X (formerly Twitter)

X (formerly Twitter)

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Overview

X, formerly Twitter, is a global social networking platform that allows its users to send and read 280-character messages. It enables registered users to read and post their tweets through the web, short message service (SMS), and mobile applications.

As a global real-time communications platform, X has more than 400 million monthly visitors and 255 million monthly active users around the world. X’s active group of registered members includes World leaders, major athletes, star performers, news organizations, and entertainment outlets. It is currently available in more than 35 languages.

X was launched in 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams, Biz Stone, and Noah Glass. X is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with local offices in Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Boulder, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, New York, Sunnyvale, and Washington.

X's international offices are located in Amsterdam, Berlin, Dublin, London, Madrid, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Singapore, Sydney, Seoul, Tokyo, Toronto, and Vancouver.

Highlights

Founded

2006

Industry

Social Media

Employees

1001-5000

Investment

11

Lead Investment

3

Exits

4

Stages

Late Stage Venture, Seed, Early Stage Venture, Private Equity

Investor Type

N/A

Location

United States, North America

Contact Information

Social

Profile Resume

X (formerly Twitter), established in 2006 and headquartered in United States, North America., specializes in Late Stage Venture, Seed, Early Stage Venture, Private Equity investments across Sports, Video Streaming, Media and Entertainment, Analytics, eSports, Hardware, Enterprise, Education, Travel, EdTech. The organization boasts a portfolio of 11 investments, with an average round size of $121.7M and 4 successful exits. Their recent investments include PlaySight Interactive, Verizon Ventures, MIT Media Lab, xAI, Alter. The highest investment round they participated in was $108.9B. Among their most notable exits are PlaySight Interactive and Verizon Ventures. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

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Jeff Marshall

Senior Director, Product Management

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Bob Teplitsky

Senior Manager, IT Apps Engineering

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Steve Jensen

Engineer

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Keith Coleman

Vice President Product

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Martijn de Kuijper

Senior Product Manager

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Robert Hagens

Senior Reliability Engineer

Investment portfolio

X (formerly Twitter) has made 11 investments. Their most recent investment was on Nov 01, 2023, when xAI raised $250.0M.

X (formerly Twitter) has made 1 diversity investments. Their most recent diversity investment was on Oct 01, 2014, when MIT Media Lab raised $10.0M.

investments

11

Diversity investments

1

Lead investments

3

Number of exits

4

Investments

11

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Oct 07, 2021
Alter Alter
Social Media3.0M
Jan 11, 2022
Aleph Holding Aleph Holding
Advertisingnull
Feb 08, 2022--20.0M
Nov 01, 2023
xAI xAI
Information Technology250.0M

Exits

4

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

11

Investors

52

Funds

0

Funding Rounds

11

X (formerly Twitter) has raised 11 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Nov 01, 2023 from a Corporate Round - xAI round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Oct 07, 2021
Seed Round - Alter Seed Round - Alter
-3.0M-
Jan 11, 2022
Corporate Round - Aleph Holding Corporate Round - Aleph Holding
-0-
Feb 08, 2022
Series A - OpenNode Series A - OpenNode
-20.0M-
Nov 01, 2023
Corporate Round - xAI Corporate Round - xAI
-250.0M-

Investors

63

X (formerly Twitter) is funded by 63 investor(s). Greenlight Capital and Fidelity Kantor are the most recent investors.

Fund raised

2

Susa Ventures has raised a total of $590M across 6 funds, their latest being Susa Ventures Opportunities II. This fund was announced on Aug 30, 2021 and raised a total of $250M.

Annouced DateFund NameMoney Raised
May 10, 2013
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1.0M
May 11, 2013
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1.0M

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