Sequoia Capital, established in 1972, is a prominent venture capital firm headquartered in Menlo Park, California. The company focuses on investing in early to growth-stage companies across various sectors, including information technology, healthcare, financial services, and energy. Sequoia Capital provides capital and strategic support to a select group of daring founders, helping them build legendary companies and push technological boundaries. The firm typically invests between $100,000 and $100 million, with a preference for being the first investor in profitable, fast-growing companies with proven teams and products. Sequoia Capital also manages funds focused on specific regions and sectors, such as India and the technology sector.
Managing Partner of Sequoia Capital Global Equities
Fred Wang
Managing Director, China
Cen Wang
Partner, China
Rock Wang
Managing Director
Lynn Yang
Managing Director, China
Skee Zhang
Managing Director
Jiajia Zou
Managing Director
Past deals in Messaging
ReflectionAI
Venture Round in 2024
ReflectionAI specializes in developing AI-powered chatbots for businesses. Their platform employs generative AI to create chatbots that mimic human-like conversation, enabling companies to automate customer service, marketing, and other communication tasks. These chatbots can be created swiftly and integrated into various channels, streamlining the process for businesses.
Yolk.fm
Pre Seed Round in 2024
Yolk.fm is a social platform that allows users to chat rather than send text messages.
Mindy
Seed Round in 2024
Mindy is a developer of an artificial intelligence email-based assistant that automates routine tasks and enhances communication channels. The company's tools are designed to assist users with various activities, including conducting research, scheduling virtual meetings, and planning vacations. By leveraging generative AI, Mindy aims to provide tangible value to its customers, enabling them to streamline their daily tasks and improve productivity.
LayerZero
Series B in 2023
LayerZero Labs is a developer of a blockchain messaging protocol that enables decentralized applications to operate across multiple blockchains. The company's platform facilitates data exchange and interoperability by connecting disparate blockchains, offering a streamlined solution for cross-chain applications. Utilizing an on-chain light node for validation, LayerZero improves speed, security, and cost-efficiency, as it streams block headers on-demand through decentralized oracles rather than maintaining all headers sequentially. This innovative approach allows clients to efficiently implement low-level communication primitives necessary for cross-chain functionality.
WATI
Series B in 2022
WATI is an early-stage, fast-growing SaaS platform that is revolutionizing how businesses communicate with their customers. We believe customer relationships are built through conversations, one message at a time. Through our cutting-edge customer engagement software built on WhatsApp’s Business API, businesses are now able to have personalized conversations, be easily accessible and engage with their customers in real-time - at scale! We live in the on-demand economy, where customers expect fast, simple and easy service and that’s exactly what our platform empowers companies to do. This is made possible through WATI’s easy-to-use platform that can be made up and running in no time. As a result, small and medium businesses have embraced the platform rapidly, and thousands of customers across 54 countries are now using WATI within just a year of launch.
Front
Series D in 2022
Front is a communication hub that centralizes customer interactions across various digital channels to enhance relationship management. The platform focuses on streamlining conversations by integrating collaboration tools and contextual data from multiple systems, allowing teams to provide timely, accurate, and personalized communications. Over 7,500 businesses, including notable names like Shopify, Airbnb, and Hulu, utilize Front to improve their customer engagement. The company's multi-channel inbox platform specializes in consolidating communication, facilitating internal discussions, and incorporating social features, thus enabling users to chat effectively and save time. By placing customer conversations at the forefront, Front empowers organizations to build stronger relationships through each interaction.
Twain
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Twain is a software company that specializes in artificial intelligence solutions aimed at enhancing communication in sales outreach. Its primary product is an AI-powered communication assistant that serves as a sales coach, designed to improve the effectiveness of outreach messages. Users can input their outreach content into a proprietary editor, which then provides instant recommendations based on best practices. This technology enables sales professionals to craft clear and persuasive messages, ultimately increasing their chances of receiving responses and improving overall conversion rates.
