business Overview
| HQ | placeSan Francisco Bay Area |
| Business | Cloud communication APIs (incl. SendGrid, Segment) |
| Founded | access_time 15 years ago (founded 2008) |
| Company trajectory rank | TrueUp Rank #544 |
| Employees | 9,000 TrueUp Rank #140 |
| Valuation | $9.0 billion TrueUp Rank #212 52 wk high: $50 B (-82%) 1 year ago: $49 B (-82%) |
| Public / Private | Public ($TWLO) |
| Lists | Cloud B2B SaaS |
Twilio is a cloud communication APIs (incl. SendGrid, Segment) company with 35 job openings. It is currently valued at $9.0 billion as a public company. 9,000 people work at Twilio. The company was founded in 2008.
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local_atm Financials
| Valuation | $9.0 billion TrueUp Rank #212 52 wk high: $50 B (-82%) 1 year ago: $49 B (-82%) |
| Revenue trailing 12 months | $3.6 billion TrueUp Rank #124 |
| Revenue growth vs. same quarter last year | 32.8% TrueUp Rank #138 |
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| Valuation / Revenue | 2.5x |
| Valuation per employee | $1.0 million TrueUp Rank #1518 |
| Revenue per employee | $0.4 million |
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| Top products | - Twilio - SendGrid (acq in 2019 for $3B) - Segment (acq in 2020 for $3.2B) |
| Primary customer type | business B2B |
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| Glassdoor employee reviews | 80% would recommend Twilio to a friend (1,106 reviews) better than 55% of tech co's 87% approve of the CEO Jeff Lawson (660 reviews) better than 51% of tech co's |
| Company mission | "To fuel the future of communications by building communications tools that developers, startups, enterprises, and everyone in between rely on everyday." |
| Company values | - Be an owner - Empower others - No shenanigans - Wear the customer’s shoes - Write it down - Ruthlessly prioritize - Be bold - Be inclusive - Draw the owl - Don’t settle |
| Company culture links | Twilio Valuesnorth_east twilio.com/company/values |
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rule Policies
| % of open jobs that are remote | 34% |
| home_work Remote work policy | Remote work is common |
| Same pay everywhere? (same work, same pay) | sentiment_very_dissatisfiedNo |
| public H1B sponsorships approved in 2021 | 24 TrueUp Rank #72 |
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Associated billionaires (source:Forbes) | #N/A - undefined |
| IPO date | Jun 22, 2016 (7 years ago) |
| Top owners at IPO | 24.3% - Bessemer Venture Partners 11.6% - Union Square Ventures 10.2% - Jeff Lawson 5.2% - Fidelity 4.0% - Redpoint Ventures |
| Founder ownership at IPO | 10.2% |
| Implied founder equity split | 100% - Jeff Lawson |
| Unsuccessful products trending_down | - |
