Merge was founded by Gil Feig, Shensi Ding in 2020.

Who are Merge's investors?

Merge's investors include 20VC, Accel, New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Addition, Bain Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, Fifty Years, Interface Fund.

Merge

Founded 2020 · 161 employees on LinkedIn · 8 known investors

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Merge provides a unified API and integration infrastructure that lets software companies connect their products to hundreds of third-party systems (HRIS, accounting, ticketing, file storage, CRM) and deploy AI agents that take authenticated actions across enterprise tools. It also offers model routing to direct LLM requests to different providers, serving product and engineering teams building AI features and integrations.

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Founders & leadership

Merge was founded in 2020 by Gil Feig and Shensi Ding.

Gil FeigCo-Founder

Shensi DingCo-Founder

Investors · 8

20VClisted by 20VCLondon · $250K – $5M

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Accellisted by AccelPalo Alto · $500K – $100M

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New Enterprise Associates (NEA)listed by New Enterprise Associates (NEA)Menlo Park · $200K – $40M

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AdditionreportedNew York

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Bain CapitalreportedBoston

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Bain Capital VenturesreportedBoston · $1M – $100M

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Fifty YearsreportedSan Francisco · $250K – $2M

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Interface FundreportedSan Francisco · $1M – $10M

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Funding

SEC filings, press & company announcements

Undisclosed amountSeries BOct 2022
Accel (lead), Addition, NEA
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Undisclosed amountSeries ANov 2021
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Undisclosed amountSeedMay 2021
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Founder mafia

2 people who came through Merge went on to found or lead other companies.

Eric KimSoftware Engineer InternFounded NetworkOcean +1 Nour EldifrawyProduct LeadFounded shotwell.ai

In the news

Merge raises $55M Series B for its unified API | TechCrunchtechcrunch.com · Oct 2022

Merge raises $15M Series A for its B2B integrations platform | TechCrunchtechcrunch.com · Nov 2021

Frequently asked questions

What does Merge do?: Merge provides a unified API and integration infrastructure that lets software companies connect their products to hundreds of third-party systems (HRIS, accounting, ticketing, file storage, CRM) and deploy AI agents that take authenticated actions across enterprise tools. It also offers model routing to direct LLM requests to different providers, serving product and engineering teams building AI features and integrations.
Who founded Merge?: Merge was founded by Gil Feig, Shensi Ding in 2020.
Who are Merge's investors?: Merge's investors include 20VC, Accel, New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Addition, Bain Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, Fifty Years, Interface Fund.