City: Amsterdam
- Started in: 2011
- Founders: Adriaan Mol, Robert Vis
- Number of employees: 250-500
- Funding: $1,100.12M
- Funding rounds: 5
- Number of investors: 14
You can find their website here.
2) HyalRoute
HyalRoute operates a multi-fiber universal connection point that provides the highest values of international network coverage, redundancy, and continuity.
Details of the startup:
- Valuation: $3.50B (May 2020)
- Country: Singapore
- Started in: 2015
- Founders: Xinglong Huang
- Number of employees: 500-1,000
- Funding: $263.12M
- Funding rounds: 1
- Number of investors: 1
You can find their website here.
3) Lucid Software
Lucid Software develops products that help developers and service providers integrate voice into web applications and business processes.
Details of the startup:
- Valuation: $3.00B (June 2021)
- Country: United States
- State: Utah
- City: South Jordan
- Started in: 2010
- Founders: Reiko Kinomoto
- Number of employees: 1-10
- Funding: $420.00M
- Funding rounds: 2
You can find their website here.
4) Dialpad
Dialpad is the first analytics platform built on AI that helps enterprises make smarter business decisions through humanized insights and smarter calling.
Details of the startup:
- Valuation: $2.20B (October 2020)
- Country: United States
- State: California
- City: San Ramon
- Started in: 2011
- Founders: Alex Cornell, Brian Peterson, Craig Walker, John Rector
- Number of employees: 500-1,000
- Funding: $425.96M
- Funding rounds: 9
- Number of investors: 16
You can find their website here.
5) Huaqin Telecom Technology
Huaqin provides wireless network solutions and services for multinational corporations world-wide.
Details of the startup:
- Valuation: $2.19B (October 2019)
- Country: China
- State: Shanghai
- City: Shanghai
- Started in: 2005
- Founders: Wensheng Qiu
- Number of employees: 10,000+
- Funding: $276.35M
- Funding rounds: 3
- Number of investors: 11
You can find their website here.
6) Cresta
Cresta employs artificial intelligence to assist sales and service representatives in improving the quality of their customer service.
Details of the startup:
- Valuation: $1.60B (March 2022)
- Country: United States
- State: California
- City: San Francisco
- Started in: 2017
- Founders: S. Zayd Enam, Sebastian Thrun, Tim Shi
- Number of employees: 101-250
- Funding: $151.00M
- Funding rounds: 4
- Number of investors: 16
You can find their website here.
7) Astranis Space Technologies
Astranis provides cost-effective and easily deployable satellites that bridge the digital divide.
Details of the startup:
- Valuation: $1.40B (April 2021)
- Country: United States
- State: California
- City: San Francisco
- Started in: 2015
- Founders: John Gedmark, Ryan McLinko
- Number of employees: 100-250
- Funding: $358.07M
- Funding rounds: 7
- Number of investors: 39
You can find their website here.
8) Helium
Helium is an Internet-of-Things developer platform for creating networks and transferring data from IoT devices.
Details of the startup:
- Valuation: $1.20B (February 2022)
- Country: United States
- State: California
- City: San Francisco
- Started in: 2013
- Founders: Amir Haleem, Chris Bruce, Sean Carey, Sean Carey, Shawn Fanning
- Number of employees: 101-250
- Funding: $364.80M
- Funding rounds: 8
- Number of investors: 32
You can find their website here.
9) Invoca
Invoca is a call marketing company that specialises in inbound call marketing, call tracking, call intelligence, and pay-per-call advertising.
Details of the startup:
- Valuation: $1.10B (June 2022)
- Country: United States
- State: California
- City: Santa Barbara
- Started in: 2008
- Founders: Colin Kelley, Jason Spievak, Robert Duva
- Number of employees: 251-500
- Funding: $201.50M
- Funding rounds: 7
- Number of investors: 14
You can find their website here.
10) Aircall
Aircall is a cloud-based contact center solution that interacts with CRM, productivity, and help desk software.
Details of the startup:
- Valuation: $1.00B (June 2021)
- Country: United States
- State: New York
- City: New York
- Started in: 2014
- Founders: Jonathan Anguelov, Olivier Pailhès, Pierre-Baptiste Béchu, Thibaud Elziere, Xavier Durand
- Number of employees: 250-500
- Funding: $225.63M
- Funding rounds: 9
- Number of investors: 24
You can find their website here.
11) Cell C
Cell C is the largest telecommunications company in Africa and is committed to improving the customer experience through an integrated network.
Details of the startup:
- Valuation: $1.00B (August 2017)
- Country: South Africa
- City: Midrand
- Started in: 2000
- Founders: Lehlohonolo Moloi
- Number of employees: 1,000-5,000
- Funding: $546.97M
- Funding rounds: 1
- Number of investors: 1
You can find their website here.
12) Infobip
Infobip is a simple and affordable platform for businesses to communicate with their customers in real time across multiple channels.
Details of the startup:
- Valuation: $1.00B (July 2020)
- Country: Croatia
- City: Vodnjan
- Started in: 2006
- Founders: Izabel Jelenic, Roberto Kutic, Silvio Kutic
- Number of employees: 1,000-5,000
- Funding: $800.00M
- Funding rounds: 1
- Number of investors: 1
You can find their website here.