Rocket.Chat
Rocket.Chat is a secure communications platform for government and critical infrastructure organizations with 185 employees. The company raised $37M in a Series A round in September 2023.
The growth story
Rocket.Chat grew from 173 to 185 employees between 2023 and 2026, raising $37M along the way, most recently a Series A in September 2023.
About
Rocket.Chat provides a communications platform combining messaging, voice, video and AI tools for high-security environments. Its customers include government agencies, defense organizations and critical infrastructure operators who require compliance and operational efficiency.
The company has grown to 185 employees since its 2015 founding. Its $37M Series A funding round in 2023 included investors like Alexia Ventures and Endeavor Catalyst, supporting its focus on secure communications for mission-critical operations.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is Rocket.Chat's largest function with 30 employees. The company has a median employee tenure of 3 years, suggesting moderate retention in its Wilmington, Delaware headquarters.
The Rocket.Chat org chart
Gabriel Engel (Founder & CEO) leads 35 mapped leaders with 5 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 41 (-11% YoY), Information Technology 19 (0% YoY), Media and Communication 18 (+20% YoY), Operations 13 (-7% YoY), Business Development 11 (+38% YoY), Customer Success and Support 11 (0% YoY).
Talent flow
Rocket.Chat hires heavily from Google Summer of Code, Konecty and IBM. Its alumni frequently move to Amazon, Salesforce and Deel, with several joining startups like Tiger Data and Grupo QuintoAndar.
Most common previous employers of Rocket.Chat staff: Google Summer of Code (5), Konecty (3), IBM (3), Haiilo (2), Semos Cloud (2), TalentLyft (2). Former Rocket.Chat employees most often moved to Amazon (4), Salesforce (3), Emerging Travel (2), Deel (2), Tiger Data (creators of TimescaleDB) (2), Grupo QuintoAndar (2).
Alumni worth knowing
The Rocket.Chat mafia
Rocket.Chat alumni have founded 6 companies, including BlumenauSAF (6 employees), InDocs.ai (5 employees) and Pinned Social (4 employees). Several startups focus on software and AI tools.
6Daniel Carboni, was Head of International Revenue until 2019Luísa Rossi, was Senior Account Manager - LAC until 2022Filipe Alvarenga, was Senior iOS Software Engineer until 2019Bart Schepers, was Sales Director EMEA North until 2023Rohit Kumar Bansal, was Open Source Contributor until 2026Mariana Pappou, was Lead Designer until 2019Web traffic
Traffic mix: 50% direct, 30% search, 2% social, 1% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Rocket.Chat: JavaScript (52), Node.js (38), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) (38), SQL (36), Git (35), MongoDB (35), React.js (34), Python (Programming Language) (34).
Where the team actually sits
Rocket.Chat people are concentrated in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (16), São Paulo, Brazil (8), Brazil (6), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (5).
Search footprint
Rocket.Chat attracts about 10,260 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $227K a month if bought through ads. It gained 4,521 ranking keywords and lost 2,247 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 4.20 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 3.90 / 5
- Senior management
- 3.80 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 4.30 / 5
Frequently asked
Rocket.Chat has 185 employees as of September 2026.
Rocket.Chat has raised $37M in total, most recently a Series A round in September 2023.
Rocket.Chat was founded in 2015 by Gabriel Engel, Rodrigo Krummenauer do Nascimento.
Gabriel Engel (Founder & CEO) sits at the top of Rocket.Chat's reporting structure, with 5 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Rocket.Chat staff are Google Summer of Code (5 people), Konecty (3 people), IBM (3 people).
Former Rocket.Chat employees most often move to Amazon (4), Salesforce (3), Emerging Travel (2).
At least 6 companies have a founder who previously worked at Rocket.Chat, including BlumenauSAF, InDocs.ai, Pinned Social.
Rocket.Chat attracts about 10,260 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $227K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Rocket.Chat staff are JavaScript, Node.js, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), SQL, Git.
Rocket.Chat staff are concentrated in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (16), São Paulo, Brazil (8), Brazil (6).
Rocket.Chat has about 41 people in Engineering, down 11% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Rocket.Chat has about 19 people in Information Technology, up 0% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 96 current and 269 former Rocket.Chat profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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