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Guild the world's best messaging app for business, professional groups, networks and communities. Award-winning, advertising free, and GDPR compliant.
As easy to use as a consumer messaging app but with the privacy, control, sophistication and service you’d expect for business.
No ads, no noise and nothing is public. Guild is a safe space for you to talk with peers you value
We know the world has gone mobile and messaging is becoming the default medium, even in business.
But consumer messaging apps are not designed, or licensed, for professional use. They want to sell advertising. Or focus on secrecy, anonymity and ephemerality.
Guild is designed for professionals who want the advantages of messaging - ease of use, immediacy, intimacy, engagement - but who also care about proper privacy, quality, legal compliance, and professional standards of support and service.
OUR PURPOSE
To foster professional passion.
We want Guild to help professionals connect, communicate and collaborate to progress their careers, to feel empowered, and to have access to like-minded peers.
OUR MISSION
To be the messaging app of choice for professionals around the world.
Everyone understands why there is a need for a professional equivalent of Facebook - which is LinkedIn. So Guild will be to WhatsApp what LinkedIn is to Facebook.
As easy to use as a consumer messaging app but with the privacy, control, sophistication and service you’d expect for business.
No ads, no noise and nothing is public. Guild is a safe space for you to talk with peers you value
We know the world has gone mobile and messaging is becoming the default medium, even in business.
But consumer messaging apps are not designed, or licensed, for professional use. They want to sell advertising. Or focus on secrecy, anonymity and ephemerality.
Guild is designed for professionals who want the advantages of messaging - ease of use, immediacy, intimacy, engagement - but who also care about proper privacy, quality, legal compliance, and professional standards of support and service.
OUR PURPOSE
To foster professional passion.
We want Guild to help professionals connect, communicate and collaborate to progress their careers, to feel empowered, and to have access to like-minded peers.
OUR MISSION
To be the messaging app of choice for professionals around the world.
Everyone understands why there is a need for a professional equivalent of Facebook - which is LinkedIn. So Guild will be to WhatsApp what LinkedIn is to Facebook.
Overview
Location
United Kingdom, England, London
Employees
201-500
Total raised
$3.9M
Founded date
2016
Funding Rounds 2
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| Jul 23, 2018 | Funding round | $1.2M |
Mentions in press and media 8
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| Apr 11, 2024 | Spanish unicorn Factorial secures €75M from General Catalyst: Know more | Read this article in: Barcelona-based Factorial, an all-in-one business and HR management software for SMBs announced Thursday that it has secured an $80M (approximately €75M) Go-To-Market investment from General Catalyst’s Customer Value s... |
| Mar 9, 2023 | 5 Ways To Build Your Personal Brand As A STEM Professional | STEM careers involve many different paths.getty |
| Oct 22, 2021 | London’s networking platform Guild raises $2.7M to take on Linkedin and Whatsapp | London-based ad-free, digital community and networking app and platform for professionals, Guild has raised $2.7million in seed funding from existing angel investors, as it seeks to establish itself as an alternative to Linkedin and to thos... |
| Jul 23, 2018 | Top tech startup news stories you need to know this Monday, July 23 | Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories for today, Monday, July 23. Self-driving truck startup Embark raises $30 million in funding. Robot truck upstart startup Embark, has raised a $30 million series B round to ta... |
| Jul 23, 2018 | London startup Guild raises $1.2 million for its ‘WhatsApp for work’ | London-based Guild is building what it calls a “private professional networking for the mobile age.” Founded 3 months ago by Ashley Friedlein and Matthew O’Riordan, Guild is a new private professional messaging app that meets new standards,... |
| Encrypted messaging and collaboration startup Wire just raised $24 million. Check out the redacted 6-slide pitch deck it used to raise the funds. | Alan Duric, cofounder of Wire. Wire This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Berlin-based Wire has raised $24 million in fresh funds from Cipio Partners and Iconical. The startup p... | |
| Guild | Description The WhatsApp for work, Guild allows professionals to communicate directly, simply, and efficiently on a private, ad free and GDPR compliant messaging app. Hosts create invitation-only Guilds, within which members can start group... |
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FAQ about Guild
When was Guild founded?
Guild was founded in 2016.
How much funding has Guild raised?
Guild has raised $3.9M in total across 2 funding rounds.
What funding rounds has Guild raised?
Parsers VC lists 2 funding rounds of Guild, among them a funding round of $1.2M on Jul 23, 2018.
What has the press written about Guild?
Parsers VC has collected 8 articles mentioning Guild, among them “Spanish unicorn Factorial secures €75M from General Catalyst: Know more” (Apr 11, 2024) and “5 Ways To Build Your Personal Brand As A STEM Professional” (Mar 9, 2023).
Is Guild still active?
Yes, Guild is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Apr 13, 2024.