# Courier

> Courier is a San Francisco notification infrastructure platform that lets developers add multi-channel messaging - email, SMS, push, in-app, Slack and more - to their apps through a single API and a drag-and-drop designer. Often described as 'Stripe for notifications,' it routes messages intelligently across channels so engineering teams stop rebuilding notification systems from scratch. Founded in 2019 (YC S19), Courier raised a $35M Series B led by GV in 2022 and powers notifications for companies like New Relic, LaunchDarkly, Lattice, Vanta and Contentful.

- **Founded:** 2019
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, United States
- **Founders:** Troy Goode (Founder (former CEO))
- **Team size:** ~27-35 employees
- **Products:** Notification API, Notification Designer, Automation Workflows, Mobile Notifications SDK, Analytics & Logs
- **Notable:** Graduated from Y Combinator's Summer 2019 batch., Raised $35M Series B led by GV in June 2022, bringing total funding to roughly $47.5M., Grew annual recurring revenue more than 14x in 2021.

## Products & services

- **Notification API** — A single API that routes notifications across channels - email, SMS, push, in-app, chat and Slack - integrating with providers like SendGrid, Twilio, Postmark and others.
- **Notification Designer** — A drag-and-drop, no-code visual designer that lets non-technical teammates build and edit message templates in minutes.
- **Automation Workflows** — No-code workflows for batching, digests, delays and conditional routing so teams can orchestrate complex notification logic without custom code.
- **Mobile Notifications SDK** — SDKs (including a mobile SDK announced alongside the Series B) for embedding in-app and push notification experiences.
- **Analytics & Logs** — Delivery analytics, logs and observability so teams can track engagement and debug notification delivery across channels.
- **Preferences & Multi-Brand** — Built-in notification preference management, user controls, multi-brand support and internationalization.

## Achievements

- Graduated from Y Combinator's Summer 2019 batch.
- Raised $35M Series B led by GV in June 2022, bringing total funding to roughly $47.5M.
- Grew annual recurring revenue more than 14x in 2021.
- Added 100+ customers in a single year, including New Relic, LaunchDarkly, Color Health and Lattice.
- Launched a Mobile Notifications SDK alongside the Series B.

## Latest updates

- **2022-06** — Announced $35M Series B led by GV and revealed a new Mobile Notifications SDK.
- **2024-08** — Thomas Schiavone (previously co-founder/CEO of Calixa) became CEO of Courier.

## Links

- Website: https://www.courier.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/trycourier
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/trycourier
- GitHub: https://github.com/trycourier
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@courier
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/trycourier

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Last updated: 2026-06-15