Whispir is an Australian cloud communication platform. The company provides cloud-based communication services. It recently raised a $10-million post-Series A funding round. The round was led by Indonesian venture capital firm MDI Ventures. The article does not disclose other investors, operating metrics, founding year, or use of proceeds. No additional financial details were provided in the report. Whispir is a Melbourne, Australia–based SaaS platform that enables businesses to design communications applications to interact with people via mobile, social, and web technologies. Its applications include customer engagement, crisis communications, and operational communications across industries such as Banking and Finance, Education and Health. The company is led by CEO and co-founder Jeromy Wells and has added Paul Bohannon as VP of Sales Australia, Gareth Roberts as Chief Financial Officer in the United States, and Brant Williams as VP Americas. Whispir has offices in Seattle and Singapore in addition to its Melbourne base. The company raised $11.75m in funding and is using the proceeds to continue its expansion into Asia and the United States. Backers include Telstra Ventures, NSI Ventures, Rippledot Capital, private investors and Jeromy Wells. Whispir develops cloud-based communication technology for organisations to reach employees and customers across email, SMS, mobile and social media. The company is developing OpenWhispir, a cloud incident- and crisis-management platform designed to crowd-source information and connect public and private communities to track emergencies in real time. Development of OpenWhispir is estimated to cost $4.5 million; the company received a $2 million Commercialisation Australia grant to fund the project. Whispir said the funding validates its platform and intends to use the investment to support further expansion. The company was founded in 2001 and has offices in Australia, New Zealand and the UK. CEO Jeromy Wells commented that the award recognises Whispir’s innovation and could help drive expansion into Europe and the United States.

Total raised

$24M

Funding rounds

3

Latest round

Series A

Latest activity

Mar 2018