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Hustle
Peer-to-peer text messaging platform that enables personal conversations at scale
About Hustle
Hustle operates as a peer-to-peer text messaging platform, enabling organizations to engage in personalized, one-to-one conversations at scale. The company primarily serves clients in the political, non-profit, and higher education sectors. Its business model is centered on providing a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform that facilitates mass texting campaigns while maintaining a personal touch, which is crucial for activities like mobilizing volunteers, increasing event attendance, and fundraising.
Hustle's platform allows users to broadcast thousands of messages simultaneously and manage responses efficiently. It supports automated custom responses as well as live, one-on-one conversations, which helps in building stronger relationships between organizations and their target audiences. The company generates revenue by charging for access to its platform and the messaging services used by its clients. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, Hustle was later acquired, but continues to operate as a key tool for SMS marketing and communication.
Source: Dealroom company dataAt a glance
- Status
- Acquired
- Founded
- 2014
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, United States
- Employees
- 253
- Open positions
- None listed
- Dealroom signal
- 83.0/100
- Industry
- Education
- Sector
- Edtech, Telecommunications, Analytics, SaaS, Messaging, CRM, Compliance, Peer-to-Peer, Advisory, Sharing Economy, Communication, Platform, Regtech Compliance
- Client focus
- b2b
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Funding history
Company financing events and reported valuations.
| Deal type | Date | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACQUISITION✓Exit | Aug 2020 | $0 | — | Social Capital | — |
| SERIES B✓Equity / VC | May 2018 | $30M | $120M | Salesforce Ventures · Insight Partners | — |
Growth signals
Latest recorded traffic for Hustle is 35K monthly website visits, up 34.6% over the last three months. Hustle's team grew 2.8% over the past year.
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Investors
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Seed5 investors entered at this stage
Social Capital
Matrix Partners
Index Ventures
Canvas Ventures
Designer Fund
Series A9 investors entered at this stage
Salesforce Ventures
Foundation Capital
Omidyar Network
Twilio
Kapor Capital- NVNew Media Ventures
GSV
Higher Ground Labs
Insight Partners
Other known investors2 additional known investors
GV
Spero Ventures
Source: Dealroom Talent Intelligence.
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