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Drip

Email marketing automation software.

Email marketingMarketing automationSaaS

AcquiredSource [2]Source [3]Last verified Oct 2, 2026

About Drip

Drip is an email marketing automation platform. At its 2016 acquisition its features included visual workflows, a customer timeline, lead scoring, rule based tagging and event triggers.Source [2]

It began as a small tool for adding opt-in forms and autoresponder emails to websites and moved into full marketing automation after repeated customer requests, according to co-founder Rob Walling.Source [1]

Leadpages said the deal had been in the making for over a year and that Drip had been built with 7 employees.Source [2]

What happened

Rob Walling and Derrick Reimer started building Drip in December 2012 as an email capture widget with autoresponders, funded by Walling's HitTail business, and expanded it into marketing automation. Leadpages, based in Minneapolis, announced its acquisition of Drip in July 2016 for an undisclosed amount, and Drip moved from Fresno to Minneapolis.Source [1]Source [2]Source [3]

Timeline

  1. 2016-07Acquired by Leadpages; terms not disclosed.Source [2]
  2. 2016Moved from Fresno, California to Minneapolis after the acquisition.Source [3]
  3. 2012-12Development began.Source [1]

Products and brands

  • Drip: Email marketing and marketing automation platform with visual workflows and lead scoring.Source [2]

How it makes money: Monthly software subscriptions; it offered a 21-day free trial in 2016.Source [2]

Leadership

Rob WallingCEOSource [2]Until 2016

People on Founded, and where they went next

1 person on record, connected to 3 other companies.

PersonHereAlso built
Rob WallingCo-founder and CEO2012 to 2016TinySeed2018 to nowActiveHitTail2011 to 2015AcquiredMicroConf2011 to nowActive

Sources

  1. How Drip started as a widget and was acquired by Leadpages for a life-changing sum, Mixergy. Accessed Oct 2, 2026.
  2. Announcement: Leadpages Has Acquired Drip, Leadpages, 2016-07-08. Accessed Oct 2, 2026.
  3. Minnesotan To Meet: Rob Walling, Co-Founder Of Drip, CBS Minnesota (WCCO), 2016-11-15. Accessed Oct 2, 2026.

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