SendGrid Sends 7.5 Billion Emails, Brings Former Oracle Exec As CEO

SendGrid, an email delivery and management service, has reached an impressive milestone today—the startup has helped companies send 7.5 billion emails. That's up from 1.2 billion emails sent through the platform last April. SendGrid is also announcing that former Oracle exec Jim Franklin has joined as CEO. SendGrid, which was incubated in TechStars and has raised $5 million in funding, offers businesses a way to manage transactional emails (emails generated by web applications). It can handle services like subscription, bounce management and complaint feedback. Its service is aimed towards business who send out 100K emails per month or millions of emails. Clients include Foursquare, Swipely, and Hootsuite.