Hootsuite

About

Hootsuite develops a platform for managing social media programs across multiple social networks.

Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada
1001 - 5000
https://hootsuite.com/

Highlights

Details

Last Funding Type: Series B
Last Funding Money Raised: $165M
Industries: Apps,Brand Marketing,Messaging,SaaS,Social Media
Founded date: Nov 28, 2008
Number Of Employee: 1001 - 5000
Operating Status: Active
Legal Name: Hootsuite Inc.
Also Known As: Hootsuite

Hootsuite is a platform for managing social media. More than 15 million users, including 800+ of the Fortune 1000 companies, trust Hootsuite to manage their social media programs across multiple social networks from one integrated dashboard.

The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Vancouver, Canada.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds

Total Funding Amount

6

$299.90M

Hootsuite has raised a total of $299.90M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Mar 15, 2018 from a Debt Financing round.

Announced Date	Round	Money Raised	Number of Investors	Lead Investors	Post Valuation
Mar 15, 2018	Debt Financing	$50M	1	CIBC	—	Detail
Sep 25, 2014	Series C	$60M	7	Fidelity	—	Detail
Aug 1, 2013	Series B	$165M	3	Insight Partners	—	Detail
Mar 29, 2012	Secondary Market	$20M	1	OMERS Ventures	—	Detail
Sep 15, 2011	Debt Financing	$3M	4	—	—	Detail

Investors

Number of Lead Investors

Number of Investors

6

13

Hootsuite is funded by 13 investors. CIBC and Fidelity are the most recent investors.

Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round
CIBC	Yes	Debt Financing
Fidelity	Yes	Series C
Accel	—	Series C
Cloud Apps Capital Partners	—	Series C
Difference Capital	—	Series C
Insight Partners	—	Series C
OMERS Ventures	—	Series C
Silicon Valley Bank	—	Series C
Blumberg Capital	—	Debt Financing
Hearst Ventures	—	Debt Financing

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles

37

Hootsuite has 37 current employee profiles, including Executive Mike Barclay

Mike Barclay

Executive

Gary Tauss

Board observer

Melissa Murray Bailey

Executive

Christoph Neut

Employee

Maggie Lower

Executive

Acquisition

Hootsuite has acquired 14 organizations. Their most recent acquisition was Swift App on Mar 12, 2010. They acquired Swift App for 0.

Date Company Name	Industry	Acquisition Type	Price
Mar 12, 2010 Swift App	Android	—	—	Detail
Apr 6, 2011 TwitterBar	Internet	—	—	Detail
Sep 16, 2011 TwapperKeeper	Analytics	—	—	Detail
Sep 27, 2011 What the Trend	Apps	—	—	Detail
Oct 10, 2011 Geotoko	Advertising	—	—	Detail