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The deal for the Maryland-based company that sends over 40% of commercial emails will pit MessageBird against Silicon Valley darling Twilio in its own backyard.
A $3.8 billion rival to Twilio in Europe just made a big acquisition to expand in the U.S. CNBC 5 hrs ago Ryan Browne MessageBird, which competes with U.S. cloud communications platform Twilio, says it raised a total of $1 billion in a funding round. The Dutch start-up is using the fresh funds to acquire commercial email platform SparkPost in a $600 million deal. The acquisition will help MessageBird expand its presence in the U.S., Twilio's home market. © Provided by CNBC MessageBird founder and CEO Robert Vis. LONDON — Dutch communications software start-up MessageBir...
MessageBird Acquires US-based SparkPost for $600m, Extends Series C and Raises $1B to Become World's Largest Omnichannel Provider Deal sees some of America's biggest brands join MessageBird's customer portfolio, including Disney JP Morgan and others Combined company will serve more than 25,000 customers, with 700 employees and have a run-rate of over $500 million Deal becomes Europe's largest ever Series C round, and the second largest on either side of the Atlantic MessageBird, the world's leading global omnichannel communication platform, today announces it has entered into definitive doc...
MessageBird extends Series C round to $1bn as it expands in the US MessageBird CEO Robert Vis. Image: Roger Cremers The additional funding will help finance the company’s push into the US market after acquiring email platform SparkPost. Cloud communications platform MessageBird has raised a further $800m in Series C funding, bringing the round to more than $1bn. The Dutch company, which develops software for accessing and managing disparate communications channels, announced a $200m Series C investment last October. It is now valued at $3.8bn. Eurazeo, Tiger Global, Owl Rock and funds manag...
MessageBird acquires UK-based Pusher for $35m Robert Vis. Image: MessageBird The acquisition of Pusher comes hot on the heels of MessageBird’s Series C funding round in October 2020. Amsterdam-based cloud communications platform MessageBird has today (16 December) announced the acquisition of real-time API start-up Pusher. The $35m deal will give MessageBird access to a range of new tools and features such as in-app messaging, push notifications and location tracking. The news follows a recent $200m Series C funding round for MessageBird, led by Spark Capital, Accel and Atomico. This brings...