When was Arena founded?

Arena was founded in 2016 and raised its 1st funding round within a year of its incorporation.

Where is Arena located?

Arena is headquartered in San Francisco, United States.

How many employees does Arena have?

As of Jun 30, 2026, the latest employee count at Arena is 114.

Is Arena a funded company?

Arena is a funded company, having raised a total of $15.9M across 4 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $***** Seed round, raised on 2016.

When was the latest funding round of Arena?

Arena's latest funding was a $***** Series A round on Mar 30, 2022, with participation from 10 investors.

Where does Arena rank among its competitors?

Arena ranks 30th amongst 208 active competitors, of which 41 are funded. It stands 10th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was MoEngage, which secured $57M in Dec, 2025.

Who are the top competitors of Arena?

Arena's top competitors include Capillary Technologies, Braze and Blueshift. Among them, MoEngage secured the most recent funding round in December, 2025.

Arena - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Company Details

Arena is a live blogging and audience engagement platform for brands. The platform enables users to publish multimedia content and social media posts into a live blog embedded into their website. The platform's features include social media integration, multiple content collaborators, real time chat, monetization schemes, etc. Arena also offers tools to users to add social media streams and group chats into their website under their products Stream and Chat respectively.

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Key Metrics

Founded Year

2016

Location

San Francisco, United States

Stage

Series A

Total Funding

$15.9M in 4 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Series A, Mar 30, 2022, $*****

Investors

CRV & 19 more

Ranked

30^th among 208 active competitors

Employee Count

114 as on Jun 30, 2026

Similar Companies

Capillary Technologies & 309 more

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Arena has raised a total funding of $15.9M over 4 rounds. Its first funding round was on 2016. Its latest funding round was a Series A round on Mar 30, 2022 for $*****. 10 investors participated in its latest round. Arena has 14 institutional investors and 6 angel investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Arena:

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Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Mar 30, 2022	9336968	Series A	6025347	4972148	3066487	1283521
Jun 17, 2020	5482524	Seed	8787336	3954573	8578646	Plug and Play Tech Center & 2 more
Sep 30, 2016	4675813	Seed	5983262	7959863	Techstars	5296546

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The founders of Arena are Paulo Martins and Rodrigo De Castro Reis.

Here are the details of Arena's key team members:

Paulo Martins: Co-Founder & CEO of Arena.
Contact Info: 1 email address
Rodrigo De Castro Reis: Co-Founder & CTO of Arena.

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Arena's employee count trend

Arena has 114 employees as of Jun 26. Here is Arena's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Arena include Capillary Technologies, Braze and Blueshift. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Arena, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Capillary Technologies 2008, Bengaluru (India), Public	AI powered loyalty management software for enterprises	$144M	Warburg Pincus, Norwest & 32 others	82/100
2nd	Braze 2011, New York City (United States), Public	Provider of a platform for cross-channel customer engagement and messaging	$175M	Meritech, Icon Ventures & 23 others	76/100
3rd	Blueshift 2014, San Francisco (United States), Acquired	AI-enabled marketing automation platform	$57.6M	Storm Ventures, Nexus Venture Partners & 18 others	73/100
4th	Netcore Cloud 1998, Mumbai (India), Early Stage	Provider of an AI-powered platform for customer engagement and marketing	$4.89M	Suryatej Advisors, Meadow Ventures & 24 others	73/100
5th	Leanplum 2012, San Francisco (United States), Acquired	Mobile A/B testing, personalization & analytics platform	$172M	Norwest, Shasta Ventures & 14 others	72/100
6th	Marketo 2006, San Jose (United States), Acquired	Provider of marketing automation platform for businesses	$98.4M	IVP, Battery Ventures & 13 others	68/100
7th	MoEngage 2014, San Francisco (United States), Series F	Cloud based platform offering cross channel customer engagement software	$299M	Exfinity Venture Partners, Helion Venture Partners ... & 26 others	66/100
8th	CleverTap 2013, San Francisco (United States), Series D	Cloud based customer engagement platform for businesses	$182M	Peak XV Partners, Accel & 4 others	65/100
9th	[24]7.ai 2000, San Jose (United States), Series B	Provider of customer experience solutions, services, and an engagement cloud	$22M	Sequoia Capital, Sherpalo Ventures & 2 others	65/100
10th	Khoros 2007, Austin (United States), Acquired	Community and social media management platform	$152M	New Enterprise Associates, Tenaya Capital ... & 19 others	62/100
30th	Arena 2016, San Francisco (United States), Series A	Live blogging and audience engagement platform for brands	$15.9M	Artisanal Ventures, Craft Ventures & 18 others	42/100