Patreon - About the company
Patreon is a series F company based in San Francisco (United States), founded in 2013 by Jack Conte. It operates as a Provider of a reward-based crowdfunding platform for musicians and content creators. Patreon has raised $412M in funding from investors like Thrive Capital, Index Ventures and Glade Brook Capital, with a current valuation of $4B. The company has 207 active competitors, including 33 funded and 8 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Substack, Medium and HoneyBook.
Sectors and market segments that Patreon operate in
Patreon serves in the FinTech, Media & Entertainment, Gig Economy market segments.The primary business model of Patreon are:Company Details
Provider of a reward-based crowdfunding platform for musicians and content creators. It allows users to invest in projects to avail returns in the form of pre-sold concert tickets, personal gifts, meet & greets, etc. The backers pledge a fixed amount every month to the chosen project. It is based on the ad revenue and per-stream payouts model. The application can be accessed on iOS and Android devices.
- Website
- www.patreon.com/
- Social
- Email ID
- *****@patreon.com
- Phone Number
- +1 **********
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2013
Location
San Francisco, United States
Stage
Series F
Total Funding
$412M in 7 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Post Money Valuation
$4B as on Apr 07, 2021
Investors
Ranked
3rd among 207 active competitors
Employee Count
1,255 as on May 31, 2026
Legal entities associated with Patreon
Patreon is associated with 1 legal entity given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Documents |
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Patreon, Inc. CIN: 7073064 , United States, Active | Sep 06, 2023 | - | 397 (As on Dec 31, 2024) | - |
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Patreon's funding and investors
Patreon has raised a total funding of $412M over 7 rounds. Its first funding round was on Aug 02, 2013. Its latest funding round was a Series F round on Apr 06, 2021 for $155M. 7 investors participated in its latest round. Patreon has 52 institutional investors and 9 angel investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Patreon:
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Filter this listDate of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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Apr 06, 2021 | $155M | Series F | $4B | - | ||
Sep 02, 2020 | $90M | Series E | $1B | - | - | |
Jul 16, 2019 | $60M | Series D | $600M | - |
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Patreon's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of Patreon is Jack Conte. Jack Conte is the CEO of Patreon.
Here are the details of Patreon's key team members:
- Jack Conte: Co-Founder & CEO of Patreon. They are also an angel investor in 6 startups.Contact Info: 1 email address
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Patreon's employee count trend
Patreon has 1,255 employees as of May 26. Here is Patreon's employee count trend over the years:
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Patreon's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Patreon include Substack, Medium and HoneyBook. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Patreon, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st | Substack 2017, San Francisco (United States), Series C | Platform allowing writers to publish and monetize their content directly with readers. | $190M | 84/100 | |
2nd | Medium 2012, San Francisco (United States), Series C | Online publishing platform thet allows users to read and write blogs | $163M | 84/100 | |
3rd |  Patreon 2013, San Francisco (United States), Series F | Provider of a reward-based crowdfunding platform for musicians and content creators | $412M | 82/100 | |
4th |  HoneyBook 2013, San Francisco (United States), Series E | Client workflow process automation software | $479M | 75/100 | |
5th | Bandcamp 2007, San Francisco (United States), Acquired | Online retailer of digital music, vinyl records, and related merchandise | $40M | 70/100 | |
6th |  Kajabi 2010, Irvine (United States), Series A | Provider of a platform for creating and selling digital products | $550M | 70/100 | |
7th |  Wordpress 2005, United States, Public | Provider of website hosting, domain name registration, and website building | $28K | 67/100 | |
8th |  beatBread 2020, Los Angeles (United States), Series B | Online music funding platform | $258M | 62/100 | |
9th | Scoop.it 2010, San Francisco (United States), Acquired | Content curation and social sharing platform for businesses | $2.6M | 58/100 | |
10th | Bonsai 2015, San Francisco (United States), Seed | Cloud-based platform for freelance business management | $120K | 57/100 |
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Patreon's Investments and acquisitions
Patreon has acquired 2 companies including Moment and Memberful. Patreon has not made any investments as of now.See all acquisitions by Patreon
Reports related to Patreon
Here is the latest report on Patreon's geography:
News related to Patreon
Filter this listMedia has covered Patreon for a total of 10 events in the last 1 year, 2 of them have been about company updates and 1 about people movement.
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AI Startup Chronicle Secures $12 Million to Automate the Social Media EconomyEntrepreneur•May 19, 2026•Point72 Ventures, Patreon
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Watch Club secures seed funding led by GV for vertical microdrama seriesTechCrunch+•Feb 03, 2026•Upside VC, Patreon, WATCH CLUB
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CarbonWeb Acquires Green Llamas to Expand monday.com Partnership in North AmericaPR Newswire•Dec 16, 2025•Carbon Web Print, Green Llamas, Patreon
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Patreon Adds Discovery Feed, Aims to Be a Healthier Social Media AlternativeEngadget•Nov 10, 2025•Patreon
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Social Fitness Platform Sweatpals Raises $12M To Fuel the ‘Daylife Movement’Athletech News•Oct 28, 2025•Patron, SweatPals, Andreessen Horowitz, Patreon and 10 others
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Character platform ego AI secures $6.7m to enhance human-like in-game charactersPocket Gamer•Oct 16, 2025•The New York Times, Y Combinator, Boost VC, Accel and 2 others
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