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Layer

Layer helps creators tell the stories of their digital art and connect with collectors.

United States, North America Disrupt SF 2013 0 Winner

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Founded Date

2013

Industries
Internet SaaS/Enterprise Telecommunications
Operating Status

Open

Website

layer.com

Founders

Ron Palmeri Founder

News About Layer

Sam Bankman-Fried, co-founder and CEO of FTX
Crypto

Blockchain’s youngest billionaire roasts world’s biggest cryptocurrency

Anita Ramaswamy

Thirty-year-old crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried took aim at Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, saying it has no future as a payments network in an interview with Financial Times today. Bankman-Fried is CEO and co-founder of FTX, the second-most popular digital asset exchange by trading volume, according to CoinMarketCap. “The bitcoin network is not a payments […]

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Crunch Report | Tesla and Rollercoasters

Khaled "Tito" Hamze

Waymo is suing Otto and Uber for allegedly stealing its trade secrets, Layer gets more funding and acquires Cola, a major Cloudflare bug leaked sensitive data from customers' websites and Elon Musk addresses unionization concerns at Tesla. All this on Crunch Report.

Enterprise

Communication platform Layer raises $15M and acquires interactive messaging startup Cola

Anthony Ha

Layer, the messaging platform that won TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield back in 2013, is making two big announcements today: It’s raised $15 million in Series B funding, and it’s acquiring another startup, Cola. Layer makes it easy for businesses to add messaging capabilities to their iOS, Android and web products — customers include Trunk Club, Staples […]

Media & Entertainment

Communications Platform Layer Adds Support For Webhooks

Sarah Perez

Layer, the former TechCrunch Disrupt winner that makes it possible for developers to add rich messaging capabilities to their apps without having to build their own infrastructure, has been steadily growing since its debut back on the Disrupt stage two yeas ago. Today, the company reaches over 10,000 developers, including 200 paying customers who use its platform and tools to add features including messaging, voice and video into their applications without having to build these features from the ground-up.

Media & Entertainment

Communications Platform Layer Expands To Web, Announces Fund To Back Layer-Powered Apps

Sarah Perez

TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield alumni and former Disrupt winner Layer, a company which is offering developers tools to build their own communications platform where they control the experience and the data, announced today at TechCrunch Disrupt NY that it’s expanding beyond mobile to now include support for web applications, as well. In addition, the company also announced the launch of a new fund aimed at investing in app businesses, called The Layer Fund.

Startups

Alfred, Layer And Trello Are Returning To The Startup Battlefield Stage

Matt Burns

At this year's Disrupt NY, previous finalists and winners of Startup Battlefield will once again take the stage. But not to pitch their companies. Instead Alfred, Layer and Trello will update Disrupt attendees on the status other companies. Last year Alfred won Startup Battlefield at Disrupt SF. The Boston-based company attempts to manage your routine across multiple on-demand and local services (like Handybook, Instacart, and the local dry cleaner). Members build a subscription to make their routines automatic, letting Alfred coordinate services in their home.

Media & Entertainment

Layer, Which Lets Developers Add Messaging To Any App, Launches To Public

Sarah Perez

Layer, the company making it possible for developers to add rich messaging capabilities to their apps without having to build their own infrastructure from the ground up, is today making its service available to the public, following its beta period that began with its TechCrunch Disrupt win back in 2013. In addition to today’s launch, […]

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Communications Platform For Mobile And Web Apps And TC Disrupt Winner Layer Raises $6 Million

Leena Rao

Just a month after winning TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco, communications platform for mobile and web apps Layer has raised $6 million in seed funding, bringing the company’s total seed funding to $7.5 million. In addition to existing seed investors CrunchFund, Data Collective, and SV Angel; the round now includes AME Cloud Ventures (Jerry Yang’s investment […]

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And The Winner Of Disrupt SF Battlefield 2013 Is… Layer!

Chris Velazco

After three days and some truly incredible pitches from each of our 30 Battlefield competitors, the time has finally come to crown a Disrupt Battlefield champion. Competition among this year's pack of six finalists -- Dryft, Fates Forever, Layer, Soil IQ, Regalii, and Cota by Ossia -- was as stiff as ever, but even with a batch as strong as this, only one startup can take home the Disrupt Cup.

Startups

Layer Brings A Scalable Communications Platform To Any Mobile Or Web App

Sarah Perez

Layer, a new startup launching at TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco 2013 today, is ambitiously attempting to build a communications fabric - a "layer," if you will - for the Internet. The technology, initially available to developers in the form of mobile app SDKs and open sourced components, will enable text, voice, video, file-sharing and more across applications, whether those apps run on iOS, Android, or even the web. You can think of it as something like a Stripe for communications.