Mailgun

Acquired

Transactional Email API Service For Developers - Transactional Email API Service For Developers

San Antonio, United States · Founded 2010 · $51.1M raised

Headquarters
San Antonio, Texas
Employees
51–200
Founded
2010
Business Model
B2B
Total Funding
$51.1M
Last Round
$50.0M Private EquityFeb 2017
Rounds
2
Acquired by
RackspaceSep 2021 · $925.0M

Totals include recorded grants and other qualifying funding, not just equity. What counts toward funding.

About

Mailgun is a developer-first email delivery platform founded in 2010 that provides RESTful APIs for sending, receiving, tracking, and validating email at scale. Trusted by hundreds of thousands of companies worldwide, the platform offers transactional email, email validation, inbox placement testing, and deliverability optimization services. Originally incubated by Y Combinator and later acquired by Rackspace, Mailgun spun out as an independent company in 2017 and was subsequently acquired by Sinch in 2021, where it operates alongside Mailjet and Email on Acid as part of the Sinch Email portfolio.

Summary

Mailgun is a Developer Tools company based in San Antonio, United States, founded in 2010. It has raised $51.1M in total across 2 rounds, most recently a $50.0M Private Equity round in Feb 2017. Investors include Turn/River Capital, Scaleworks and Rackspace.

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Funding & Exit History

AcquisitionSep 2021

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Funding: Seed through Private Equity. Amounts, valuations, and investors where available.

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