69 Best Telecommunications Startups to Watch in 2024

Insider is an AI-driven omnichannel and customer engagement platform founded in 2012 by Hande Cilingir.

Total Raised: $656.10M

Last Funding: $500.00M (Series E)

Quantexa is a company that enables institutions to make better decisions using their data.

Total Raised: $370.00M

Last Funding: $64.70M (Series C)

Transform your enterprise communication with Bland AI. Automate inbound and outbound phone calls using AI that sounds human. Perfect for sales, customer support, and operations with customizable voices and seamless integrations.

Total Raised: $16.00M

Last Funding: $16.00M (Series A)

Provider of ground station services for satellite communications.

Total Raised: $15.00M

Last Funding: $15.00M (Series B)

5G satellite telecom operator for global IoT connectivity.

Total Raised: $54.11M

Last Funding: $32.50M (Series B)

Insider is an omni-channel marketing comms platform founded in 2012 by Hande Cilingir.

Total Raised: $110.00M

Last Funding: $110.00M (Series D)

Hopin is a online events platform where people can create engaging online events that connect people around the globe.

Total Raised: $850.00M

Last Funding: $400.00M (Series C)

Contact center service provider

Total Raised: $36.90M

Last Funding: $28.00M (Series B)

Intelligent maintenance management platform.

Total Raised: $31.12M

Last Funding: $19.50M (Series B)

LoopUp is a multinational cloud telephony provider founded in 2003 by Steve Flavell.

Total Raised: $15.50M

Last Funding: $15.50M (Series A)

Tiny Speck is a San Francisco-based company founded by Stewart Butterfield, Cal Henderson, Eric Costello and Serguei Mourachov.

Total Raised: $237.20M

Last Funding: $220.00M (Series C)

Syniverse is a telecommunication company developing secure network technology to connect operators and other companies across 200 countries.

Total Raised: $750.00M

Last Funding: $750.00M (Unknown)

Sinch offers programmable SMS, voice, video, and verification tools.

Total Raised: $393.58M

Last Funding: $381.58M (Unknown)

Affirmed Networks is an Acton, Massachusetts-based company offering a mobile core solution. The company was acquired by Microsoft in April 2020.

Total Raised: $115.60M

Last Funding: $51.00M (Series C)

Provider of high-speed, low-latency internet access from satellites.

Total Raised: $10.00M

Last Funding: $10.00M (Seed)

Flock is a real-time messaging and collaboration app for team communication.

Total Raised: $37.89M

Last Funding: $37.89M (Series B)

HawkEye 360 is a Herndon, Virginia-based data analytics company developing radio frequency mapping technologies for use in space.

Total Raised: $281.00M

Last Funding: $145.00M (Series D)

Tesla is a manufacturer of electric vehicles, battery technology, and solar energy panels.

Total Raised: $92.50M

Last Funding: $10.00M (Unknown)

LabLabee is a hands-on training platform for telco cloud providers founded in 2021 by Samir Tahraoui.

Total Raised: $3.40M

Last Funding: $3.40M (Seed)

Vero is an event driven email platform for customer-focused teams founded in 2012 by Chris Hexton.

Total Raised: $2.65M

Last Funding: $0.00M (Seed)

SORACOM, INC provides global IoT network cellular connectivity for businesses.

Total Raised: $33.60M

Last Funding: $27.60M (Series B)

A company offering a no-code development platform for managing communication processes.

Total Raised: $4.18M

Last Funding: $4.18M (Unknown)

Bladelogic is a Massachusetts-based company founded by Dev Ittycheria, Vance Loiselle and Steve Kokinos.

Total Raised: $7.00M

Last Funding: $7.00M (Series D)

Conversational sales and marketing platform designed for B2C enterprises.

Total Raised: $5.53M

Last Funding: $5.53M (Unknown)

Indemnis UAV Recovery Systems is an Anchorage, Alaska-based company developing safety solutions to the commercial UAV community.

Total Raised: $2.00M

Last Funding: $2.00M (Seed)

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Mangata Networks is a Phoenix, Arizona-based company founded in 2020 by Brian Holz.

