Pinterest

About

Pinterest is a visual bookmarking tool for saving and discovering creative ideas.

San Francisco,California,United States
5001 - 10000
https://pinterest.com

Highlights

Details

Last Funding Type: Post-IPO Equity
Industries: Internet,Social Bookmarking,Social Media,Social Network,Software
Founded date: Mar 1, 2010
Number Of Employee: 5001 - 10000
Operating Status: Active
Stock Symbol: nyse:PINS
Legal Name: Pinterest Inc.
Also Known As: Cold Brew Labs Inc.

Pinterest is a visual bookmarking tool for saving and discovering creative ideas. It helps its users to discover and do what they love--including recipes, arts and crafts, clothing, and home projects. Its site and app allow its users to save and post images on different boards, categorized and curated to each user's individual tastes. Users can also follow boards created by other users, and re-post (or "pin") items to their own boards.

The company was launched in 2009. To date, the site has more than 150 million monthly users and has more than than 1,000 employees.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds

Total Funding Amount

27

$2.88B

Pinterest has raised a total of $2.88B in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jul 14, 2022 from a Post-IPO Equity round.

Announced Date	Round	Money Raised	Number of Investors	Lead Investors	Post Valuation
Jul 14, 2022	Post-IPO Equity	—	1	Elliott Management	—	Detail
Jan 1, 2020	Post-IPO Equity	—	1	—	—	Detail
Apr 18, 2019	IPO	$1.40B	—	—	—	Detail
Jan 28, 2019	Secondary Market	—	1	—	—	Detail
Jul 19, 2018	Secondary Market	—	1	—	—	Detail

Investors

Number of Lead Investors

Number of Investors

12

44

Pinterest is funded by 44 investors. Elliott Management and Brandtech Ventures are the most recent investors.

Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round
Elliott Management	Yes	Post-IPO Equity
Brandtech Ventures	Yes	Series Unknown
Goldman Sachs Investment Partners	Yes	Series G
SVA	Yes	Series G
Wellington Management	Yes	Series G
Rakuten	Yes	Series C
Light Street Capital	—	Secondary Market
Founders Future	—	Secondary Market
All Blue Capital	—	Secondary Market
SharesPost Investment Management	—	Secondary Market

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles

133

Pinterest has 133 current employee profiles, including Advisor Scott Belsky

Advisor

Advisor

Advisor

Executive

Board member

Acquisition

Pinterest has acquired 18 organizations. Their most recent acquisition was Punchfork on Jan 3, 2013. They acquired Punchfork for 0.

Date Company Name	Industry	Acquisition Type	Price
Jan 3, 2013 Punchfork	Online Portals	acquisition	—	Detail
Mar 20, 2013 Livestar	Media and Entertainment	—	—	Detail
Oct 11, 2013 Hackermeter	Recruiting	acquisition	—	Detail
Jan 6, 2014 VisualGraph	Analytics	—	—	Detail
Jul 30, 2014 Icebergs	Apps	acquihire	—	Detail