Messaging Startups

OneSignal provides customer engagement and messaging infrastructure that enables businesses to send personalized, omnichannel communications to their customers at scale. The platform serves mobile app developers and businesses of all sizes across industries.

8 investors

Bird provides messaging infrastructure for developers, offering SMS, email, voice, and real-time messaging APIs built and operated end-to-end. The platform serves developers and applications requiring reliable message delivery across multiple channels globally.

5 investors

SendHub provides SMS automation software that sends text messages automatically based on triggers, schedules, or customer behavior patterns. The platform serves businesses seeking to automate routine messaging communications.

5 investors

Treble.ai provides a platform for businesses to create and distribute marketing conversations at scale via WhatsApp, with built-in analytics to track and optimize campaign performance across customer acquisition funnels.

5 investors

Chatfuel provides AI agents that autonomously handle customer inquiries, booking management, advertising, and business strategy for small businesses and service-based companies. The platform operates 24/7 to manage tasks typically requiring multiple human team members.

4 investors

Hum provides white-label internet shopping and enrollment solutions for residential property managers and operators, allowing them to offer internet services to residents while retaining brand control and revenue.

4 investors

Boostly helps restaurants acquire new customers and build loyalty through personalized text offers, automated review generation, and ROI tracking. The platform drives orders and generates five-star reviews while providing transparent reporting on marketing spend and revenue impact.

3 investors

Courier provides a notification platform that delivers messages to Slack and Teams with customizable routing, authentication, and multi-channel capabilities. It enables developers to send targeted, context-aware alerts and updates across multiple chat platforms from a single template.

3 investors

Glowing provides a messaging platform that allows brands to communicate with customers through popular mobile messaging services, targeting users who prefer text-based communication over traditional channels.

3 investors

Hilos provides a WhatsApp business platform for sales teams to capture leads, automate customer follow-ups, and close deals through WhatsApp messaging; it integrates with CRMs and marketing tools to increase conversion rates.

3 investors

Mio provides interoperability across collaboration platforms, enabling users to send messages, manage identities, share files, and initiate meetings across different systems.

3 investors

Union54 operates ChitChat, a messaging and payments application that combines encrypted messaging with USD card issuance and international fund transfers for users in Africa. The platform addresses high remittance costs by offering lower-fee cross-border payment capabilities for consumers and small businesses.

3 investors

FamilyLeaf provides a private social network for families to share photos, updates, messages, and contact information with each other across distances.

2 investors

Laylo is a platform that consolidates email, SMS, and social messaging tools for musicians, artists, and creators to manage fan engagement and sell tickets, merchandise, and content. The service enables artists and creators to build fan lists, send targeted notifications, and track sales across multiple distribution channels.

2 investors

Openland is a messaging platform that enables users to create and manage chat-based communities focused on connecting people through shared interests and facilitating discussion.

2 investors

Charm is a payments and savings app that enables users to send money across different platforms (Venmo, Cash App, Zelle) through a unified interface, with funds earning interest when held in the app. The service uses blockchain technology and stablecoins to facilitate cross-platform transfers and competitive yield on deposits.

1 investor

Convore is a web-based platform for real-time group messaging and topic-based discussions, with support for both public and private communities.

1 investor

Couple.me is an AI-powered chat application that lets users create and interact with customizable virtual AI characters, including AI girlfriends and boyfriends, for entertainment and companionship. The platform uses machine learning to generate human-like conversations and personalized images based on user preferences.

1 investor

Dittofeed is an omni-channel marketing automation and transactional messaging platform that enables organizations to automatically send messages across email, SMS, webhooks, and other channels through low-code journeys and templates. It is available as a cloud service or self-hosted solution and serves teams needing to trigger lifecycle marketing and transactional messages at scale.

1 investor

Drip finds sales leads based on buying signals like funding or hiring activity, allowing users to target companies by industry and job titles.

1 investor

Enveloop provides a unified API that lets application developers send emails and text messages without integrating multiple libraries for each channel.

1 investor

Fibo provides calendar and messaging software for small to medium-sized businesses.

1 investor

Guggy built an API that parsed text messages and slang to automatically generate contextual GIF responses, which was integrated into major messaging platforms; the company also created Bits, a mobile app for comedians and other creators to produce short-form video content.

1 investor

Here offers a digital space where friends can interact through real-time video and voice, enabling activities like watching, gaming, decorating, and drawing together regardless of distance.

1 investor