Pinterest is a visual bookmarking tool for saving and discovering creative ideas.
Pinterest is a visual bookmarking tool for saving and discovering creative ideas. It helps its users to discover and do what they love--including recipes, arts and crafts, clothing, and home projects. Its site and app allow its users to save and post images on different boards, categorized and curated to each user's individual tastes. Users can also follow boards created by other users, and re-post (or "pin") items to their own boards.
The company was launched in 2009. To date, the site has more than 150 million monthly users and has more than than 1,000 employees.
Announced Date | Round | Money Raised | Number of Investors | Lead Investors | Post Valuation | |
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Jul 14, 2022 | Post-IPO Equity | — | 1 | Elliott Management | — | Detail |
Jan 1, 2020 | Post-IPO Equity | — | 1 | — | — | Detail |
Apr 18, 2019 | IPO | $1.40B | — | — | — | Detail |
Jan 28, 2019 | Secondary Market | — | 1 | — | — | Detail |
Jul 19, 2018 | Secondary Market | — | 1 | — | — | Detail |
Investor Name | Lead Investor | Funding Round |
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Elliott Management | Yes | Post-IPO Equity |
Brandtech Ventures | Yes | Series Unknown |
Goldman Sachs Investment Partners | Yes | Series G |
SVA | Yes | Series G |
Wellington Management | Yes | Series G |
Rakuten | Yes | Series C |
Light Street Capital | — | Secondary Market |
Founders Future | — | Secondary Market |
All Blue Capital | — | Secondary Market |
SharesPost Investment Management | — | Secondary Market |
Pinterest has acquired 18 organizations. Their most recent acquisition was Punchfork on Jan 3, 2013. They acquired Punchfork for 0.
Date
Company Name
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Industry | Acquisition Type | Price | |
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Jan 3, 2013
Punchfork
|
Online Portals | acquisition | — | Detail |
Mar 20, 2013
Livestar
|
Media and Entertainment | — | — | Detail |
Oct 11, 2013
Hackermeter
|
Recruiting | acquisition | — | Detail |
Jan 6, 2014
VisualGraph
|
Analytics | — | — | Detail |
Jul 30, 2014
Icebergs
|
Apps | acquihire | — | Detail |