Sinch (company)

Sinch
Type of business Private
Founded 2014
Headquarters San Francisco, California, U.S.
Key people Daniel Forsman
Björn Fransson
Christian Jensen
Industry Telecommunications
Website www.sinch.com

Sinch is a cloud based communications company based in San Francisco and Stockholm. Sinch allows developers to quickly and easily add voice, instant messaging and SMS features to their apps, using their SDK and REST API. This allows developers to let their apps make and receive phone calls, instant messages and text messages within their apps.

History

Creation

Sinch was founded in May 2014[1] by Andreas Bernström in Stockholm and San Francisco.

Originally the technology behind Rebtel, Sinch was spun-out with $12 million in funding, focusing on the mobile first, app developer market.

Sinch launched its Voice and Instant Messaging[2] products in May 2014, and quickly launched their SMS API[3] product at the end of 2014.

In 2016, CLX Communications acquired Sinch for a total consideration of SEK 138.9 million on a debt-free basis[4].

Technology

The Sinch platform is based on Voice over IP, WebRTC, PSTN, SMS, Verification and Instant Messaging technologies to power its products.

Sinch provides an SDK for developers to add to their app and get access to the Sinch product range. This is available for iOS, Android and JavaScript.[5]

Features

Sinch lets any developer download and use their SDK for free. Revenue comes in credits for app to phone calls and SMS messages, as well as a number of packages based on the size of an apps user base and their usage of the Sinch platform.

Awards

Sinch was listed as Lead411's 2014 Hottest San Francisco Companies,[6] and CEO and Founder Andreas was announced as one of The 9 Most Innovative People in VoIP in 2014.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Rebtel Spins Out Sinch, With $12M In Funding, To Offer Communications Tools To Developers". TechCrunch. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  2. ↑ Schick, Shane (27 May 2014). "In-app messaging: Why more developers will want voice and SMS in their apps". FierceDeveloper. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Sinch Goes Global With SMS API For Developers". TechCrunch. 17 December 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "CLX Communications offers to acquire Sinch". webrtc.digest. 2016-12-09. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  5. ↑ "Sinch Launches JavaScript SDK". ProgrammableWeb. 5 September 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "2014 Hottest San Francisco Companies". Lead411. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  7. ↑ "The 9 Most Innovative People in VoIP in 2014". GetVoIP. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
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