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Overview

Clickatell is a South African communications company founded in 2000 and headquartered in Cape Town. Its platform delivers business messaging and chat commerce worldwide. The company was one of the earliest mobile messaging providers.

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Shared investors3
24 portfolio companies: Planview, LLR Partners, Marlin Equity Partners and 21 more
DAG VenturesVia a fund
62 portfolio companies: Zynga, Zuora, We Are FINE and 59 more
EndeavorVia a fund
1347 portfolio companies

News

Press release PRNewswire 3 years ago
Telkom Partners with Clickatell to Launch Mobile Messaging Payments in South Africa
/PRNewswire/ -- Clickatell, the Chat Commerce and business messaging leader, has launched their Chat 2 Pay feature for South Africa
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Award CNWGroup 3 years ago
Clickatell Recognized as a Top Payments Innovator by the Mobile Ecosystem Forum (MEF)
/CNW/ -- Clickatell, the Chat Commerce and mobile messaging leader, was named a top payments innovator by MEF at the MEFFYS Awards ceremony, an honorary event...
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News KMWorld 4 years ago
Clickatell secures $91 million in latest funding round to support its Chat Commerce solution
Clickatell investors now include Arrowroot Capital, Kennedy Lewis Investment Management, Sequoia Capital, DAG Ventures, Endeavor Global and Harvest
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SA Fintech Clickatell Wins $91-Million in its Latest Round of Funding
SA Fintech Clickatell Wins $91-Million in its Latest Round of Funding - IT News Africa - African Business Technology News
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Press release CNWGroup 4 years ago
Clickatell, a Global Leader in Chat Commerce, Secures $91 Million in Oversubscribed Series C Funding for US Expansion and Product Acceleration
/CNW/ -- Clickatell, the CPaaS innovator and Chat Commerce leader, today announces it has secured $91 million in their Series C round. This round was led by...
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Press release PRNewswire 4 years ago
Clickatell, a Global Leader in Chat Commerce, Secures $91 Million in Oversubscribed Series C Funding for US Expansion and Product Acceleration
/PRNewswire/ -- Clickatell, the CPaaS innovator and Chat Commerce leader, today announces it has secured $91 million in their Series C round. This round was...
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News SCM 4 years ago
Clickatell raises $91M for chat commerce
Mobile messaging company Clickatell said it raised $91 million in its Series C round, which was led by Arrowroot Capital.
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News assetservicingtimes.com 5 years ago
Clickatell unveils Chat Commerce Platform with new payment capabilities - Asset Servicing Times
Clickatell, a provider in mobile communications and chat commerce, is set to unveil new payment capabilities via its Chat Commerce Platform at Money 20/20 Las Vegas, 24-27 October
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Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Clickatell over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
15
Postings analysed
7
Stack modernity
92/100AI adopter
Languages
Java
Python
C++
Frameworks & libraries
Spring Boot
Cloud & platforms
AWS
Apache Kafka
Power BI
AI & ML
Claude
LLM
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People

Johannes van Rensburg
Executive Officer
Pieter de Villiers
Executive Officer, Director
Rozanne Chivell
Executive Officer
Glen Braganza
Executive Officer
Jeppe Ramlau-Hanse
Executive Officer
Jennifer Shambroom
Executive Officer
Michael Jordaan
Director
Nicholas Pianim
Director
Nicholas Utton
Director
Ryno Blignaut
Director
Matthew Safaii
Director
Willem van Biljon
Director
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Growth

Hiring Momentum
88/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
1
1 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
25 days
faster than 50% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~8 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics +100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Finance
43% ▲
Backend
14% ▼
Product
14% ▼
Analytics
14% ▼
Industrial Engineering
14% ▼
Activity Timeline
Added Microsoft Office to stack Sep 2026
Added Machine Learning to stack Sep 2026
Added Scrum to stack Sep 2026
Added Agile to stack Sep 2026
Added Microsoft Excel to stack Sep 2026
New location: Johannesburg Sep 2026
Added Salesforce to stack Sep 2026
Added Power BI to stack Sep 2026
Added SharePoint to stack Sep 2026
Added Confluence to stack Sep 2026
Added Jira to stack Sep 2026
Added CI/CD to stack Sep 2026

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
Cape Town South Africa
HQ
6 posted in 90 days 200-500 est. staff
seen since May 2026

Financials

Total raised
$137.1M
Latest round
Series C
Funding rounds
2
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Series C 2022 $91M Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2022 $46.1M Details