Zipwhip
Latest round
- Series D
Last raised
- Jan 2019
Total raised
- $83M
Investors
- 6
About Zipwhip
Founded in 2007 and based in Washington, US, Zipwhip, Inc. is an API provider that enables businesses to receive and send texts from a computer or mobile device. Zipwhip was founded by CEO John Lauer and John Larson. The company has served over 30,000 small and large enterprises across the US and Canada, ranging from local businesses to Fortune 500 companies as well as text-enabled over four million landlines. The company serves the insurance, financial services, healthcare, fitness, veterinary, retail, grocery, mortgage, and education sector among others. In 2019, Zipwhip, Inc. As of 2021, the company staffs over 260 employees. The company text-enables a business’s existing landline, VoIP, or toll-free number thereby offering the customers with an option to text or call. Zipwhip offers apps for desktop, web, mobile, and browser extensions to allow businesses to text customers with automation tools such as auto-replies, keywords, templates, and scheduled messages; personalization tools; productivity and organization tools such as group messaging, MMS, Contacts, Message Feed, and Notifications; analytics such as message and keyword reports; and SMS security and compliance. Additionally, Zipwhip offers conversational texting, click-to-text™ button, and 10DLC (10-digit long code), a channel created by mobile carriers for business-to-consumer (A2P) messaging over local landline phone numbers. The company’s solutions assist businesses in SMS lead-gen campaigns for marketing and promotions, sales, billing and collections, internal communications, recruiting, and dispatch, and logistics for the restaurant, sports, radio, television, automotive, legal, title and escrow, and real estate industries. The company generates revenue via an annual subscription charged at USD 25 per month, USD 49 per month, and USD 99 per month for a starter, unlimited, and premium model respectively. The company also offers custom pricing for commercial purposes and API access to the user’s software plan starting at USD 100 per month. The company plans on continuing its growth towards text-enabling over 200 million business phones in North America.
Who invested in Zipwhip
6 investors across 3 rounds
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Who invested in Zipwhip?
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How much funding has Zipwhip raised?
Zipwhip has raised 3 venture rounds. Sign up free to see how much each round raised and the total.
When did Zipwhip last raise money?
Zipwhip's most recent round on record is a Series D, in Jan 2019.
What does Zipwhip do?
Founded in 2007 and based in Washington, US, Zipwhip, Inc.
Where is Zipwhip headquartered?
Zipwhip is headquartered in Seattle, US.
Which VCs invest in companies like Zipwhip?
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