X (formerly Twitter)
Post in 2022
Twitter is a social networking platform that facilitates the exchange of micro-blogs, known as "tweets," which can be up to 280 characters in length. Launched in 2006, it allows users to send and read tweets through various means, including web browsers, SMS, and mobile applications. With over 400 million monthly visitors and 255 million active users, Twitter serves as a global real-time communications platform. Its diverse user base includes world leaders, athletes, entertainers, and news organizations, contributing to its role as a significant source of information and engagement. The platform is available in more than 35 languages and has a strong presence in major cities worldwide, with headquarters in San Francisco and offices across the United States and internationally.
LayerZero
Series A in 2022
LayerZero Labs is a developer of a blockchain messaging protocol that enables decentralized applications to operate across multiple blockchains. The company's platform facilitates data exchange and interoperability by connecting disparate blockchains, offering a streamlined solution for cross-chain applications. Utilizing an on-chain light node for validation, LayerZero improves speed, security, and cost-efficiency, as it streams block headers on-demand through decentralized oracles rather than maintaining all headers sequentially. This innovative approach allows clients to efficiently implement low-level communication primitives necessary for cross-chain functionality.
Canary Mail
Venture Round in 2022
Canary Mail is a mail application focused on enhancing email security and productivity for modern users. It integrates seamless encryption similar to messaging apps, ensuring that sensitive content in emails and files remains protected even in the event of a security breach. Users can set expiry dates or revoke emails after they have been sent, preventing indefinite access in other inboxes. This functionality allows businesses to communicate securely while maintaining user privacy, addressing the growing need for reliable email security in today's digital landscape.
Picsart
Series C in 2021
PicsArt, Inc. is the world's largest digital creation platform, specializing in photo and video editing tools designed for users at all skill levels. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Miami, with an additional office in Yerevan, Armenia, the company offers a comprehensive suite of features through its mobile and web applications. Its flagship app provides an array of options for photo manipulation, drawing, and collage making, including customizable filters, text overlays, and a GIF generator. Additionally, PicsArt hosts a vibrant community for creative collaboration, allowing users to share and collectively edit images. The platform also features a dedicated app for children, as well as a messaging system that enhances the shared creative experience. By combining its extensive open-source content collection with AI-powered tools, PicsArt serves consumers, marketers, content creators, and businesses alike, facilitating both personal and professional design projects.
Attentive
Series D in 2020
Attentive is a leading provider of conversational commerce solutions, specializing in a personalized mobile messaging platform that enhances business-to-consumer communication. The company enables brands and organizations to engage with customers using behavioral data, allowing for the automatic delivery of tailored mobile messages throughout the customer lifecycle. This includes functionalities such as product recommendations, limited-time sales, payment processing, and real-time customer service. By focusing on SMS as a primary channel, Attentive helps e-commerce and retail businesses forge stronger connections with mobile shoppers, transforming the way they interact and communicate with their audiences.
Confluent
Series E in 2020
Confluent, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in real-time data integration and stream processing, primarily through its platform based on Apache Kafka. The platform enables organizations to access and manage data as real-time streams, facilitating the movement of data from isolated systems into a cohesive data pipeline for immediate action. Confluent's product offerings include Confluent Cloud, a managed streaming service, and various tools such as Confluent Operator for Kubernetes, KSQL for interactive queries, and ksqlDB, an event streaming database. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, Confluent serves a diverse range of sectors including financial services, insurance, retail, automotive, and government. The company generates revenue through subscriptions and services, with a significant portion coming from the United States. Confluent aims to create a centralized data infrastructure that connects applications, systems, and data layers, enabling organizations to leverage real-time insights effectively.
Attentive
Series C in 2020
Attentive is a leading provider of conversational commerce solutions, specializing in a personalized mobile messaging platform that enhances business-to-consumer communication. The company enables brands and organizations to engage with customers using behavioral data, allowing for the automatic delivery of tailored mobile messages throughout the customer lifecycle. This includes functionalities such as product recommendations, limited-time sales, payment processing, and real-time customer service. By focusing on SMS as a primary channel, Attentive helps e-commerce and retail businesses forge stronger connections with mobile shoppers, transforming the way they interact and communicate with their audiences.
Attentive
Series C in 2020
Attentive is a leading provider of conversational commerce solutions, specializing in a personalized mobile messaging platform that enhances business-to-consumer communication. The company enables brands and organizations to engage with customers using behavioral data, allowing for the automatic delivery of tailored mobile messages throughout the customer lifecycle. This includes functionalities such as product recommendations, limited-time sales, payment processing, and real-time customer service. By focusing on SMS as a primary channel, Attentive helps e-commerce and retail businesses forge stronger connections with mobile shoppers, transforming the way they interact and communicate with their audiences.
