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Twilio Inc

San Francisco · AI / ML · refined from filed group “Other Technology · https://www.twilio.com/en-us

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Twilio Inc — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$3.2B
Total raised · real
5
Rounds
0.1×
Latest step-up
Top 1%
Sector rank · raised
Growth/Late
Latest stage · inferred · Wed Jul 14 2021 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Twilio Inc looks under-valued against its niche peers and is dormant on financing cadence.

Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page. Valuation uses the ai/ml sector profile.

Analyst read est. — computed against this company's niche peers in the same era. Inputs shown; not a quoted figure.

Under-valued
  • Modeled value is 0.62× the median modeled value of Growth/Late AI / ML companies in 2019–2021 (6 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Dormant
  • Last raise 5.0 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 11 months.
  • Silent for over 3× the sector's normal cadence.
Leadership

No named principal in this company's public records yet — see all operators below.

Explore how these operators interlock with other companies in the operator network.

Where it sits in AI / ML

Twilio Inc is one of 2067 AI / ML companies tracked from San Francisco. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 100% of sector peers), and among the largest by modeled valuation est..

Ranking is computed against this company's own sector cohort — reported capital is fact; valuation tiers are modeled.

AI analyst read est. — model-extracted from this company's public description, not a verified fact. 30%

operates a technology-led product inferred from public copy

Grounded in: “You are a venture analyst

Build amazing customer experiences on the Twilio platform with APIs for SMS, RCS, voice, and email, plus conversational AI for smarter engagement, and identity verification for trust.

Build amazing customer experiences on the Twilio platform with APIs for SMS, RCS, voice, and email, plus conversational AI for smarter engagement, and identity verification for trust. See Twilio’s latest innovations and CDP integrations 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for CPaaS 1 Twilio was once again named a Leader and positioned highest for our Ability to Execute. 1 Gartner®, Magic Quadrant™ for Communications Platform as a Service, By Lisa Unden-Farboud et. al, May 18, 2026 Twilio Talks: The New Era of Conversations Unify your channels, carry context across AI and human agents, and build seamless customer journeys. Data is collected based on search terms. Privacy Policy Data is collected based on search terms. Privacy Policy See Twilio’s latest innovations and CDP integrations 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for CPaaS 1 Twilio was once again named a Leader and positioned highest for our Ability to Execute. 1 Gartner®, Magic Quadrant™ for Communications Platform as a Service, By Lisa Unden-Farboud et. al, May 18, 2026 Twilio Talks: The New Era of Conversations Unify your channels, carry context across AI and human agents, and build seamless customer journeys. The Twilio platform empo

ai/ml
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Trades publicly as Twilio.

As reported in public records reported — not modeled.

US
Jurisdiction
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
83
Investors (latest)
2021-07-14
First sale
Amount raised vs valuation, by round

Solid bars are reported offering amounts reported; hatched bars are the modeled post-money valuation est. — both on one shared scale so you can read raise-vs-worth at each round directly. Use the toggles to overlay data labels and the niche-peer / market average value lines.

Amount raised · realModeled valuation · estCumulative funded · real
$0$50.0B$100.0B$150.0B$200.0BSeed · 2009-12-18 Raised $3.7M (real) Modeled valuation $163M (est)$3.7M$163MSeed2009Series A · 2015-02-23 Raised $6.3M (real) Modeled valuation $229M (est)$6.3M$229MSeries A2015Series D+ · 2015-04-24 Raised $130M (real) Modeled valuation $5.4B (est)$130M$5.4BSeries D+2015Growth/Late · 2020-11-02 Raised $2.6B (real) Modeled valuation $102.4B (est)$2.6B$102.4BGrowth/Late2020Growth/Late · 2021-07-14 Raised $378M (real) Modeled valuation $12.2B (est)$378M$12.2BGrowth/Late2021+$6.3M+$130M+$2.6B+$378MCumulative $3.2B

The line shows cumulative reported funding over the period; + labels show new capital added between points when there is room. Toggle on-bar figures, plus the niche-peer and market averages, to read this company against its cohort. Benchmarks are modeled medians.

Financing ladder & sequence gaps
Seed$3.7M · 2009
Series A$6.3M · 2015
Series D+$130.0M · 2015no Series B / Series C on file
Growth/Late$2.6B · 2020
Growth/Late extension$378.2M · 2021

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed, Series B, Series C — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 57%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$12.2B
Base estimate est.
$2.9B
Conservative case
$20.2B
Upside case
$3.8B
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Growth/Latea round over $400M). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the ai/ml sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Seed · modeled $162.8M · 2009-12-182009Series A · modeled $229.3M · 2015-02-23Series D+ · modeled $5.4B · 2015-04-24Growth/Late · modeled $102.4B · 2020-11-02Growth/Late · modeled $12.2B · 2021-07-142021
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
10%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
88%
Survival probability
76% low · 95% high
1.30×/yr
Annual markup
1.42×/yr upside case
5.0 yr
Elapsed time used
5.0 yr actual, capped for stale marks
ai/ml
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
35 mo
Avg between rounds
$272.9M/yr
Capital velocity
16.5 yr
On record since
2009
First round
5
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 2067 companies in AI / ML. Each bar is a median (the middle company, not an average — outliers don't skew it). Two yardsticks: real money raised (reported on Form D) and modeled value (our estimate est.). These are whole-sector medians across all stages, except the per-stage row.

