Learn how to validate your startup idea by pre-selling it, for only $80 (includes a free 1-hour consultancy call).
Download Our List of The Top 100 Accelerators & Incubators

This free sheet contains 100 accelerators and incubators you can apply to today, along with information about the industries and stages they generally invest in.

100 Accelerators & Incubators
Download The List of the 100 Highest-Valued Unicorns

This free sheet contains all the information about the top 100 unicorns, including their valuation, HQ's location, founded year, name of founders, funding amount and number of employees.

100 Top Unicorns
Download The List of the 100 Highest-Valued Unicorns

This free sheet contains all the information about the top 100 unicorns, including their valuation, HQ's location, founded year, name of founders, funding amount and number of employees.

100 Top Unicorns
Get Free Access to The Founder's Handbook

This free Notion document contains the best 100+ resources you need for building a successful startup, divided in 4 categories: Fundraising, People, Product, and Growth.

The Founder's Handbook

Top 12 Telecommunications Unicorn Companies in 2023

Divvy, BILL’s spend and expense management solution, is one of the easiest and most efficient ways to manage your company spend.

Claim offer →

The Telecommunications industry is filled with successful companies that have raised millions of dollars in VC funding that came from some of the top investors in the world.

Many of these successes have turned into unicorns — private companies worth over $1 billion.

If you want to build the next unicorn in the Telecommunications space, these 12 companies should be your inspiration.

12 Telecommunications Unicorns Companies

Accelerators & Incubators List
Sheet
2,658 Accelerators & Incubators

Information about the industries, stages and countries they generally invest in.

Get the Sheet for $50
Complete Unicorns List
Sheet
1,016 Unicorns

Information about their valuation, HQ's location, founded year, name of founders, funding amount and number of employees.

Get the Sheet for $50
Complete Unicorns List
Sheet
1,016 Unicorns

Information about their valuation, HQ's location, founded year, name of founders, funding amount and number of employees.

Get the Sheet for $50

1) MessageBird

MessageBird

MessageBird is a cloud communications platform that seamlessly integrates high-quality messaging, voice and video, reducing costs and improving customer satisfaction around the world.

Details of the startup:

  • Valuation: $3.80B (October 2020)
  • Country: Netherlands
  • City: Amsterdam
  • Started in: 2011
  • Founders: Adriaan Mol, Robert Vis
  • Number of employees: 250-500
  • Funding: $1,100.12M
  • Funding rounds: 5
  • Number of investors: 14

You can find their website here.

2) HyalRoute

HyalRoute

HyalRoute operates a multi-fiber universal connection point that provides the highest values of international network coverage, redundancy, and continuity.

Details of the startup:

  • Valuation: $3.50B (May 2020)
  • Country: Singapore
  • Started in: 2015
  • Founders: Xinglong Huang
  • Number of employees: 500-1,000
  • Funding: $263.12M
  • Funding rounds: 1
  • Number of investors: 1

You can find their website here.

3) Lucid Software

Lucid Software

Lucid Software develops products that help developers and service providers integrate voice into web applications and business processes.

Details of the startup:

  • Valuation: $3.00B (June 2021)
  • Country: United States
  • State: Utah
  • City: South Jordan
  • Started in: 2010
  • Founders: Reiko Kinomoto
  • Number of employees: 1-10
  • Funding: $420.00M
  • Funding rounds: 2

You can find their website here.

4) Dialpad

Dialpad

Dialpad is the first analytics platform built on AI that helps enterprises make smarter business decisions through humanized insights and smarter calling.

Details of the startup:

  • Valuation: $2.20B (October 2020)
  • Country: United States
  • State: California
  • City: San Ramon
  • Started in: 2011
  • Founders: Alex Cornell, Brian Peterson, Craig Walker, John Rector
  • Number of employees: 500-1,000
  • Funding: $425.96M
  • Funding rounds: 9
  • Number of investors: 16

You can find their website here.

Ad

On Deck's Logo

On Deck is where top talent comes to accelerate their ideas and build companies, surrounded by a world-class community.

5) Huaqin Telecom Technology

Huaqin Telecom Technology

Huaqin provides wireless network solutions and services for multinational corporations world-wide.