Front
Series C in 2020
Front is a communication hub that centralizes customer interactions across various digital channels to enhance relationship management. The platform focuses on streamlining conversations by integrating collaboration tools and contextual data from multiple systems, allowing teams to provide timely, accurate, and personalized communications. Over 7,500 businesses, including notable names like Shopify, Airbnb, and Hulu, utilize Front to improve their customer engagement. The company's multi-channel inbox platform specializes in consolidating communication, facilitating internal discussions, and incorporating social features, thus enabling users to chat effectively and save time. By placing customer conversations at the forefront, Front empowers organizations to build stronger relationships through each interaction.
Attentive
Series B in 2019
Attentive is a leading provider of conversational commerce solutions, specializing in a personalized mobile messaging platform that enhances business-to-consumer communication. The company enables brands and organizations to engage with customers using behavioral data, allowing for the automatic delivery of tailored mobile messages throughout the customer lifecycle. This includes functionalities such as product recommendations, limited-time sales, payment processing, and real-time customer service. By focusing on SMS as a primary channel, Attentive helps e-commerce and retail businesses forge stronger connections with mobile shoppers, transforming the way they interact and communicate with their audiences.
SignalWire
Series A in 2019
SignalWire is a Palo Alto-based company founded in 2017, offering a cloud communication platform that enables developers to integrate voice, messaging, and video capabilities into their applications using real-time APIs. Their primary product, SignalWire CLOUD, built on FreeSWITCH technology, allows for the creation of communications products and applications. They also provide SignalWire STACK, an open-source communications platform, and SignalWire Documentation, a web socket-based protocol for client libraries and real-time call control. SignalWire's mission is to create a global network for secure, standards-based real-time communication, accessible via simple SDKs and programming interfaces. Their products support audio/video applications in mobile browsers, AI bots, PSTN termination, and more, with a fully distributed workforce spanning multiple countries and time zones.
Carnivore
Series A in 2019
Makers of Clan HQ, mobile messenger for mobile gamers.
Threads
Series A in 2019
Threads is a social media app developed by Meta that focuses on facilitating text-based updates and real-time conversations. The platform allows users to share short messages, engage in trending discussions, and follow updates from friends, creators, and public figures. Additionally, Threads serves as a decision-making software platform aimed at enhancing communication within distributed teams. It creates a virtual space for asynchronous discussions, enabling users to share ideas and feedback through messaging. This approach allows users to remain informed about ongoing conversations, thereby fostering collaboration and improving business outcomes.
Confluent
Series D in 2019
Confluent, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in real-time data integration and stream processing, primarily through its platform based on Apache Kafka. The platform enables organizations to access and manage data as real-time streams, facilitating the movement of data from isolated systems into a cohesive data pipeline for immediate action. Confluent's product offerings include Confluent Cloud, a managed streaming service, and various tools such as Confluent Operator for Kubernetes, KSQL for interactive queries, and ksqlDB, an event streaming database. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, Confluent serves a diverse range of sectors including financial services, insurance, retail, automotive, and government. The company generates revenue through subscriptions and services, with a significant portion coming from the United States. Confluent aims to create a centralized data infrastructure that connects applications, systems, and data layers, enabling organizations to leverage real-time insights effectively.
Woowa Bros
Series G in 2018
Woowa Brothers Corp. is a South Korean company founded in March 2011 and based in Seoul. It specializes in developing mobile applications, particularly focusing on on-demand food delivery services. The company's flagship application allows users to order and receive food deliveries within a specified timeframe, catering to their convenience. In addition to food delivery, Woowa Brothers also offers local marketing and web solutions, along with other applications like a sports events app. Through its innovative platform, the company aims to enhance the user experience in the food delivery sector and beyond.
Crew
Series C in 2018
The crew is a communications app that keeps everyone on the same page about everything work-related. The crew gives companies and frontline employees a new way to communicate, stay engaged, and be more successful. Unlike collaboration software that has evolved around the needs of office workers, Crew is the first communications app designed specifically for the millions of workers who don’t have ready access to effective communication technology on the job. From store clerks, restaurant managers, coaches, to pharmacists, nurses, and first responders, thousands of teams across every industry use Crew to help their businesses and organizations run more smoothly.
