Message Bus is a technology company.
Message Bus has raised $18.0M across 3 funding rounds.
Message Bus has raised $18.0M in total across 3 funding rounds.
Message Bus has raised $18.0M in total across 3 funding rounds.
Message Bus's investors include Colle Capital, Ignition Partners, North Bridge, Summit Partners, True Ventures, Unusual Ventures, Peter Sonsini, Accel, CRV, Flex Capital, Heavybit, TenOneTen Ventures.
Message Bus is a cloud-native SaaS platform that provides messaging services across email and mobile channels, enabling reliable delivery of transactional, critical, and marketing messages.[1][2][3] It serves enterprises by eliminating the need for in-house messaging servers, offering access via SMTP or APIs while ensuring high deliverability, regulatory compliance, and brand protection—reducing costs and managing sender-recipient trust relationships.[1][2] The company raised $18.28M in funding before being acquired, with ongoing usage by 211 companies (primarily in the US business services sector) as of 2025 under SendGrid integration.[1][4]
Founded in 2010 in Corte Madera/San Francisco, California, Message Bus emerged from founders' frustration with the complexity of configuring and administering enterprise email and messaging servers.[2][3] CEO and co-founder Jeremy LaTrasse identified the shift from siloed, hope-based messaging to a data-driven model that rewards good senders and punishes bad actors across proliferating channels like email, mobile, and social.[2] Early traction came via cloud-native tech emphasizing deliverability; in 2012, it raised $11M in growth funding led by True Ventures' Jon Callaghan, who highlighted its solution for multi-channel messaging complexity.[2]
Message Bus rides the wave of cloud-native infrastructure and multi-channel communication proliferation, addressing enterprise pain points as messaging shifted from simple email to integrated email/mobile/social amid rising data silos and deliverability challenges.[2][5] Timing aligned with early 2010s cloud adoption, enabling outsourced alternatives to on-prem servers when enterprises faced regulatory pressures and cost burdens.[1][3] It influences the ecosystem by powering data-driven messaging for sectors like retail and finance (via competitors/peers), now amplified through SendGrid's scale for distributed systems in business services.[1][4]
As a SendGrid-acquired asset, Message Bus is positioned for sustained relevance in asynchronous messaging within microservices and cloud ecosystems, with 211 adopters signaling steady enterprise demand.[4] Trends like AI-driven personalization and zero-trust security will likely enhance its deliverability edge, evolving it toward broader API gateways amid growing API economies.[1][2] Its influence may expand via Twilio's network, solidifying cloud-native messaging as table stakes for scalable comms—echoing its founding mission to simplify what enterprises once struggled to build.
Message Bus has raised $18.0M across 3 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $4.0M Venture Round in May 2014.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2014 | $4.0M Venture Round | Colle Capital, Ignition Partners, North Bridge, Summit Partners, True Ventures, Unusual Ventures, Peter Sonsini | |
| Oct 1, 2012 | $11.0M Series B | Accel, Colle Capital, CRV, Flex Capital, Heavybit, Ignition Partners, North Bridge, Summit Partners, TenOneTen Ventures, True Ventures, Uncork Capital, Unusual Ventures, Chris McKillop, George Kurtz, Peter Sonsini | |
| Mar 1, 2011 | $3.0M Series A | 8-Bit Capital, Bling Capital, Caffeinated Capital, ClimacticVC, Global Innovation Fund, Greylock, Heretic Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Lightbank, Lowercarbon Capital, Maveron, Morado Venture Partners, SciFi VC, SV Angel, The Hit Forge, True Ventures, James Hong, Jeremy Stoppelman, Jim Young, Kenny Van Zant, Michael Levit, Philip Kaplan, Steve Chen |