When was Wake founded?

Wake was founded in 2014 and raised its 1st funding round 1 year after it was founded.

Where is Wake located?

Wake is headquartered in San Francisco, United States.

How many employees does Wake have?

As of Mar 01, 2026, the latest employee count at Wake is 10 - 49.

Is Wake a funded company?

Wake is a funded company, having raised a total of $4.55M across 2 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $***** Seed round, raised on May 22, 2015.

When was the latest funding round of Wake?

Wake's latest funding was a $***** Series A round on Dec 30, 2015, with participation from 3 investors.

Where does Wake rank among its competitors?

Wake ranks 87th amongst 606 active competitors, of which 101 are funded. It stands 11th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Outset, which secured $30M in Dec, 2025.

Who are the top competitors of Wake?

Wake's top competitors include User Testing, TUNE and Cortex. Among them, Outset secured the most recent funding round in December, 2025.

Wake - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Wake is an acquired company based in San Francisco (United States), founded in 2014 by Johan Bakken and Tobias Bæck. It operates as a Platform offering collaboration tools for designers. Wake has raised $4.55M in funding from investors like First Round Capital, Designer Fund and Alliance Venture. The company has 606 active competitors, including 101 funded and 45 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like User Testing, TUNE and Cortex.

Company Details

Platform offering collaboration tools for designers. The platform enables designers to share and discuss design work with their teams. Provides various features quick search functionality which can search people, tags, file types and more. Provides integration with Slack and Hipchat. Some of its well known clients include Airbnb, Medium, Facebook, Stripe, Artsy, Netflix, OpenTable, Yahoo, Intercom, Capital One, Radius, Brigade, and Cisco.

Website: wake.com
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Key Metrics

Founded Year

2014

Location

San Francisco, United States

Stage

Acquired

Total Funding

$4.55M in 2 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Series A, Dec 30, 2015, $*****

Investors

First Round Capital & 5 more

Ranked

87^th among 606 active competitors

Employee Count

10 - 49 as on Mar 01, 2026

Similar Companies

User Testing & 891 more

Exit Details

Acquired by InVision (Apr 03, 2018)

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Wake got acquired by InVision on Apr 03, 2018.

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Wake has raised a total funding of $4.55M over 2 rounds. Its first funding round was on May 22, 2015. Its latest funding round was a Series A round on Dec 30, 2015 for $*****. 3 investors participated in its latest round. Wake has 6 institutional investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Wake:

Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Dec 30, 2015	3656255	Series A	4208603	7648425	1450611	2593133
May 22, 2015	7173607	Seed	7568559	5690979	9705736	First Round Capital & 3 more

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The founders of Wake are Johan Bakken and Tobias Bæck.

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

Johan Bakken: Co-Founder of Wake.
Tobias Bæck: Co-Founder of Wake.

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Wake's employee count trend

Wake has 10 - 49 employees as of Mar 26. Here is Wake's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Wake include User Testing, TUNE and Cortex. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Wake, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	User Testing 2007, San Francisco (United States), Acquired	Provider of platform for gathering and analyzing user experience feedback	$148M	Accel, Insight Partners & 15 others	81/100
2nd	TUNE 2009, Seattle (United States), Acquired	Partner marketing platform empowering brands, agencies, and networks to grow	$36.4M	Icon Ventures, Accel & 3 others	74/100
3rd	Cortex 2019, San Francisco (United States), Series C	Developer of an internal developer portal using AI technology	$112M	Sequoia Capital, Scale Venture Partners & 23 others	69/100
4th	dscout 2011, Chicago (United States), Series C	Provider of a platform for conducting and analyzing user experience research	$81M	Guidepost Growth Equity, Beringea & 3 others	68/100
5th	Mixpanel 2009, San Francisco (United States), Series C	Provides product analytics software for product teams	$277M	Andreessen Horowitz, Bain Capital & 9 others	65/100
6th	unitQ 2018, San Mateo (United States), Series B	Cloud and AI based user feedback analytics platform	$41M	Accel, Gradient Ventures & 6 others	65/100
7th	PostHog 2020, San Francisco (United States), Series E	Cloud based product analytics tools	$194M	Peak XV Partners, Y Combinator & 12 others	63/100
8th	WorkSpan 2015, San Bernardino (United States), Series C	Platform offering collaboration marketing solution	$66M	Redline Capital Management, Insight Partners ... & 6 others	62/100
9th	Kraftful 2019, San Francisco (United States), Acquired	AI based product feedback analytics platform	$5.15M	Y Combinator, Samsung NEXT & 10 others	62/100
10th	Outset 2022, San Francisco (United States), Series B	Platform offering AI enabled product lifecycle management solution	$51.3M	Radical Ventures, 8VC & 10 others	62/100
87th	Wake 2014, San Francisco (United States), Acquired	Platform offering collaboration tools for designers	$4.55M	Designer Fund, First Round Capital & 4 others	36/100