Front
Series B in 2018
Front is a communication hub that centralizes customer interactions across various digital channels to enhance relationship management. The platform focuses on streamlining conversations by integrating collaboration tools and contextual data from multiple systems, allowing teams to provide timely, accurate, and personalized communications. Over 7,500 businesses, including notable names like Shopify, Airbnb, and Hulu, utilize Front to improve their customer engagement. The company's multi-channel inbox platform specializes in consolidating communication, facilitating internal discussions, and incorporating social features, thus enabling users to chat effectively and save time. By placing customer conversations at the forefront, Front empowers organizations to build stronger relationships through each interaction.
Carnivore
Seed Round in 2017
Makers of Clan HQ, mobile messenger for mobile gamers.
Crew
Series A in 2017
The crew is a communications app that keeps everyone on the same page about everything work-related. The crew gives companies and frontline employees a new way to communicate, stay engaged, and be more successful. Unlike collaboration software that has evolved around the needs of office workers, Crew is the first communications app designed specifically for the millions of workers who don’t have ready access to effective communication technology on the job. From store clerks, restaurant managers, coaches, to pharmacists, nurses, and first responders, thousands of teams across every industry use Crew to help their businesses and organizations run more smoothly.
Confluent
Series C in 2017
Confluent, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in real-time data integration and stream processing, primarily through its platform based on Apache Kafka. The platform enables organizations to access and manage data as real-time streams, facilitating the movement of data from isolated systems into a cohesive data pipeline for immediate action. Confluent's product offerings include Confluent Cloud, a managed streaming service, and various tools such as Confluent Operator for Kubernetes, KSQL for interactive queries, and ksqlDB, an event streaming database. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, Confluent serves a diverse range of sectors including financial services, insurance, retail, automotive, and government. The company generates revenue through subscriptions and services, with a significant portion coming from the United States. Confluent aims to create a centralized data infrastructure that connects applications, systems, and data layers, enabling organizations to leverage real-time insights effectively.
Goodservice
Seed Round in 2015
Goodservice is a mobile application designed to streamline the completion of tasks through a simple chat interface. Acting as a personal assistant, the app allows users to submit requests, which are then processed to identify suitable service providers based on factors such as location, budget, and schedule. By combining advanced technology with human expertise, Goodservice efficiently matches user needs with reliable options, ensuring that tasks are managed effectively from start to finish.
Picsart
Series A in 2015
PicsArt, Inc. is the world's largest digital creation platform, specializing in photo and video editing tools designed for users at all skill levels. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Miami, with an additional office in Yerevan, Armenia, the company offers a comprehensive suite of features through its mobile and web applications. Its flagship app provides an array of options for photo manipulation, drawing, and collage making, including customizable filters, text overlays, and a GIF generator. Additionally, PicsArt hosts a vibrant community for creative collaboration, allowing users to share and collectively edit images. The platform also features a dedicated app for children, as well as a messaging system that enhances the shared creative experience. By combining its extensive open-source content collection with AI-powered tools, PicsArt serves consumers, marketers, content creators, and businesses alike, facilitating both personal and professional design projects.
Picsart
Series A in 2015
PicsArt, Inc. is the world's largest digital creation platform, specializing in photo and video editing tools designed for users at all skill levels. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Miami, with an additional office in Yerevan, Armenia, the company offers a comprehensive suite of features through its mobile and web applications. Its flagship app provides an array of options for photo manipulation, drawing, and collage making, including customizable filters, text overlays, and a GIF generator. Additionally, PicsArt hosts a vibrant community for creative collaboration, allowing users to share and collectively edit images. The platform also features a dedicated app for children, as well as a messaging system that enhances the shared creative experience. By combining its extensive open-source content collection with AI-powered tools, PicsArt serves consumers, marketers, content creators, and businesses alike, facilitating both personal and professional design projects.
