SendGrid

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SendGrid
Formation2009
FounderIsaac Saldana, Jose Lopez, Tim Jenkins
TypeSubsidiary
Location
Websitesendgrid.com

SendGrid is a customer communication platform that helps businesses send transactional and marketing emails. SendGrid offers email delivery management, ISP monitoring, and reporting features.[1][2][3]

History[change | change source]

It was founded in 2009 and acquired by Twilio in 2019.[4]

In December 2012, SendGrid partnered with Twilio to create SMS and push notification services to its platform.[5][6] The company works with Parse, Windows Azure, and StackMob from the same month.[7]

In September 2014, Sameer Dholakia became CEO in SendGrid.[8]

The company went public in the New York Stock Exchange on November 16, 2017.[9]

References[change | change source]

  1. "TechStars Incubator Hatches 10 New Companies". TechCrunch. August 6, 2009. Retrieved August 13, 2013.
  2. Dana Oshiro (September 30, 2009). "TechStars Investor Day Hits a Home Run". ReadWrite. Retrieved August 13, 2013.
  3. "SendGrid raises $21M in VC; Microsoft to partner". Denver Business Journal. January 17, 2012. Retrieved August 13, 2013.
  4. Sarah Kuta (February 12, 2012). "From unlimited burritos to on-site yoga, Boulder firms pile on perks". Boulder Daily Camera. Retrieved August 13, 2013.
  5. Sean Ludwig (July 25, 2012). "SendGrid partners with Heroku, Engine Yard, & others on email management". VentureBeat. Retrieved August 13, 2013.
  6. Harrison Weber (December 4, 2012). "SendGrid and Twilio team up to offer email, SMS, voice and push notifications for the enterprise market". The Next Web. Retrieved August 13, 2013.
  7. Barb Darrow (December 13, 2012). "SendGrid adds Parse, Stackmob, Azure integrations". Gigaom. Archived from the original on August 7, 2013. Retrieved August 13, 2013.
  8. Avery, Greg (September 30, 2014). "SendGrid replaces Franklin as CEO". Denver Business Journal.
  9. Chuang, Tamara (2017-11-12). "As SendGrid preps for public debut, the IPO market appears receptive". The Denver Post. Retrieved 2017-11-13.