5 SaaS Startups in the Unified Communications Industry

January 24, 2023

SaaS startups have become the darling of Venture Capital investors, especially in the Unified Communications industry. Over the past decade, software has proverbially “eaten the world” and SaaS companies have scaled to become unicorn corporations in staggering amounts of time.

In this article, we are examining 5 VC funded SaaS startups in the Unified Communications industry.

Alianza

With its full stack cloud communications platform, Alianza connects individuals while enabling service providers to quickly develop and roll out high-value communications services. Service providers use our product portfolio to innovate and meet the changing market demands of commercial and residential consumers with a platform that is simple to use, of outstanding quality, and always available. Voice, video conferencing, text messaging, residential phone service, and stand-alone UC softphones are all examples of cloud communication products for enterprises. Our team of specialists is passionate about improving customer experiences and communications delivery. More than 600 happy clients are served by Alianza in 60 different countries.

Company details:
Founders:
Brian Beutler, Scott Bell
Founded:
2009
Based in:
Pleasant Grove, Utah, United States
Website:
Alianza
Industries:
Communications Infrastructure, SaaS, Software, Telecommunications, Unified Communications, VoIP
Latest funding:
$15,999,996
Series C
3 March 2021
Total funding:
$46,099,996
Investors
Kickstart, Stanford University, Signal Peak Ventures, Grayhawk Capital, University Growth Fund

Cerkl

One of the top SaaS companies for digital employee experience is Cerkl's. The goal of Cerkl is to modernize the digital experience for both communicators and workers, assisting their clients in exemplifying "How Work Should Be."

Company details:
Founders:
Tarek Kamil
Founded:
2012
Based in:
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Website:
Cerkl
Industries:
Apps, B2B, Enterprise Software, Information Technology, Personalization, Predictive Analytics, SaaS, Software, Unified Communications
Latest funding:
$7,000,000
Series A
6 October 2021
Total funding:
$11,870,000
Investors
OCEAN Accelerator, Mountaineer Capital LLC

IOT Communications

The serverless cloud communications platform (CPaaS) for mission-critical real-time communication is called iotcomms.io. has an emphasis on encapsulating telecom complexity into APIs for the IOT sector, including security, care, and IOT devices, as well as the Unified Communication sector.

Company details:
Founders:
Gunnar Reinholdsen, Jörgen Björkner
Founded:
2018
Based in:
Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
Industries:
Health Care, Internet of Things, SaaS, Software, Telecommunications, Unified Communications
Latest funding:
$2,419,432
Seed
9 June 2021
Total funding:
$3,419,433
Investors
Fairpoint Capital, Telia Ventures, Red Dawn Ventures

Mio

Mio is the top supplier of messaging interoperability solutions and is based in Austin, Texas. Mio Universal Channels link users on Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Webex Teams to facilitate cross-company collaboration. Everyone may send files, respond to conversations, and modify messages from their preferred tool by permitting external contacts to talk in Universal Channels. Tom Hadfield and James Cundle started the business, which has received $12 million in funding from backers such as Goldcrest Capital, Eniac Ventures, Two Sigma Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Y Combinator, and Capital Factory. Ready to improve communication together? Install right away at m.io

Company details:
Founders:
James Cundle, Tom Hadfield
Founded:
2013
Based in:
Austin, Texas, United States
Website:
Mio
Industries:
IT Infrastructure, Messaging, SaaS, Unified Communications
Latest funding:
$8,700,000
Series A
9 December 2021
Total funding:
$16,950,000
Investors
Zoom, Y Combinator, Four Cities Capital, Capital Factory, Two Sigma Ventures

Telgorithm

Telgorithm is a messaging platform that allows businesses (particularly SaaS providers) to build messaging services into their applications while ensuring compliance and message deliverability. We are also a hosted messaging provider, meaning that businesses who have numbers that share both voice and messaging services have the ability to (quickly & seamlessly) migrate the messaging services on those numbers to Telgorithm while retaining the voice services (on those very same numbers) with their current legacy provider (this lowers the cost to switchover).

Company details:
Founders:
Aaron Alter, Mason Zheng, Yury Semerikov
Founded:
2021
Based in:
Los Angeles, California, United States
Website:
Telgorithm
Industries:
Information Services, Information Technology, Messaging, SaaS, SMS, Software, Unified Communications
Latest funding:
$3,000,000
Seed
15 February 2022
Total funding:
$3,790,000
Investors
Bonfire Ventures, I2BF Global Ventures, Amplify.LA, Daher Capital, Connor Theilmann

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