business Overview
HQ | placeSan Francisco Bay Area |
Business | Cloud communication APIs (incl. SendGrid, Segment) |
Founded | access_time 15 years ago (founded 2008) |
TrueUp Trajectory Score | 50 /100 |
Employees | 9,000 TrueUp Rank #140 |
Valuation | $13 billion TrueUp Rank #175 all-time high: $84 B (-85%) 1 year ago: $19 B (-34%) 5 years ago: $9.9 B (+29%) |
Public / Private | Public ($TWLO) |
Lists | Cloud B2B SaaS |
Twilio is a Cloud communication APIs (incl. SendGrid, Segment) company with 88 job openings. It is currently valued at $13 billion as a public company. 9,000 people work at Twilio. The company was founded in 2008.
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Valuation | $13 billion TrueUp Rank #175 52 wk high: $20 B (-37%) 1 year ago: $19 B (-34%) 5 years ago: $9.9 B (+29%) |
Revenue trailing 12 months | $3.6 billion TrueUp Rank #123 |
Revenue growth vs. same quarter last year | 32.8% TrueUp Rank #136 |
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Valuation / Revenue | 3.5x |
Valuation per employee | $1.4 million |
Revenue per employee | $0.4 million |
phonelink Products
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 | 78% would recommend Twilio to a friend (1,221 reviews) better than 54% of tech co's 84% approve of the CEO Jeff Lawson (693 reviews) worse than 53% 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 |
rule Policies
% of open jobs that are remote | 80% |
home_work Remote work policy | Remote work is common |
public H1B sponsorships approved in 2022 | 24 TrueUp Rank #72 |
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history Other info
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 |