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Automattic

3811 employees

The people behind WordPress.com, WooCommerce, Jetpack, WordPress VIP, Tumblr, Day One, Newspack, and more.

Investor insights

Sectors invested in

Information Technology5
Software5
open source4
Communications Infrastructure4
Commercial4
on-premise4
decentralised internet4
open decentralised network4
VoIP4
group chat4
secure messaging4
digital sovereign4
secure communications4
Collaboration tools4
confidential communication4
Matrix based4
instant messaging4
end-to-end encryption4
secure messenger4
interoperability4

Funding rounds participated in

$4.6M sweet spot round size

Most of their 14 investments are in rounds between $1M and $6.7M

Basic info

Industry

software development
technology, information and internet

Sectors

Blogging Platforms
Content
Web Design
Web Development
E-Commerce

Date founded

2005

Investments made

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Offsite raised $3M on July 17, 2023

Investors: Genius Ventures Inc, Forum Ventures, Integral Private Wealth, Right Side Capital Management and Automattic

B

BlueLena raised undisclosed on February 24, 2022

Investors: Local Media Association and Automattic

E

Element raised $30M on July 27, 2021

Investors: Protocol Labs, Metaplanet, Notion Capital and Automattic

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Element raised $30M on July 26, 2021

Investors: Protocol Labs, Metaplanet, Notion Capital and Automattic

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Undisclosed raised $6.7M on June 25, 2021

Investors: Innovation Nest, Credo Ventures and Automattic

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Framework raised $9M on June 17, 2021

Investors: Formic Ventures, Pathbreaker Ventures, Anorak Ventures and Automattic

C

Castos raised $756K on June 2, 2021

Investors: Emilia Capital and Automattic

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PeachPay HQ raised $460K on April 1, 2021

Investors: Automattic

E

Element raised $4.6M on May 21, 2020

Investors: Automattic

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Frontity raised $1.1M on April 22, 2020

Investors: K Fund and Automattic

Funding rounds raised

Total raised

$300M

from 18 investors over 18 rounds

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Automattic raised $288M on February 17, 2021

Investors: ICONIQ Growth, Alta Park Capital, LP, Avant Global, LLC, Wellington Partners, ICONIQ Capital and AGLAÉ VENTURES

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Automattic raised undisclosed on May 15, 2020

Investors: Manhattan Venture Partners (MVP.vc)

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Automattic raised $300M on September 19, 2019

Investors: Salesforce Ventures, Insight Partners and True Ventures

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Automattic raised $160M on May 5, 2014

Investors: True Ventures, Insight Partners and ICONIQ Capital

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Automattic raised $75M on September 17, 2013

Investors: ICONIQ Growth

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Automattic raised undisclosed on May 3, 2012

Investors: Avant Global, LLC

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Automattic raised undisclosed on March 22, 2011

Investors: Akkadian Ventures

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Automattic raised $30M on January 1, 2008

Investors: Polaris Partners and True Ventures

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