Grameenphone is a telecommunications company in bangladesh founded in 2015 by Iqbal Quadir.

Helium is a San Francisco-based wireless network and blockchain company developing a peer-to-peer wireless network.

Icera is a Bristol-based telecommunications company founded in 2002.

Wifi.com.ng is a company providing internet access in NIgeria founded in 2012 by Kendall Ananyi.

Amarisoft is a France-based software company with a focus on the telecommunications industry.

Dali Wireless is a Menlo Park, California-based wireless infrastructure company offering digital signal routing solutions and related network solutions.

Marketo is a California-based software company that was founded in 2006.

Dialpad is a San Francisco-headquartered business communications platform company.

Developer of a commercial web-mail platform designed to offer messaging services to enterprises.

Silicon Labs makes silicon, software and solutions for a more connected world.

Maxim Integrated develops innovative analog ICs for the automotive, industrial, healthcare, mobile consumer, and cloud data center markets.

Afiniti is a company providing artificial intelligence solutions that enable the transformation of enterprise profitability.

Inseego is a San Diego-based mobile and fixed wireless connectivity company founded in 1996 by Dan Mondor.

BroadLeaf is a company founded in 2008.

Sirius XM Radio, Inc. is a company founded in 1990 by Kirk Coburn.

Vonage is a cloud communications provider and wholly owned subsidiary of Ericsson.

Channel 4 is a London-based company founded in 1982 by Jeremy Isaacs.

Calix Inc. is a Petaluma, California-based company founded in 1999 by Tom Corker.

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Du is an emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company founded in 2006 by Sultan Osman.

LGS Innovations is a communications company, developing technologies for the defense and space industries

RingCentral MVP is a cloud-based business communications solution that offers tools for messaging, video, and phone. Core features of the solution include conferencing, auto-recording, and unlimited long-distance and local calling.

LSI Corporation is a semiconductors and software designer founded in 1981 by Wilfred Corrigan, Rob Walker and Bill O’Meara.

Blues Wireless is a Boston-based company founded by Ray Ozzie.

Bump Technologies built mobile applications and APIs that allowed two smartphones to identify and connect when bumped together. The company participated in the S09 cohort of Y Combinator.

Nimbula is a Mountain View, California-based company founded in 2008 by Willem van Biljon.

Litepoint develops and provides solutions for the efficient testing of wireless devices.

Zoom is a computer software company providing remote conferencing services to businesses and organizations. Zoom is a San Jose, California-based company founded in 2011 by Eric S. Yuan.

Tunisie Telecom is a Tunis-based company founded in 1995.

Wyyerd Group is a company founded in 2017 by John Scarano.

Bitmain is a Beijing-based multinational semiconductor company, founded in 2013, that manufactures products for blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) applications.

Monogoto provides global cellular connectivity and private LTE solutions as a service.

Sierra Wireless is a Richmond, British Columbia-based company founded in 1993 by John Daly.

Twilio is a cloud communications platform for building SMS, voice, and messaging applications on an API built for a global scale.

Zayo Group is a Boulder, Colorado-based company founded in 2007 by Dan Caruso.

Cimcon Lighting is a Westford, Massachusetts-based company founded in 1988 by Sridhar Gadhi.

Global Crossing is an Hamilton, Bermuda-based company founded in 1972 by Gary Winnick.

Slack Technologies, also known as Slack, was a company operating a messaging platform that enables teams to communicate. It provides real-time messaging, archiving, and searching services. The Slack platform has been owned by Salesforce since 2021 when Salesforce acquired Slack Technologies.

Western Union is an american financial services and communications company founded in 1851 by Ezra Cornell, Jeptha Wade, Hiram Sibley and Samuel L. Selden.

MAAS Telecom is a New York City-based company founded by Raul Martynek.

Microchip Technology Inc. is a leading provider of smart, connected and secure embedded control solutions.

Salesforce Marketing Cloud is an Indianapolis-based company founded by Parker Harris.