socalTECH

MAY 9, 2018

SendGrid , the provider of back-end email services which has a big presence in Orange County, says it is expanding its operations in Silicon Valley. The company--which just tripled its space in OC with brand new offices in Irvine in March--is expanding its space in Silicon Valley, in Redwood City. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JULY 14, 2014

Email delivery service provider SendGrid has opened up a new office in Orange County, saying today that. it opened the new location to attract local talent to he company. SendGrid says it is "rapidly expanding" and that it opened the new office in downtown Orange to help attract new employees to the company. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

SendGrid , the email infrastructure and back-end services provider which has offices and was founded in Orange County, had its IPO debut this morning, and began trading on the New York Stock Exchange today as SEND. The company priced its IPO at $16.00 The company is now trading up around $18.50

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 2, 2014

SendGrid , the developer of email delivery platform used heavily by app developers, has raised $20M more in a Series C, venture funding round, the company said this morning. The company--which has significant operations in Orange County--said the Bain Capital Ventures, along with Bessemer Venture Partners and Foundry Group.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

SendGrid , the developer of email delivery tools and back-end email services with operations in Irvine, has set its estimated IPO pricing range this morning, saying it is looking to sell 7,700,000 shares of its common stock at between $13.50 The company has been approved to list on the NYSE as SEND. and $15.50

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socalTECH

JULY 18, 2017

SendGrid , which provides email delivery services for such companies as Airbnb, Spotify, Pandora and Uber, said this morning that it is planning a major expansion in Orange County. The company said that the expansion--part of an overall expansion in California--includes a new lease for a 22,000 square foot office in Irvine.

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socalTECH

JUNE 18, 2013

Anaheim- and Boulder, Colorado-based SendGrid , which develops email delivery services and software, is making a big expansion today, into email marketing. SendGrid said it has launched a brand new, email marketing service which is aimed at marketers looking to reliably send high volumes of mail. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2018

Email service provider SendGrid is tripling its space in Orange County, saying this morning that it has opened up a brand new office in Irvine. SendGrid said the move to the new offices specifically will help it recruit from Irvine's strong pool of tech talent. SendGrid's email services are used to send transactional emails.

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socalTECH

MAY 16, 2014

Anaheim- and Boulder-based SendGrid , which develops email delivery software and services to developers, is expanding its presence in Colorado, saying that it has relocated to a new and larger space in its Boulder location. SendGrid also said it is hiring across the company, including in Orange COunty. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 1, 2016

SendGrid , which provides email delivery services and software for sending transactional emails, has raised $33M in a Series D funding, the company said on Wednesday. SendGrid's software is used by such companies as Airbnb, Costco, eBay, Spotify, Uber and Yelp, to ensure delivery of emails to their customers.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 15, 2017

Sendgrid , the email back-end services company which has a major operation in Irvine, has joined Google and GoDaddy in suspending services to the neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer, after user complaints. Sendgrid was also joined by Zoho in dropping The Daily Stormer as a customer. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2016

SendGrid , the developer of email delivery software and services--which has a major engineering presence in Orange County--has opened up an office in London. The company said the new office will help it serve its growing customer base in Europe.

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Orange County Email Software Engineering Software 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Email delivery platform SendGrid , which has significant operations in Orange County, said today that it has launched a new app on the iPhone and iPad. SendGrid said the app allows users access to their Sendgrid account and metrics. sendgrid email delivery software iphone ipad mobile smartphone' READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 9, 2012

Cloud-based email delivery startup SendGrid , one of the companies out of the TechStars accelerator, said this week that it is accelerating hiring at the firm, including at the firm's Anaheim location. SendGrid is based in Boulder, Colorado.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 31, 2012

SendGrid , the provider of email infrastructure for application developers which has operations in Anaheim, said today that it has launched on the new Windows Azure Store. SendGrid--whose three founders met at UC Riverside--handles transactional email delivery for application providers.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Southern California startup founder Isaac Saldana --who co-founded SendGrid --is hoping to help other entrepreneurs create companies , after the $3 billion, all-stock acquisition of SendGrid by Twilio in October. Saldana is based in Irvine, where he co-founded SendGrid in 2009. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Sendgrid (www.sendgrid.com) has stepped into that void, providing application programming interfaces (APIs) and all the infrastructure required to handle that email delivery. What is Sendgrid? Jim Franklin: Sendgrid is a cloud-based email service. How do you offload all those headaches? Controlling your IP address is a big deal.

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Email Startup IP Newsletter 157

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

The company said it added Diya Jolly, Chief Product Officer at Okta, and Sameer Dholakia, Former CEO of SendGrid to its board of directors, and also said it recently crossed $250M in ARR, with over 1,600 employees and 7,500 customers.

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SoCal Delicious

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

We've identified ten of the more technically interesting companies working on software in Southern California, using our unscientific, unproven, and undoubtedly biased informal polling. The company handles all the infrastructure required for text messaging, voice. The company's software is being included in the Linux.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2018

If there are burnout or communication problems on a founding team those problems can hijack a company's progress. Techstars has continued to expand its global footprint with 48 accelerator programs around the world and the first company from our portfolio (Sendgrid) to IPO in late 2017 and then be acquired by Twilio in 2018.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

In writing anything positive about any of the companies I’m not suggesting that it means that I prefer them to any of their competitors. I just cover the companies that were funded that week. The idea is that in a world in which companies need to deal with customer support requests from Twitter, Facebook, email, phone, IM, etc.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

What set of functionality would make your company launch-ready? Do we want to use something like SendGrid in order to help with delivery? What do you see as some of the bigger risks / challenges? Major Phases / Major Features - What are the major features in the major phases for the product? What has been captured so far? Wireframes?

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

What set of functionality would make your company launch-ready? Do we want to use something like SendGrid in order to help with delivery? What do you see as some of the bigger risks / challenges? Major Phases / Major Features - What are the major features in the major phases for the product? What has been captured so far? Wireframes?

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Jason Nazar

MAY 2, 2016

Pick a company name and check any potential trademark infringements on Trademarkia or KnowEm. Open your company bank account. For those issuing stock to finance the company (corporations), use a Shareholder’s Agreement. Choose an email system to connect with customers ( Constant Contact , MailChimp , Sendgrid ).

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 5, 2012

Tyler has helped coach dozens of companies through pitching and presenting at Launch Conf and formerly TechCrunch 50. Previous companies that have launched out of StartWeekend LA include: Look.io , Skillloop , Eventup , Zaarly , Healthy Surprise , Vol.ly , Foodme and Mingly.

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