Patreon
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Patreon is a creator monetization platform founded in May 2013 by musician Jack Conte and engineer Sam Yam in San Francisco 12. The platform enables creators to earn recurring revenue through paid memberships, and has paid out billions of dollars to creators since launch 23.
Funding History
| Round | Date | Amount | Lead Investor(s) | Key Co-Investors | Valuation |
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| Seed | Aug 2013 | $2.1M | — | SV Angel, Freestyle Capital, Charles River Ventures, Atlas Ventures, Rothenberg Ventures, Alexis Ohanian, Garry Tan 12 | — |
| Series A | Jun 2014 | $15M | Index Ventures (Danny Rimer) | Sam Altman, David Marcus, Alexis Ohanian 34 | — |
| Series B | Jan 2016 | $30M | Thrive Capital | Allen & Company, Index Ventures, CRV, Freestyle Capital 56 | $140M |
| Series C | Sep 2017 | $60M | Thrive Capital | Index Ventures, CRV, Freestyle Capital, DFJ 7 | ~$450M |
| Series D | Jul 2019 | $60M | Glade Brook Capital | Index Ventures, CRV, Thrive Capital, Initialized Capital 89 | — |
| Series E | Sep 2020 | $90M | NEA, Wellington Management | Lone Pine Capital, Glade Brook Capital 1011 | $1.2B |
| Series F | Apr 2021 | $155M | Tiger Global | Wellington Management, Lone Pine Capital, NEA 1213 | $4B |
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