QuizUp
Series B in 2013
QuizUp is a mobile game developer known for its trivia game that fosters user interaction through features such as one-to-one messaging, discussion boards, and region-specific leaderboards. The game allows players to engage in trivia challenges organized by city, state, and country, enhancing the competitive experience. By combining social interaction with gaming, QuizUp creates a platform where users can not only test their knowledge but also connect with others in a dynamic way.
QuizUp
Series A in 2013
QuizUp is a mobile game developer known for its trivia game that fosters user interaction through features such as one-to-one messaging, discussion boards, and region-specific leaderboards. The game allows players to engage in trivia challenges organized by city, state, and country, enhancing the competitive experience. By combining social interaction with gaming, QuizUp creates a platform where users can not only test their knowledge but also connect with others in a dynamic way.
WhatsApp
Series B in 2013
WhatsApp is a global leader in free instant messaging, offering a cross-platform mobile application that enables users to exchange messages, images, videos, and audio without incurring SMS charges. It supports multiple platforms, including iPhone, Android, and Windows Phone, and facilitates group chats, making it a simple, reliable, and cost-effective way to communicate worldwide.
QuizUp
Series A in 2013
QuizUp is a mobile game developer known for its trivia game that fosters user interaction through features such as one-to-one messaging, discussion boards, and region-specific leaderboards. The game allows players to engage in trivia challenges organized by city, state, and country, enhancing the competitive experience. By combining social interaction with gaming, QuizUp creates a platform where users can not only test their knowledge but also connect with others in a dynamic way.
RingCentral
Series D in 2011
RingCentral is a leading provider of unified communications as a service (UCaaS), offering a comprehensive cloud-based platform that integrates voice, video, messaging, and team collaboration tools. Headquartered in Belmont, California, the company serves over 350,000 organizations globally, enabling them to enhance communication and collaboration among remote and in-office teams. Its core products include RingCentral Office, which combines VoIP phone service with features such as unlimited calling and fax functionality, and RingCentral Professional, which provides virtual extensions for existing phone lines. Additionally, RingCentral offers a cloud-based contact center solution that allows businesses to connect seamlessly with their customers and a stand-alone video meetings platform. The company's solutions are designed to replace outdated on-premises systems with modern, flexible cloud-based alternatives, supporting a mobile workforce across various devices including smartphones, tablets, and computers. By streamlining communications and reducing reliance on traditional methods, RingCentral significantly enhances operational efficiency for businesses of all sizes.
WhatsApp
Series A in 2011
WhatsApp is a global leader in free instant messaging, offering a cross-platform mobile application that enables users to exchange messages, images, videos, and audio without incurring SMS charges. It supports multiple platforms, including iPhone, Android, and Windows Phone, and facilitates group chats, making it a simple, reliable, and cost-effective way to communicate worldwide.
Clickatell
Series B in 2011
Clickatell Inc. is a technology company that specializes in mobile messaging and transaction services, facilitating customer interactions through mobile devices. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, with additional offices in Cape Town, South Africa, and Lagos, Nigeria, Clickatell provides a range of solutions including SMS messaging for alerts, marketing campaigns, two-factor authentication, and customer relationship management. Its Mobile eXchange platform allows users to send and receive messages globally, while its Chat Commerce Platform enables businesses to engage customers via chat, streamlining transactions and enhancing customer relationships. Clickatell also offers self-service banking products for financial institutions, a multi-factor authentication suite for account security, and a digital contact center solution that aids real-time customer support. The company serves a diverse clientele, including enterprises, government entities, and small to medium-sized businesses, empowering them to efficiently manage customer communications and transactions without the need for traditional interfaces.
TokBox
Series C in 2010
TokBox is a provider of a cloud-based platform that enables the integration of live interactive video, voice, and messaging features into web and mobile applications. Their proprietary OpenTok video platform supports one-to-one calls as well as complex, large-scale broadcasts. TokBox offers a range of customizable tools, APIs, and infrastructure for developers, allowing for seamless communication experiences across various devices and browsers. Their services cater to unified communications and contact centers, leveraging advanced video, audio, and networking technologies to deliver high-quality interactions for users.