Total raised — vs sector median (real $, all stages) 668× above median
This company$3.2B
Sector median$4.7M
Latest round — vs other Growth/Late rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 0.7× of median
This company$378.2M
Sector median$575.3M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 439× above median
This company$12.2B
Sector median$27.9M

Raised more than 100% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 100% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Growth/Late) that last raised in the same ~3-year era, ranked by modeled value est. (not money raised). This is the exact set the analyst read compares against, so a like-for-like cohort is what makes "over/under-valued" meaningful. This company ranks #4 of 6.

This companyCohort peer
$100.0M$1.0B$10.0B$100.0B$10.0M$100.0M$1.0B$10.0BCapital raised (log)Mila Laniakea, Inc. · Growth/Late Raised $1.7B · modeled $60.9B (est)Salesforce Com Inc · Growth/Late Raised $2.5B · modeled $28.3B (est)UiPath, Inc. · Growth/Late Raised $2.0B · modeled $27.3B (est)Attentive Mobile Inc. · Growth/Late Raised $922.1M · modeled $2.0B (est)Kobo360 Inc. · Growth/Late Raised $26.4M · modeled $848.3M (est)Twilio Inc (this company) Raised $3.2B · modeled $12.2B (est)Twilio Inc
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Mila Laniakea, Inc.Growth/Late$1.7B$60.9B3.08×
Salesforce Com IncGrowth/Late$2.5B$28.3B1.43×
UiPath, Inc.Growth/Late$2.0B$27.3B1.38×
Twilio Inc this companyGrowth/Late$3.2B$12.2B0.62×
Attentive Mobile Inc.Growth/Late$922.1M$2.0B0.10×
Kobo360 Inc.Growth/Late$26.4M$848.3M0.04×
Full financing history

Stage is inferred from round size est., not reported on the filing — a round's dollar size maps to a bucket: Pre-Seed <$1.0M · Seed $1.0M–$4.0M · Series A $4.0M–$15M · Series B $15M–$40M · Series C $40M–$100M · Series D+ $100M–$400M · Growth/Late >$400M.

StageAmount · realAnnouncedPost-money · estValue · estConf.
Seed$3.7M2009-12-18$18.3M$162.8M85%
Series A$6.3M2015-02-23$28.8M$229.3M85%
Series D+$130.0M2015-04-24$1.1B$5.4B85%
Growth/Late$2.6B2020-11-02$26.4B$102.4B90%
Growth/Late$378.2M2021-07-14$3.8B$12.2B90%
What happened at each round

Step-up, pace versus the sector's normal cadence, and revenue/exemption moves — read straight from the reported round facts reported.

  1. Seed$3.7M2009-12-18
    • First recorded raise — entered as Seed.
    • 18 investors on this round.
  2. Series A$6.3M2015-02-23
    • Raised again after 62 mo — slower than the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round 1.7× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • Switched to Rule 506(b) (was Rule 06).
    • 28 investors on this round.
  3. Series D+$130.0M2015-04-24
    • Came back fast: 2 mo vs the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round 20.5× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 26 investors on this round.
  4. Growth/Late$2.6B2020-11-02
    • Raised again after 66 mo — slower than the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round 20.3× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 207 investors on this round.
  5. Growth/Late$378.2M2021-07-14
    • Raised 8 mo later, in step with the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round 7.0× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 83 investors on this round.
Intelligence
2024 ~Q2
Modeled next raise · ~35mo cadence
$378.2M
Modeled next size est.range $378.2M$605.1M
0.1×
Last step-up
$272.9M/yr
Capital velocity

Predictive signals are modeled est. from this company's own cadence and step-up, plus sector benchmarks — directional, not advice. Peer set and a CSV export live in your analyst workspace.

Key people & operators

Officers, directors and promoters named in this company's public recordsreported — the people who run it (not its investors). "Also runs" counts come from name-matching across all records, so verify before acting.

PersonRoleAlso runsTied since
Albert Wenger19 other2009-12
BYRON DEETER16 other2015-02
JEFF EPSTEIN5 other2020-11
Scott Raney4 other2015-02
DEVAL PATRICK3 other2021-07
Elena Donio3 other2020-11
George Hu3 other2020-11
Karyn Smith3 other2015-02
Dave McClure1 other2009-12
Donna Dubinsky1 other2020-11
Erika Rottenberg1 other2020-11
Jeffrey Lawson1 other2020-11
Lee Kirkpatrick1 other2015-02
RICHARD DALZELL1 other2021-07
Chee Chew2020-11
Evan Cooke2009-12
Jeff Immelt2020-11
Jeff Lawson2009-12
Jim McGeever2015-02
John Wolthuis2009-12
Khozema Shipchandler2020-11
Rick Dalzell2015-02
Roy Ng2015-02
Registry & provenance

Twilio Inc is an official record sourced from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). U.S. data is aggregated from SEC Form D filings.

United States
Country of record
US
Jurisdiction
1447669
SEC CIK
Recent activity

Discovered from twilio — the partnerships, launches, hiring and press it publishes about itself. Evidence the company is alive and what it is doing now, not financial data.

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Frequently asked
How much funding has Twilio Inc raised?
Twilio Inc has raised approximately $3.2B in disclosed capital across 5 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Twilio Inc's estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Twilio Inc is approximately $12.2B (modeled range $2.9B–$20.2B). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Twilio Inc at?
Twilio Inc's latest modeled financing stage is Growth/Late. Its most recent recorded round closed around Wed Jul 14.
What does Twilio Inc do and where is it based?
Twilio Inc operates in the AI / ML sector, based in San Francisco. Build amazing customer experiences on the Twilio platform with APIs for SMS, RCS, voice, and email, plus conversational AI for smarter engagement, and identity verification for trust.
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