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 Sep 30, 2026, the latest employee count at PubNub is 121.

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 Nov 04, 2021.

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. Its primary sector is Internet of Things Infrastructure. In United States, the Internet of Things Infrastructure sector has seen $1.68B in funding in 2026 to date.

Where does PubNub rank among its competitors?

PubNub ranks 6th amongst 389 active competitors, of which 55 are funded. It stands 2nd in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Dapta, which secured $6M in Oct, 2026.

Who are the top competitors of PubNub?

PubNub's top competitors include Supabase, Prisma and WaveMaker. Among them, Dapta secured the most recent funding round in October, 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 Nov 04, 2021

Investors

Scale Venture Partners & 15 more

Ranked

6^th among 389 active competitors

Employee Count

121 as on Sep 30, 2026

Similar Companies

Supabase & 524 more

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PubNub is associated with 2 legal entities given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Reports
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	4406141	Series E	3611879	2930272	6920159	1133436
Apr 09, 2019	5427958	Series D	2114336	2597327	4073978	Sapphire Ventures & 5 more
Sep 12, 2016	2602774	Series C	6691800	3584726	3710430	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

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PubNub's employee count trend

PubNub has 121 employees as of Sep 26. Here is PubNub's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of PubNub include Supabase, Prisma 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	Supabase 2020, Singapore (Singapore), Series F	Developer of relational database management tools and backend infrastructure services	$1.19B	GIC, Peak XV Partners & 29 others	68/100
2nd	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	65/100
3rd	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	65/100
4th	Losant 2015, Cincinnati (United States), Acquired	Provides a cloud-based platform for IOT application development	$25.2M	CincyTech, Revolution & 3 others	62/100
5th	Ganymede 2021, San Francisco (United States), Acquired	Platform offering baas integrated application development software	$15.6M	Caffeinated Capital, BoxGroup & 2 others	61/100
6th	PubNub 2010, San Francisco (United States), Series E	Provider of infrastructure and APIs for real-time interactive application development	$135M	Sapphire Ventures, Ericsson & 14 others	60/100
7th	Xano 2014, Los Angeles (United States), Series A	Platform offering cloud application backend development platform	$15.4M	Engineering Capital, MHS Capital	58/100
8th	Idein 2015, Chiyoda City (Japan), Series A	Provider of edge-computing platform service to enterprises	$23.6M	Global Brain, Sony Innovation Fund & 7 others	56/100
9th	Dapta 2023, Miami (United States), Seed	Low-code backend and integration platform that allows users to deploy and manage microservices	$11.2M	500 Global, Invariantes Fund & 7 others	54/100
10th	Axonize 2015, Tel Aviv (Israel), Acquired	Provides platform and backend as a service for IOT Applications	$7.5M	Meron Capital, DTCP & 3 others	54/100