Sipera Systems
Series D in 2010
Sipera Systems is a leader in providing solutions for the secure adoption of Unified Communications (UC), offering essential services that protect VoIP, IP video, messaging, and collaboration applications. The company’s innovative "Borderless UC" framework ensures secure communications across various devices and locations, making it a trusted choice for thousands of users worldwide. Sipera's offerings are backed by the research conducted at the Sipera VIPER Lab, which focuses on identifying vulnerabilities in communication technologies. Their solutions enhance security for remote teleworkers, distributed call centers, and other critical business operations, addressing challenges such as secure SIP trunks and toll fraud prevention. By delivering application-layer security and real-time communications capabilities, Sipera helps enterprises achieve high performance in converged internet protocol networks while minimizing risks.
TokBox
Series B in 2008
TokBox is a provider of a cloud-based platform that enables the integration of live interactive video, voice, and messaging features into web and mobile applications. Their proprietary OpenTok video platform supports one-to-one calls as well as complex, large-scale broadcasts. TokBox offers a range of customizable tools, APIs, and infrastructure for developers, allowing for seamless communication experiences across various devices and browsers. Their services cater to unified communications and contact centers, leveraging advanced video, audio, and networking technologies to deliver high-quality interactions for users.
RingCentral
Series B in 2008
RingCentral is a leading provider of unified communications as a service (UCaaS), offering a comprehensive cloud-based platform that integrates voice, video, messaging, and team collaboration tools. Headquartered in Belmont, California, the company serves over 350,000 organizations globally, enabling them to enhance communication and collaboration among remote and in-office teams. Its core products include RingCentral Office, which combines VoIP phone service with features such as unlimited calling and fax functionality, and RingCentral Professional, which provides virtual extensions for existing phone lines. Additionally, RingCentral offers a cloud-based contact center solution that allows businesses to connect seamlessly with their customers and a stand-alone video meetings platform. The company's solutions are designed to replace outdated on-premises systems with modern, flexible cloud-based alternatives, supporting a mobile workforce across various devices including smartphones, tablets, and computers. By streamlining communications and reducing reliance on traditional methods, RingCentral significantly enhances operational efficiency for businesses of all sizes.
Silent Communication
Venture Round in 2007
Silent Communication is a company based in Tel Aviv, Israel, established in 2004, that specializes in mobile value-added services. The firm focuses on providing mobile operators with innovative solutions in call management, messaging, and visual voicemail. Utilizing its Device and Network Agnostic (DANA) deployment technology, Silent Communication enhances messaging platforms for cellular devices, allowing users to minimize missed incoming calls. This not only improves user experience but also contributes to increased revenue for mobile operators.
TokBox
Series A in 2007
TokBox is a provider of a cloud-based platform that enables the integration of live interactive video, voice, and messaging features into web and mobile applications. Their proprietary OpenTok video platform supports one-to-one calls as well as complex, large-scale broadcasts. TokBox offers a range of customizable tools, APIs, and infrastructure for developers, allowing for seamless communication experiences across various devices and browsers. Their services cater to unified communications and contact centers, leveraging advanced video, audio, and networking technologies to deliver high-quality interactions for users.
Sipera Systems
Series C in 2007
Sipera Systems is a leader in providing solutions for the secure adoption of Unified Communications (UC), offering essential services that protect VoIP, IP video, messaging, and collaboration applications. The company’s innovative "Borderless UC" framework ensures secure communications across various devices and locations, making it a trusted choice for thousands of users worldwide. Sipera's offerings are backed by the research conducted at the Sipera VIPER Lab, which focuses on identifying vulnerabilities in communication technologies. Their solutions enhance security for remote teleworkers, distributed call centers, and other critical business operations, addressing challenges such as secure SIP trunks and toll fraud prevention. By delivering application-layer security and real-time communications capabilities, Sipera helps enterprises achieve high performance in converged internet protocol networks while minimizing risks.
RingCentral
Series A in 2007
RingCentral is a leading provider of unified communications as a service (UCaaS), offering a comprehensive cloud-based platform that integrates voice, video, messaging, and team collaboration tools. Headquartered in Belmont, California, the company serves over 350,000 organizations globally, enabling them to enhance communication and collaboration among remote and in-office teams. Its core products include RingCentral Office, which combines VoIP phone service with features such as unlimited calling and fax functionality, and RingCentral Professional, which provides virtual extensions for existing phone lines. Additionally, RingCentral offers a cloud-based contact center solution that allows businesses to connect seamlessly with their customers and a stand-alone video meetings platform. The company's solutions are designed to replace outdated on-premises systems with modern, flexible cloud-based alternatives, supporting a mobile workforce across various devices including smartphones, tablets, and computers. By streamlining communications and reducing reliance on traditional methods, RingCentral significantly enhances operational efficiency for businesses of all sizes.
