Gigs

Stripe for phone plans.

gigs.com

HQ: San Francisco, CA, USA

51-200

B2B

Company research

Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals

Updated Aug 2, 2026

Overview

Gigs is a privately held telecom-software company founded in 2020 that provides the operating system for embedded mobile services. It lets fintechs, consumer platforms, device makers, travel companies and employers launch branded mobile plans/eSIM services without building carrier infrastructure, handling connectivity, carrier-of-record/compliance, checkout, billing, payments, taxes, subscriptions, analytics and AI customer support.

Primary product

Gigs OS: an end-to-end embedded-connectivity/MVNO platform comprising a connectivity API, Gigs Connect hosted checkout and plan management, Dashboard for subscriptions/operations/analytics, payments and Operator AI customer support.

Founded

2020

Headquarters

San Francisco, California, United States

Team size

Approximately 100–150 employees; official/near-official sources report over 90 in December 2024, around 100 in March 2026, and 150 on the YC profile in 2026.

Work style

Hybrid

Industry

Technology, Information and Internet

Sub-industry

Telecom-as-a-service; embedded connectivity; MVNO/MVNE software infrastructure

Offices

San Francisco, United States

New York, United States

London, United Kingdom

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Berlin, Germany

Business model

B2B SaaS/API platform for brands launching mobile services

Wholesale connectivity and regulated carrier-of-record services

Transaction/service revenue from phone plans, data plans and eSIMs

White-label hosted checkout, billing, payments, subscription management and support

Funding

Stage

Series B / growth-stage private company

Total raised

$100M

Latest round

Series B · Dec 2024

Latest amount

$73M

Series B

Dec 2024 · Ribbit Capital

$73M

Series A

Sep 2022 · Gradient Ventures (Google)

$20M

Seed round

Mar 2021

$125K

Seed

Jan 2021

Seed / convertible financing

Jan 2021

$4M

People & investors

Leadership

Hermann Frank

Co-founder and CEO; responsible for strategy and product

Dennis Bauer

Co-founder and President; responsible for growth and operations

Rishi Sachdeva

Head of Fintech

Steven van Bommel

Head of Finance

Rafael Plantier

Head of Financial Services

Glenn Lurie

Senior Advisor

Investors

Work & culture

Gigs emphasizes ownership, speed, customer obsession, first-principles thinking, craft and growth. Its workplace is distributed but intentionally collaborative: employees are expected to spend meaningful time in hubs, with team-specific flexibility and twice-yearly company offsites.

Work style

Hybrid

Compensation

Public job-posting signal: Head of People role listed at $250K+; the company says it offers competitive compensation and stock options. No broad compensation bands were found.

Benefits

Stock options

Home-office/work-setup stipend

Learning and development budget

Free phone and international data plan

Flexible remote work where appropriate

Access to company hubs/coworking support

Bi-annual company offsites (Gigs Republic)

Product & market

Pricing

Enterprise/B2B pricing; public self-serve pricing was not found. End customers pay for branded phone/data plans or eSIMs, while platform and connectivity economics are handled through Gigs' commercial agreements.

Differentiators

—Launches branded mobile services in weeks rather than years
—Single API and platform spanning 500+ carriers globally
—Carrier-of-record, regulatory compliance, tax calculation/remittance and operational tooling
—Embedded, in-app activation and management rather than a standalone carrier storefront
—Combines wholesale connectivity with checkout, billing, payments, analytics and AI support
—Supports phone plans, travel eSIMs and workplace connectivity across multiple markets

Technology

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Pub/Sub event-driven architecture

Terraform

Ruby on Rails

Next.js

TypeScript

GitHub

Customers

Revolut

Klarna

Nubank

Cash App

Motorola

OnePay

Tide

Qonto

ShopBack

Starling

Wealthsimple

PicPay

Sezzle

Faye

Punkt

Competitors

Mavenir

MATRIXX Software

Transatel

Gigs-adjacent MVNE/MVNO platform providers

Comviva

Synchronoss

Scale & contact

Estimated revenue

Approximately $2M annual revenue (third-party estimate; not a company disclosure), so a cautious estimated range is $1M–$5M.

Estimated monthly visits

168K

+1 352-458-4769 (public Michigan telecom-provider registration for Gigs Wireless, LLC; not confirmed as general corporate switchboard)

Latest news

Gigs expands to France and partners with Qonto to keep businesses connected wherever they travel

Gigs newsroom · Jul 2026

Gigs announced French expansion and Qonto integration of travel eSIMs for Qonto's 600,000 SME customers; the announcement says Gigs had raised more than $100M.

Gigs Enters Asia-Pacific with Landmark ShopBack Partnership

Gigs newsroom · May 2026

ShopBack became Gigs' first major APAC customer, embedding travel eSIMs across multiple APAC markets; Gigs said its customers' combined distribution footprint exceeded 850M users and that it had raised $100M.

Tide becomes first business banking provider to launch mobile plans globally, powered by Gigs

Gigs · Mar 2026

Major product/partnership launch with Tide: embedded business mobile plans in-app, representing an important commercial expansion for Gigs.

Revolut Mobile starts rolling out in the UK

Gigs newsroom · Dec 2025

Revolut began rolling out UK mobile service powered by Gigs, with in-app activation, unlimited 5G and roaming data.

Gigs and AT&T to Power the Convergence of Tech and Telecom

Gigs newsroom · Sep 2025

Gigs and AT&T announced a strategic partnership to power embedded mobile services in the US; Klarna was identified as the first brand launching on AT&T through Gigs.

Jobs and careers at Gigs

47 jobs at Gigs

Strategic Partnerships, UK

On-site

Go To Market

London

1d ago

On-site

Full-time