TextUs
TextUs sells business texting software to help companies engage customers and candidates. The Denver-based company has 59 employees and raised $32M, most recently in a Series C round in November 2021.
The growth story
TextUs grew from 51 to 59 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $32M along the way, most recently a Series C in November 2021.
About
TextUs provides software for businesses to send text messages to prospects, customers, and job candidates. Its tools aim to improve response rates and productivity in sales, customer service, and recruiting workflows.
The company has raised $32M across funding rounds, including a Series C in late 2021. With 59 employees, its engineering team is the largest function at 14 people.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is TextUs's largest department with 14 staff. The company has a median employee tenure of 2 years.
The TextUs org chart
Martin Payne (Chief Executive Officer) leads 22 mapped leaders with 3 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 16 (+7% YoY), Business Development 9 (0% YoY), Marketing 5 (0% YoY), Media and Communication 4 (0% YoY), Accounting 4 (0% YoY), Sales 4 (-33% YoY).
Talent flow
TextUs hires heavily from Meazure Learning and Marriott International. Alumni most often move to Ringover North America, Mogli, and Salesforce. Four employees have founded companies, including Hedera Foundation and Staffing Engine.
Most common previous employers of TextUs staff: Meazure Learning (4), Marriott International (3), EverCommerce (2), Service Fusion (2), TimelyCare (2), IPATM (2). Former TextUs employees most often moved to Ringover North America (3), Mogli (3), Remote (2), Salesforce (2), Stack Overflow (2), Paradigm (2).
Alumni worth knowing
The TextUs mafia
Four TextUs alumni have founded companies, including Hedera Foundation (14 staff) and Staffing Engine (12 staff).
4Joshua Sroge, was Interim CFO until 2020Andrew Kimmell, was Co-Founder until 2020Robert B. McGuinness, was Director of Sales until 2017John Brown, was Senior Software Engineer until 2024Web traffic
Traffic mix: 72% direct, 6% search, 8% social, 0% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at TextUs: Management (19), Customer Service (18), JavaScript (18), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) (17), Public Speaking (17), Microsoft Word (17), Microsoft Office (17), Leadership (16).
Where the team actually sits
TextUs people are concentrated in Colorado, United States (11), Georgia, United States (3), California, United States (3), North Carolina, United States (3).
Search footprint
TextUs attracts about 31,580 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $330K a month if bought through ads. It gained 7,867 ranking keywords and lost 4,755 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 3.50 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 3.50 / 5
- Senior management
- 3.50 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.90 / 5
Frequently asked
TextUs has 59 employees as of September 2026.
TextUs has raised $32M in total, most recently a Series C round in November 2021.
Martin Payne (Chief Executive Officer) sits at the top of TextUs's reporting structure, with 3 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current TextUs staff are Meazure Learning (4 people), Marriott International (3 people), EverCommerce (2 people).
Former TextUs employees most often move to Ringover North America (3), Mogli (3), Remote (2).
At least 4 companies have a founder who previously worked at TextUs, including Hedera Foundation, Staffing Engine, Soul Venturer.
TextUs attracts about 31,580 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $330K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among TextUs staff are Management, Customer Service, JavaScript, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Public Speaking.
TextUs staff are concentrated in Colorado, United States (11), Georgia, United States (3), California, United States (3).
TextUs has about 16 people in Engineering, up 7% over the past year, as of September 2026.
TextUs has about 9 people in Business Development, up 0% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 47 current and 151 former TextUs profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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