When was PubNub founded?

PubNub was founded in 2010 and raised its 1st funding round 2 years after it was founded.

Where is PubNub located?

PubNub is headquartered in San Francisco, United States.

How many employees does PubNub have?

As of Jun 30, 2026, the latest employee count at PubNub is 123.

Is PubNub a funded company?

PubNub is a funded company, having raised a total of $135M across 6 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $***** Series A round, raised on Mar 20, 2012.

How much is PubNub worth?

The latest valuation of PubNub is $***** as of Apr 09, 2019.

When was the latest funding round of PubNub?

PubNub's latest funding was a $***** Series E round on Nov 04, 2021, with participation from 5 investors.

Where does PubNub rank among its competitors?

PubNub ranks 3rd amongst 312 active competitors, of which 54 are funded. It stands 2nd in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Supabase, which secured $500M in Jun, 2026.

Who are the top competitors of PubNub?

PubNub's top competitors include Losant, Supabase and WaveMaker. Among them, Supabase secured the most recent funding round in June, 2026.

PubNub - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Company Details

Provider of infrastructure and APIs for real-time interactive application development. The platform offers tools for building, managing, and optimizing applications. Core services include real-time communication, global network infrastructure, and decision intelligence. It supports use cases like chat, live audience engagement, multi-user collaboration, and IoT device control. The platform provides features such as edge messaging, event-driven architecture, and gamification.

Website: www.pubnub.com/
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Key Metrics

Founded Year

2010

Location

San Francisco, United States

Stage

Series E

Total Funding

$135M in 6 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Series E, Nov 04, 2021, $*****

Post Money Valuation

$***** as on Apr 09, 2019

Investors

Scale Venture Partners & 15 more

Ranked

3^rd among 312 active competitors

Employee Count

123 as on Jun 30, 2026

Similar Companies

Losant & 446 more

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PubNub is associated with 2 legal entities given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Documents
Pubnub, Inc. CIN: 32054691491 , United States, Deadpooled	Jul 21, 2014	-	-	-
Pubnub Inc. CIN: 273312102 , United States, Active	Dec 31, 1999	-	55 (As on Dec 31, 2015)	-

PubNub has raised a total funding of $135M over 6 rounds. Its first funding round was on Mar 20, 2012. Its latest funding round was a Series E round on Nov 04, 2021 for $*****. 5 investors participated in its latest round. PubNub has 16 institutional investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of PubNub:

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Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Nov 04, 2021	5629072	Series E	8458129	9280402	7549158	3543874
Apr 09, 2019	7546072	Series D	8304915	1895095	8235184	Sapphire Ventures & 5 more
Sep 12, 2016	2926601	Series C	2582068	4689176	5142259	Cisco Investments & 1 more

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The founders of PubNub is Stephen Blum.

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

Stephen Blum: Co-Founder & CTO of PubNub. They are also an angel investor in 2 startups.
Contact Info: 1 email address
Todd Greene: Co-Founder and COO of PubNub.

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PubNub's employee count trend

PubNub has 123 employees as of Jun 26. Here is PubNub's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of PubNub include Losant, Supabase and WaveMaker. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of PubNub, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Losant 2015, Cincinnati (United States), Acquired	Provides a cloud-based platform for IOT application development	$25.2M	CincyTech, Revolution & 3 others	66/100
2nd	Supabase 2020, Singapore (Singapore), Series F	Developer of relational database management tools and backend infrastructure services	$1.04B	Peak XV Partners, Accel & 26 others	64/100
3rd	PubNub 2010, San Francisco (United States), Series E	Provider of infrastructure and APIs for real-time interactive application development	$135M	Sapphire Ventures, Cisco Investments & 14 others	64/100
4th	WaveMaker 2003, Mountain View (United States), Acquired	Developer of low-code platform for building and customizing enterprise applications	$8.72M	Worldview Technology Partners, AllegisCyber Capital ... & 3 others	63/100
5th	Prisma 2016, San Francisco (United States), Series B	Backend platform based on GraphQL to build scalable applications	$56.5M	Altimeter Capital, Amplify Partners & 13 others	63/100
6th	Ganymede 2021, San Francisco (United States), Acquired	Platform offering baas integrated application development software	$15.6M	Caffeinated Capital, Hawktail & 2 others	62/100
7th	Xano 2014, Los Angeles (United States), Series A	Platform offering cloud application backend development platform	$15.4M	Engineering Capital, MHS Capital	56/100
8th	ClearBlade 2007, Austin (United States), Series A	Provider of cloud-based edge computing platform	$12.8M	Align Capital Partners, Sumitomo & 8 others	54/100
9th	Microshare 2013, Philadelphia (United States), Series C	Provider of a data platform for IoT applications	$39M	Motley Fool Ventures, Semtech & 4 others	54/100
10th	ThingWorx 2009, Boston (United States), Acquired	Platform to build and run applications for connected devices	$18.4M	Safeguard Scientifics, Momenta	53/100