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Ably

Ably

Private
LondonAI, Data & Cloud Infrastructurehttps://ably.com/

Last Round

Series B

Jun 30, 2021

Total Funding Raised

$78M

Company Overview

Ably is a cloud infrastructure company that provides a suite of APIs designed to facilitate the creation, enhancement, and delivery of robust, event-driven, real-time applications.

Sector

AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure

Verticals

Platform-as-a-Service, Cloud Communications, Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Communication

Business Model

B2B

Customer Profile

Usage-Based SaaS, Subscription SaaS

AI Layer

Infrastructure

Keywords

real-time messagingpub/subwebsocketrealtime as a servicereal-time infrastructurePaaSplatform-as-a-servicelow-latency communicationreal-time data synchronizationpresence trackingmessage persistenceusage-based billingreal-time apiedge computingai transport

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Ably Funding Rounds

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RoundDateAmount RaisedValuationInvestorsSources
Series BJun 30, 2021
Series AApr 6, 2020
SeedJul 13, 2017

Key People

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Paddy Byers

Co-founder And CTO

Founding Team

Matthew O'Riordan

CEO And Co-founder

Founding Team

Ably Investors

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Ably investors
InvestorRounds
Dawn CapitalSeries B
Triple Point VenturesSeries B
Triple PointSeries B
Digital HorizonSeries B
Collaborative FundSeries B
Forward PartnersSeries A, Series B, Seed
Index VenturesSeries B

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  • Dec 8, 2025

    Added Teamretro, a software startup, as a customer.

  • Dec 8, 2025

    Added Doxy.me Inc., a healthcare/telemedicine company, as a customer.

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Firmographic Details

HeadquartersLondon
Employee Range117
Year Founded2016
Last FundingJun 30, 2021

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