Automattic Overview

  • Year Founded
  • 2005

Year Founded

  • Status
  • Private

  • Employees
  • 3,999

Employees

  • Latest Deal Type
  • 2ndary - Private

  • Investors
  • 29

Automattic General Information

Description

Developer of open-source content management systems designed to democratize publishing and commerce. The company develops web publishing, e-commerce, and open-source blogging platforms to make the web a better place and support customers through web hosting, e-commerce, security and backups, and enterprise infrastructure, enabling users to share stories and content irrespective of their income, gender, politics, language, and geography.

Contact Information

Website
www.automattic.com
Ownership Status
Privately Held (backing)
Financing Status
Venture Capital-Backed
Primary Industry
IT Consulting and Outsourcing
Primary Office
  • 60 29th Street
  • Suite 343
  • San Francisco, CA 94110
  • United States
+1 (877) 000-0000

Automattic Timeline

2020202120222023
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Automattic Valuation & Funding

Deal Type Date Amount Raised to Date Post-Val Status Stage
11. Secondary Transaction - Private 01-Apr-2023 00000 Completed Generating Revenue
10. Secondary Transaction - Private 01-Aug-2021 00000 00000 00.00 Completed Generating Revenue
9. Later Stage VC 28-Feb-2021 00000 00000 00.00 Completed Generating Revenue
8. Later Stage VC 08-Aug-2020 000.00 00000 Completed Generating Revenue
7. Later Stage VC (Series D) 16-Sep-2019 00000 00000 000 Completed Generating Revenue
6. Later Stage VC 01-Aug-2018 00000 Completed Generating Revenue
5. Later Stage VC (Series C) 31-May-2014 00000 00000 00.000 Completed Generating Revenue
4. Secondary Transaction - Private 17-Sep-2013 0000 000.00 00.000 Completed Generating Revenue
3. Secondary Transaction - Private 24-May-2013 $50M $30.7M Completed Generating Revenue
2. Early Stage VC (Series B) 31-Jan-2008 $29.5M $30.7M 00000 Completed Generating Revenue
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Automattic Cap Table

Stock # of Shares
Authorized		 Par Value Dividend Rate ($) Original
Issue Price		 Liquidation Liquidation
Pref. Multiple		 Conversion Price % Owned
Series B 0,000,000 00.000000 00.00 00.00 00.00 00.00 00.000
Series A 00,000,000 00.000000 00.00 00.0 00.0 00.0 00.000
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Automattic Comparisons

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Employees
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Post Valuation
Last
Financing
Details
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Automattic Competitors (28)

Company Name Financing Status Location Employees Total Raised Last Financing Date/Type Last Financing Amount
SiteGround Corporation London, United Kingdom 000
00000000 Venture Capital-Backed San Francisco, CA 000 00000 00000000000 00000
000000000 00000000 Corporation Dayton, OH
000 00000 Corporate Backed or Acquired Australia 000000&0
00 00000 Corporation Moscow, Russia 00
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Automattic Patents

  • 1

    Total Documents Applications and Grants

  • 000

    Total Patents Families

  • 000

    Granted

  • 000

    Pending

  • 000

    Expiring in next 12 mo

Automattic Recent Patent Activity

Publication ID Patent Title Status First Filing Date Technology (CPC) Citations
US-20150288715-A1 Systems and methods for protecting websites from botnet attacks Inactive 03-Apr-2014 00000000000 0

Automattic Executive Team (43)

Name Title Board Seat Contact Info
Nick Gernert Chief Executive Officer, WordPress VIP
Paul Maiorana Chief Executive Officer, WooCommerce
George Ng Director of Finance
Matthew Mullenweg Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder
James Grierson Chief Executive Officer, Jetpack
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Automattic Board Members (6)

Name Representing Role Since
Ann Dunwoody Self Board Member 000 0000
Philip Black True Ventures Board Member 000 0000
Susan Decker Self Board Member 000 0000
Toni Schneider Self Board Member 000 0000
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Automattic Signals

Growth Rate

0.80% Weekly
Growth
Weekly Growth 0.80%, 93rd %
-35.5%. 530%

Size Multiple

219x Median
Size Multiple 219x, 100th %ile
0.00x 0.95x. 413Kx

Key Data Points

Twitter Followers

5.5k

Similarweb Unique Visitors

15.0K

Majestic Referring Domains

314

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Automattic Investors (29)

Investor Name Investor Type Holding Investor Since Participating Rounds Contact Info
Aglaé Ventures Venture Capital Minority 000 0000 000000 0
Alta Park Capital Hedge Fund Minority 000 0000 000000 0
BlackRock Asset Manager Minority 000 0000 000000 0
Christopher Lawson Angel (individual) Minority 000 0000 000000 0
Global Venture Management PE/Buyout Minority 000 0000 000000 0
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Automattic Investments & Acquisitions (48)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Lead Partner
0000000 25-May-2023 0000 00000 000 Business/Productivity Software
00000000 07-Sep-2022 00000 0000 00000 Business/Productivity Software
00000000 31-Mar-2022 00000 0000 00000 Media and Information Services (B2B)
000000000 (00 01-Jan-2022 00000 0000 Multimedia and Design Software
Hoppscotch 13-Dec-2021 Seed Round 000 Software Development Applications
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Automattic Subsidiaries (16)

Company Name Industry Location Founded
Frontity Software Development Applications Madrid, Spain 2014
000000000 Financial Software Portland, OR 0000
0000 000000 000000 Media and Information Services (B2B) Boston, MA 0000
00000 00000 Business/Productivity Software Lehi, UT 0000
000000 Network Management Software Urrugne, France 0000
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Automattic Exits (4)

Company Name Exit Date Exit Type Exit Size Status Buyers
00000000 26-Feb-2020 0000 00000 00.00 Completed
  • 11 buyers
0000000000 01-Nov-2018 0000 00000 00.00 Completed
  • 5 buyers
00000000000 05-Oct-2018 00000 00000 00 00000 Completed
  • 2 buyers
Graphflow 20-Jan-2014 Accelerator/Incubator 00000 Completed
  • 2 buyers
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