Pinterest

Pinterest
Industry:
Social
Founded:
2009
Funding:
$1.5B

About

Pinterest is a visual discovery and planning tool. People ("Pinners") use the site and apps to get ideas for their future, such as recipes, places to travel, and products to buy, and save the things they love to their own boards. Pinners also follow the boards of others who they find interesting. The site experienced rapid growth in the second half of 2011 and is now a widely used social media application.

Investor Track Record

Andreessen Horowitz
Lyft, Airbnb, Magic Leap, Dollar Shave Club, Jawbone, Slack, Instacart, Affirm, Box
Bessemer Venture Partners
Snapdeal, Box, Good Technology, Blue Apron, Twilio, Betterment, Shopify, SendGrid, Gainsight
FirstMark Capital
Shopify, Insikt, Inc., Upwork (Fka: Elance
Founders Circle Capital
Dollar Shave Club, DocuSign, Twilio, Anaplan, ForeScout Technologies, Casper, Turo, Carbon Black, Udemy
Fidelity Investments
Uber, Snap, Alibaba, Jet, Airbnb, SpaceX, Magic Leap, Spotify, WeWork
Acequia Capital (Acecap)
Square, LendingHome, Getaround, Rigetti Computing, Anchor
SV Angel
Snap, Jawbone, Slack, Cloudera, Instacart, Zenefits, Stripe, Okta, GitHub
Goldman Sachs
Alibaba, Bloom Energy, Spotify, Square, WeWork, Oscar, Nutanix, MongoDB, Lookout
GSV Capital
Spotify, Instacart, Dataminr, General Assembly, Jamf, Course Hero
Jeremy Stoppelman
Palantir Technologies
Valiant Capital Management
Instacart
A.Capital Ventures
Reddit, Mesosphere, Forward Networks, Inc., Lugg, weave
Rakuten
Lyft, Cabify, Insikt, Inc., Upstart, Azimo
Wellington Management Company
Magic Leap, Oscar, DocuSign, Lookout, Payoneer, Zuora, Sprinklr, MarkLogic, Dataminr
Slow Ventures
Earnest, Nextdoor, Postmates, Casper, ClassPass, Wealthfront, Handy, Minted, Birchbox
blisce/
Spotify, Casper, BlaBlaCar, Boxed, Teads, Managed By Q

Funding History

July 2009 : $492,900
November 2010 : $895,009
April 2011 : $549,962
May 2011 : $10,470,996
October 2011 : $27,104,573
May 2012 : $100,000,001
February 2013 : $200,000,042
October 2013 : $224,999,956
May 2014 : $199,999,934
February 2015 : $577,916,906