Company
Date Published
Author
Frank Yaw-Owusu
Word count
877
Language
English
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None

Summary

Postscript.io is a talent acquisition technology company that serves 12,000+ Shopify merchants by making SMS their #1 revenue channel, delivering best-in-class service and strategy, and has received $65 million USD in Series C funding. The company was founded by Adam Turner, Colin Turner, and Alex Beller, who chose the name Postscript for its friendly and casual feel, and to reflect their focus on marketing automation and scripting. As a fully remote team, they have enjoyed rapid growth and impact for their customers, driving billions of dollars in e-commerce transactions and connecting hundreds of millions of customers with brands. Despite some challenges in early hiring, the company believes its suite of products makes merchants the most money out of any provider, and is committed to making SMS more human through 1:1 conversations and strong compliance first approach. Postscript builds on Twilio's APIs for programmable SMS and conversation management, and has benefited from a close partnership with Twilio that unlocks higher throughput for customers and resolves issues with deliverability faster.