Details of the startup:

  • Valuation: $2.19B (October 2019)
  • Country: China
  • State: Shanghai
  • City: Shanghai
  • Started in: 2005
  • Founders: Wensheng Qiu
  • Number of employees: 10,000+
  • Funding: $276.35M
  • Funding rounds: 3
  • Number of investors: 11

You can find their website here.

6) Cresta

Cresta

Cresta employs artificial intelligence to assist sales and service representatives in improving the quality of their customer service.

Details of the startup:

  • Valuation: $1.60B (March 2022)
  • Country: United States
  • State: California
  • City: San Francisco
  • Started in: 2017
  • Founders: S. Zayd Enam, Sebastian Thrun, Tim Shi
  • Number of employees: 101-250
  • Funding: $151.00M
  • Funding rounds: 4
  • Number of investors: 16

You can find their website here.

7) Astranis Space Technologies

Astranis Space Technologies

Astranis provides cost-effective and easily deployable satellites that bridge the digital divide.

Details of the startup:

  • Valuation: $1.40B (April 2021)
  • Country: United States
  • State: California
  • City: San Francisco
  • Started in: 2015
  • Founders: John Gedmark, Ryan McLinko
  • Number of employees: 100-250
  • Funding: $358.07M
  • Funding rounds: 7
  • Number of investors: 39

You can find their website here.

8) Helium

Helium

Helium is an Internet-of-Things developer platform for creating networks and transferring data from IoT devices.

Details of the startup:

  • Valuation: $1.20B (February 2022)
  • Country: United States
  • State: California
  • City: San Francisco
  • Started in: 2013
  • Founders: Amir Haleem, Chris Bruce, Sean Carey, Sean Carey, Shawn Fanning
  • Number of employees: 101-250
  • Funding: $364.80M
  • Funding rounds: 8
  • Number of investors: 32

You can find their website here.

9) Invoca

Invoca

Invoca is a call marketing company that specialises in inbound call marketing, call tracking, call intelligence, and pay-per-call advertising.

Details of the startup:

  • Valuation: $1.10B (June 2022)
  • Country: United States
  • State: California
  • City: Santa Barbara
  • Started in: 2008
  • Founders: Colin Kelley, Jason Spievak, Robert Duva
  • Number of employees: 251-500
  • Funding: $201.50M
  • Funding rounds: 7
  • Number of investors: 14

You can find their website here.

10) Aircall

Aircall

Aircall is a cloud-based contact center solution that interacts with CRM, productivity, and help desk software.

Details of the startup:

  • Valuation: $1.00B (June 2021)
  • Country: United States
  • State: New York
  • City: New York
  • Started in: 2014
  • Founders: Jonathan Anguelov, Olivier Pailhès, Pierre-Baptiste Béchu, Thibaud Elziere, Xavier Durand
  • Number of employees: 250-500
  • Funding: $225.63M
  • Funding rounds: 9
  • Number of investors: 24

You can find their website here.

11) Cell C

Cell C

Cell C is the largest telecommunications company in Africa and is committed to improving the customer experience through an integrated network.

Details of the startup:

  • Valuation: $1.00B (August 2017)
  • Country: South Africa
  • City: Midrand
  • Started in: 2000
  • Founders: Lehlohonolo Moloi
  • Number of employees: 1,000-5,000
  • Funding: $546.97M
  • Funding rounds: 1
  • Number of investors: 1

You can find their website here.

12) Infobip

Infobip

Infobip is a simple and affordable platform for businesses to communicate with their customers in real time across multiple channels.

Details of the startup:

  • Valuation: $1.00B (July 2020)
  • Country: Croatia
  • City: Vodnjan
  • Started in: 2006
  • Founders: Izabel Jelenic, Roberto Kutic, Silvio Kutic
  • Number of employees: 1,000-5,000
  • Funding: $800.00M
  • Funding rounds: 1
  • Number of investors: 1

You can find their website here.

Divvy, BILL’s spend and expense management solution, is one of the easiest and most efficient ways to manage your company spend.

Claim offer →
The All-In-One Newsletter for Startup Founders

Every week, I’ll send you Failory’s latest interviews and articles and 3 curated resources for founders. Join +25,000 other startup founders!