Postman - About the company
Postman is a series D company based in San Francisco (United States), founded in 2014 by Abhinav Asthana, Abhijit Kane and Ankit Sobti. It operates as a Provider of platform unifying API design, testing, documentation, monitoring, and discovery. Postman has raised $434M in funding from investors like Nexus Venture Partners, Insight Partners and CRV, with a current valuation of $5.6B. The company has 116 active competitors, including 17 funded and 14 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like National Instruments, Moesif and StackHawk.
Company Details
Provider of platform unifying API design, testing, documentation, monitoring, and discovery. The platform integrates with gateways and Git solutions. It allows defining application programming interfaces collaboratively with support for standards. The platform helps to organize application programming interface requests, collaborate across teams, and automate workflows. It also helps to automate functional, integration, and regression testing across the application programming interface ecosystem.
- Website
- www.postman.com/
- Social
- Email ID
- *****@postman.com
- Phone Number
- +1 **********
- Registered Address
- #310, 6th Main, Indiranagar (Bangalore), Bangalore, Bangalore North, Karnataka, India, 560038
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2014
Location
San Francisco, United States
Stage
Series D
Total Funding
$434M in 6 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Post Money Valuation
$5.6B as on Aug 18, 2021
Investors
Ranked
1st among 116 active competitors
Employee Count
273 as on Aug 31, 2025
Legal entities associated with Postman
Postman is associated with 2 legal entities given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Documents |
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POSTDOT TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED CIN: U72900KA2014PTC076766 , India, Active | Oct 14, 2014 | $21.1M (As on Mar 31, 2025) | 273 (As on Aug 31, 2025) | |
POSTMAN, INC. CIN: 5814450 , United States, Active | Sep 01, 2015 | - | 2 (As on Dec 31, 2017) | - |
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Postman's funding and investors
Postman has raised a total funding of $434M over 6 rounds. Its first funding round was on Oct 31, 2014. Its latest funding round was a Series D round on Aug 18, 2021 for $225M. 8 investors participated in its latest round. Postman has 11 institutional investors and 6 angel investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Postman:
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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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Aug 18, 2021 | $225M | Series D | $5.6B | - | ||
Jun 11, 2020 | $150M | Series C | $2B | - | ||
Jun 19, 2019 | $50M | Series B | $110M | - |
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Postman's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of Postman are Abhinav Asthana, Abhijit Kane and Ankit Sobti. Abhinav Asthana is the CEO of Postman.
Here are the details of Postman's key team members:
- Abhinav Asthana: Co-Founder & CEO of Postman and founder of 4 other companies, including Postman, Postman and Postman. They are also an angel investor in 13 startups and serve on the board of 1 company.Contact Info: 1 phone number
- Abhijit Kane: Co-Founder of Postman and founder of 1 other company. They are also an angel investor in 2 startups and serve on the board of 1 company.Contact Info: 1 email address and 1 phone number
- Ankit Sobti: Founder And Chief Technical Officer of Postman. They are also an angel investor in 5 startups and serve on the board of 1 company.
Postman's Board of Directors
Postman's board has 3 active members. Abhinav Asthana, Abhijit Kane and Ankit Sobti are part of team.Here is the list of Postman's board of directors:
Name | Type | Representing | Status | Duration |
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Team | - | Current | 11y 7m | |
Team | - | Current | 11y 7m | |
Team | - | Current | 11y 7m |
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Postman's employee count trend
Postman has 273 employees as of Aug 25. Here is Postman's employee count trend over the years:
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Postman's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Postman include National Instruments, Moesif and StackHawk. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Postman, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st |  Postman 2014, San Francisco (United States), Series D | Provider of platform unifying API design, testing, documentation, monitoring, and discovery | $434M | 74/100 | |
2nd | National Instruments 1976, Austin (United States), Acquired | Provider of hardware, software, and services for test and measurement | - | 66/100 | |
3rd | Moesif 2016, San Francisco (United States), Acquired | Provider of API testing and monitoring tools | $15.5M | 63/100 | |
4th |  StackHawk 2019, Denver (United States), Series B | Cloud based security testing software | $47.4M | 62/100 | |
5th |  Mayhem 2012, Pittsburgh (United States), Acquired | Automated code and API security testing tool | $37.9M | 61/100 | |
6th |  Bright Security 2018, San Rafael (United States), Series A | Platform offering security testing software | $25.7M | 59/100 | |
7th | Wallarm 2013, San Francisco (United States), Series C | API security platform delivering complete protection against attacks and abuse | $75.1M | 58/100 | |
8th | Cloud based API security testing platform | $6M | 55/100 | ||
9th | AI based solutions for API security | $13.2M | 54/100 | ||
10th | KushoAI 2022, San Francisco (United States), Seed | Provider of an AI-powered platform for software reliability and security | $600K | 52/100 |
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Postman's Investments and acquisitions
Postman has not made any investments yet. Postman has made 4 acquisitions.Here is the list of latest three $acquisitions:Filter this list
Filter this listDate of Investment/Acquisition | Type | Company Name | Founded Year | Location |
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Jan 08, 2026 | Acquisition | 2022 | San Francisco (United States) | |
Nov 14, 2025 | Acquisition | 2022 | Austin (United States) | |
Apr 12, 2024 | Acquisition | 2019 | San Francisco (United States) |
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News related to Postman
Filter this listMedia has covered Postman for a total of 14 events in the last 1 year, 9 of them have been about company updates and 2 about partnerships.
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Dynatrace and Postman Integrate for Real-Time API Observability in WorkflowsVerdict•Mar 13, 2026•Postman, Dynatrace
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Postman Acquires liblab to Accelerate Vision for a Unified API Lifecycle PlatformBakersfield•Nov 14, 2025•LibLab, Postman
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Postman Advances Enterprise Readiness with New Product Enhancements for Building AI-Ready APIsBusiness Wire•Nov 06, 2025•Postman
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Postman Announces New San Francisco Headquarters to Accelerate Growth and InnovationBusiness Wire•Jul 23, 2025•Postman
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