Layer Stock
Open communications layer for internet
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About Layer Stock
Layer is the open communications Layer for the Internet. We make it easy for developers to add rich messaging, voice and video to any application. We handle all of the hard parts so developers can focus on building an excellent user experience for their customers.
The Layer team is full of developers and designers passionate about enabling people to communicate better across all of the products they use.
Investors
Salesforce Ventures
Compass, Hopin, Snyk, Dropbox, Automation Anywhere, Gusto, Blend, Box, Domo, Highspot
e.ventures
Scopely, Acorns, The RealReal, Farfetch, Thrive Market, Sonos, Segment, Icertis, JW Player, Zumper
Homebrew
Chime, Carbon Health, Gusto, Plaid, Bowery Farming, Shield AI, Mercury, Tia, Shyp, Chain
Greycroft Partners
Scopely, Acorns, The RealReal, Boxed, Thrive Market, MNTN, Data.ai, Joyent, NewsCred, Azimo
Data Collective
Databricks, Plenty, Zymergen, Checkr, SentinelOne, Illumio, SingleStore, Planet, Alation, Tala
Funding History
September 2013 | $1.5M |
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October 2013 | $6.0M |
May 2014 | $14.5M |
Management
Founder and CEO
Ron Palmeri
CPO
Sara Wood
CTO
Andy Vyrros
Press
VentureBeat - Feb, 25 2015
Layer rolls out turnkey messaging platform and Atlas UI tools for app developersTechCrunch - May, 7 2014
Layer Raises $14.5M, Hires iMessage, Facetime Pioneer Andy Vyrros As CTOTechCrunch - Oct, 29 2013
Communications Platform For Mobile And Web Apps And TC Disrupt Winner Layer Raises $6 MillionFinSMEs - Sep, 13 2013
Layer Raises $1.5M in Seed Funding