Docusign
Headquarters
San Francisco, CAFounded
2003CEO / Founder
Allan ThygesenEmployees
5001-10000Funding
PublicStock
DOCUProducts
1 product listedAvg. AI Score
7.7/10Website
www.docusign.com
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About Docusign
DocuSign is an agreement management company founded in 2003 in San Francisco by Tom Gonser, Court Lorenzini, and Eric Ranft. The platform pioneered electronic signatures and has expanded into intelligent agreement management with its Docusign IAM platform.
DocuSign serves more than 1.6 million customers and over a billion users globally, with major use cases in sales, HR, and legal agreements.
DocuSign went public on NASDAQ in April 2018 (DOCU). Allan Thygesen has served as CEO since 2022.
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Financials
Dated, source-cited figures. Estimates are marked.
Products by Docusign
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Competitive Landscape
Who Docusign competes with, and how they differ.
Enterprise contract lifecycle management (CLM) platform built AI-native from the start, competing directly with DocuSign's newer Intelligent Agreement Management push for legal/procurement teams needing structured contract workflows beyond signature capture.
1 product reviewed on TopReviewed
Bundles e-signature into the Acrobat/Creative Cloud suite enterprises already license, competing with DocuSign on distribution and native PDF-workflow integration rather than as a signature-only point solution.
3 products reviewed on TopReviewedCombines e-signature with proposal/quote document generation and payment collection, targeting SMB sales teams with lower-priced, all-in-one document workflows than DocuSign's enterprise-first packaging.
Lightweight, developer-friendly e-signature API and lower-cost plans bundled into Dropbox's storage ecosystem, competing with DocuSign for price-sensitive SMB and API-first use cases.
Company Timeline
Key milestones in Docusign's history, with sources.
- Acquisition
Acquires Lexion for $165M
DocuSign acquired Lexion, an AI-powered contract management company, for $165 million.
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Announces Intelligent Agreement Management (IAM) platform
DocuSign announced Intelligent Agreement Management (IAM), a platform and set of applications extending beyond e-signature into AI-assisted contract lifecycle workflows.
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Allan Thygesen becomes CEO
Allan Thygesen became DocuSign's CEO, following the 2022 departure of Daniel Springer and a brief interim period under Maggie Wilderotter.
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Acquires Seal Software for $188M
DocuSign acquired Seal Software for $188 million, adding AI-based contract analytics capabilities.
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Acquires SpringCM for $220M
DocuSign acquired SpringCM for $220 million, adding contract management capabilities.
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IPO on NASDAQ (DOCU)
DocuSign went public on NASDAQ under ticker DOCU, raising approximately $543 million at a valuation of roughly $6 billion.
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Raises $233M at approximately $3B valuation
DocuSign raised a $233 million round at an approximate $3 billion valuation, its last private financing before its 2018 IPO.
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Acquires Cartavi
DocuSign acquired Cartavi, a real-estate transaction and document-sharing software company.
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Raises $47.5M-$56M led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
DocuSign raised a growth round of $47.5-56 million led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.
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Raises $4.6M led by Ignition Partners and Frazier Technology Ventures
DocuSign raised a $4.6 million early round led by Ignition Partners and Frazier Technology Ventures.
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Founded
Court Lorenzini, Tom Gonser, and Eric Ranft founded DocuSign as an electronic-signature company.
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