Sent

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Location New York, NY
Founded 2024
Latest Stage Series A
Total Raised $15.55M
Website https://sent.dm
Sector
artificial-intelligence messaging telecom developer-tools api communications

Investors

Kent Bennett series-a (2026)
Bessemer Venture Partners series-a (2026)

Founders

Daniel Vataj CEO & Co-Founder
Betim Drenica CTO & Co-Founder

About

Sent is a New York-based messaging infrastructure startup founded in 2024 by Daniel Vataj (CEO) and Betim Drenica (CTO) 14. The company provides a unified API that lets businesses reach any user over SMS, WhatsApp, or RCS through a single integration, automatically routing each message to the channel most likely to deliver 12. Sent operates over 75 direct carrier relationships reaching more than one billion unique phone numbers and is designated as a licensed U.S. telecom carrier 12. On 2026-07-28, Sent announced a $12 million Series A led by Companyon Ventures, with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners, Urban Innovation Fund (UIF), and CP Overture 123. The round follows a $3.55 million Seed in May 2025 led by Companyon with the same syndicate participating 15.

Disclaimer: This is a lean profile built from initial round coverage and may be expanded as more information becomes available.

Funding History

Date Round Amount Lead Co-investors
2026-07-28 Series A $12M Companyon Ventures Bessemer Venture Partners, Urban Innovation Fund, CP Overture 123
2025-05-27 Seed $3.55M Companyon Ventures Bessemer Venture Partners, Urban Innovation Fund, CP Overture 5

What Investors Say

“Sent has gone from creating a better API to licensed telecom infrastructure, and its FCC designation puts real distance between it and the incumbents.”

— Andrew Berg, Companyon Ventures, on the Series A 1.

“Daniel, Betim and their team have created the orchestration layer to power the next generation of business communications.”

— Kent Bennett, Bessemer Venture Partners, on the Series A 1.

What Founders Say

“AI agents will soon send more business messages than people do, and the infrastructure beneath them is not ready.”

— Daniel Vataj, CEO and Co-Founder of Sent, July 2026 12.

“The next generation of messaging infrastructure has to make complexity disappear without sacrificing control.”

— Betim Drenica, CTO and Co-Founder of Sent, July 2026 1.

Sources

  1. “Sent Raises $12M Series A to Supercharge AI Messaging Infrastructure,” GlobeNewswire, July 28, 2026. Accessed July 2026. https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/07/28/3334213/0/en/Sent-Raises-12M-Series-A-to-Supercharge-AI-Messaging-Infrastructure.html↩↩↩↩↩↩↩↩↩↩

  2. “Sent Raises $12M Series A to Supercharge AI Messaging Infrastructure,” The Manila Times / GlobeNewswire syndication, July 28, 2026. Accessed July 2026. https://www.manilatimes.net/2026/07/28/tmt-newswire/globenewswire/sent-raises-12m-series-a-to-supercharge-ai-messaging-infrastructure/2393028↩↩↩↩↩

  3. “Venture Capital & Startup Funding Roundup, July 28, 2026: Battery Ventures, Bessemer, Gradient, Team8, Y Combinator & More,” ChinaTechNews.com, July 29, 2026. Accessed July 2026. https://www.chinatechnews.com/2026/07/29/126373-venture-capital-startup-funding-roundup-july-28-2026-battery-ventures-bessemer-gradient-team8-y-combinator-more↩↩

  4. Daniel Vataj LinkedIn profile, accessed July 2026. https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-vataj-647b28185/↩

  5. “Sent Raises $3.55 million in Series Seed Funding to Transform A2P Business Messaging,” Newsfile Corp, May 27, 2025. Accessed July 2026. https://www.newsfilecorp.com/release/253372/Sent-Raises-3.55-million-in-Series-Seed-Funding-to-Transform-A2P-Business-Messaging↩↩