Zhanzuo
Series B in 2007
Zhanzuo is a community that enables Chinese college students to communicate with their real names and pictures. Zhanzuo is a communication platform that is complemented with the Chinese university students’ BBS culture. Zhanzuo.com is also an interactive university campus SNS website that enables students to display, share, exchange, and create opportunities for their lives.
Clickatell
Series A in 2006
Clickatell Inc. is a technology company that specializes in mobile messaging and transaction services, facilitating customer interactions through mobile devices. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, with additional offices in Cape Town, South Africa, and Lagos, Nigeria, Clickatell provides a range of solutions including SMS messaging for alerts, marketing campaigns, two-factor authentication, and customer relationship management. Its Mobile eXchange platform allows users to send and receive messages globally, while its Chat Commerce Platform enables businesses to engage customers via chat, streamlining transactions and enhancing customer relationships. Clickatell also offers self-service banking products for financial institutions, a multi-factor authentication suite for account security, and a digital contact center solution that aids real-time customer support. The company serves a diverse clientele, including enterprises, government entities, and small to medium-sized businesses, empowering them to efficiently manage customer communications and transactions without the need for traditional interfaces.
Zhanzuo
Series A in 2006
Zhanzuo is a community that enables Chinese college students to communicate with their real names and pictures. Zhanzuo is a communication platform that is complemented with the Chinese university students’ BBS culture. Zhanzuo.com is also an interactive university campus SNS website that enables students to display, share, exchange, and create opportunities for their lives.
Sipera Systems
Series B in 2006
Sipera Systems is a leader in providing solutions for the secure adoption of Unified Communications (UC), offering essential services that protect VoIP, IP video, messaging, and collaboration applications. The company’s innovative "Borderless UC" framework ensures secure communications across various devices and locations, making it a trusted choice for thousands of users worldwide. Sipera's offerings are backed by the research conducted at the Sipera VIPER Lab, which focuses on identifying vulnerabilities in communication technologies. Their solutions enhance security for remote teleworkers, distributed call centers, and other critical business operations, addressing challenges such as secure SIP trunks and toll fraud prevention. By delivering application-layer security and real-time communications capabilities, Sipera helps enterprises achieve high performance in converged internet protocol networks while minimizing risks.
RingCentral
Venture Round in 2006
RingCentral is a leading provider of unified communications as a service (UCaaS), offering a comprehensive cloud-based platform that integrates voice, video, messaging, and team collaboration tools. Headquartered in Belmont, California, the company serves over 350,000 organizations globally, enabling them to enhance communication and collaboration among remote and in-office teams. Its core products include RingCentral Office, which combines VoIP phone service with features such as unlimited calling and fax functionality, and RingCentral Professional, which provides virtual extensions for existing phone lines. Additionally, RingCentral offers a cloud-based contact center solution that allows businesses to connect seamlessly with their customers and a stand-alone video meetings platform. The company's solutions are designed to replace outdated on-premises systems with modern, flexible cloud-based alternatives, supporting a mobile workforce across various devices including smartphones, tablets, and computers. By streamlining communications and reducing reliance on traditional methods, RingCentral significantly enhances operational efficiency for businesses of all sizes.
Comviva Technologies
Series A in 2005
Comviva Technologies, formerly known as Bharti Telesoft, specializes in providing integrated value-added services (VAS) tailored for mobile operators in emerging markets. The company has successfully deployed its solutions for over 100 mobile operators across more than 80 countries, impacting one in three mobile users in regions such as Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Comviva's diverse portfolio includes offerings in mobile finance, content and infotainment, customer value management, messaging, and mobile data services. These solutions empower telecom companies to enhance customer experiences, streamline costs, and drive revenue growth through services like mobile music, mobile money, and targeted advertising campaigns. The company is backed by notable investors including the Bharti Group, Sequoia Capital, and Cisco.
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