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Sendbird: Funding, Investors & Team (Oct 2026)

Sendbird developed a messaging-as-a-service API that provides chat, voice, and video messaging for mobile apps and websites. The company was founded in 2013 by Brandon Y Jeon, Forest Lee, Harry Kim, and John S. Kim and is headquartered in San Mateo, California, United States.

sendbird.com LinkedIn San Mateo, United States 251-500 employees
Developer APIs Messaging Mobile Video Chat
Total raised
$100M
Rounds
1
Latest
Series C
Apr 2021

Sendbird has raised $100M across 1 funding round on record, the most recent a Series C of $100M announced in Apr 2021.

That round is above the $6.2M median round size for Information Technology companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.

Sendbird Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$100M
across 1 round on record
Funding rounds on record
1
Latest funding round
Series C
$100M in Apr 2021
Employees
251-500
reported band
Headquarters
San Mateo, United States

Latest funding round on record: Apr 2021.

Sendbird Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Series C
$100M

Sendbird Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
John Kim
CEO
Locked

Contact details for the Sendbird team: 1 of 1 has an email address on file.

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Sendbird Funding Compared to Other Information Technology Startups

Segment
Companies
Median round
30,234
$7.6M
1,869
$60M

Sendbird's latest round of $100M is above the median round in Information Technology. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.

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Sendbird Funding FAQs

What does Sendbird do?

Sendbird developed a messaging-as-a-service API that provides chat, voice, and video messaging for mobile apps and websites. The company was founded in 2013 by Brandon Y Jeon, Forest Lee, Harry Kim, and John S. Kim and is headquartered in San Mateo, California, United States.

How much funding has Sendbird raised?

Sendbird has raised $100M across 1 round on record. The most recent is a Series C of $100M announced in Apr 2021.

When did Sendbird last raise funding?

Sendbird's most recent funding round on record is a Series C of $100M, announced in Apr 2021.

Who is the CEO of Sendbird?

John Kim is listed as CEO at Sendbird.

Where is Sendbird headquartered?

Sendbird is based in San Mateo, California, United States.

How many employees does Sendbird have?

Sendbird is in the 251-500 employee band.

How does Sendbird's funding compare to other Information Technology startups?

Sendbird's latest round of $100M is above the $6.2M median round size for Information Technology companies on FundedIQ across 3,146 tracked companies over the last two years.

About FundedIQ's Sendbird Funding Data

FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.

Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for Sendbird is left off this page rather than filled in.

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