The company behind Wire
Wire
Wire is made by the Wire Group, whose parent company is Wire Group Holdings GmbH in Berlin; Wire Swiss GmbH is one of its wholly owned subsidiaries. It earns money from paid plans and licences for its encrypted messaging software, sold to businesses and governments as a cloud service or for their own servers, alongside a free plan.
Read on Oct 6, 2026 from the company’s own pages and from news reports.
Wire at a glance
- Chief executive
- Benjamin Schilz
- Founded
- 2012
- Based in
- Berlin, Germany
- Team
- 100 people
- Ownership
- Privately held
Wire's CEO and founders
The people Wire names itself, or a news report about it names, with the job given there.
Wire funding
Announced on its own blog in August 2022 that it had raised €24 million in a round led by Cipio Partners and Iconical, Janus Friis's investment vehicle. Before that, UVC Partners announced it had led a $21m Series B in April 2021. In April 2024 Wire said Schwarz Group companies planned to invest, without giving an amount. wire.comuvcpartners.comwire.com
Company details
- Ownership
- Privately held. Its About page says the parent, Wire Group Holdings GmbH, is majority-owned by European institutional investors holding over 90%, and names Janus Friis, Cipio Partners, Schwarz Gruppe and Unternehmertum Venture Capital Partners as principal shareholders. wire.com
- Founded
- 2012 wire.com
- Based in
- Berlin, Germany wire.com
- Team
- 100+ employees in 12 countries, according to its careers page wire.com
- Hiring
- 2 open positions, both in product: a Senior Product Manager and a Senior Product Owner wire-1.jobs.personio.de
- Partner program
- Three tiers (Registered, Select, Premier) for value-added resellers, managed security service providers and system integrators. Resellers get tier-based discounts, deal registration and incentives such as Premier-tier rebates; the rates are not published. wire.com
Wire on social media and the web
- Blog · wire.com
- Podcast · wire.com
- Status page · status.wire.com
- Careers · wire.com
Only accounts Wire links to from its own site, so you know they are its own.
Wire news and launches
Questions about Wire the company
Who is the CEO of Wire?
Benjamin Schilz is Wire's CEO, according to wire.com, as read on Oct 6, 2026.
When was Wire founded?
Wire was founded in 2012, according to wire.com.
How much funding has Wire raised?
Announced on its own blog in August 2022 that it had raised €24 million in a round led by Cipio Partners and Iconical, Janus Friis's investment vehicle. Before that, UVC Partners announced it had led a $21m Series B in April 2021. In April 2024 Wire said Schwarz Group companies planned to invest, without giving an amount.
What is Wire's valuation?
No valuation was found in Wire's announcements or in news reports, as read on Oct 6, 2026. Private companies usually do not publish one.
Who owns Wire?
Privately held. Its About page says the parent, Wire Group Holdings GmbH, is majority-owned by European institutional investors holding over 90%, and names Janus Friis, Cipio Partners, Schwarz Gruppe and Unternehmertum Venture Capital Partners as principal shareholders.
Where is Wire based?
Wire gives its base as Berlin, Germany.
How many people work at Wire?
100+ employees in 12 countries, according to its careers page.
Is Wire hiring?
2 open positions, both in product: a Senior Product Manager and a Senior Product Owner.
Where this comes from
Read on Oct 6, 2026. Facts come from Wire’s own pages, news reports and investors’ own announcements; nothing from paid data sites. What no page states is left out. If something here is out of date, the company can send a correction through the vendor page.