SendGrid

SendGrid
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryTechnology
Founded2009
FounderIsaac Saldana, Jose Lopez, Tim Jenkins
Headquarters
Denver, Colorado
,
United States
Key people
Sameer Dholakia (CEO)[1]
Revenue$111.9 million (2017)[2]
ParentTwilio
Websitesendgrid.com

SendGrid (also known as Twilio SendGrid) is a Denver, Colorado-based customer communication platform for transactional and marketing email.[3][4][5][6][7][8] The company was founded by Isaac Saldana, Jose Lopez, and Tim Jenkins in 2009, and incubated through the Techstars accelerator program.[9][10][11][12] As of 2017, SendGrid has raised over $81 million and has offices in Denver, Colorado; Boulder, Colorado; Irvine, California; Redwood City, California; and London.[8][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]

The company went public with a debut in the New York Stock Exchange on November 16, 2017.[19] Twilio acquired SendGrid in February 2019.

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