AI marketing platform Profound hits $1.8B valuation, one-third of Fortune 100 on board
adityaag · x · 2026-09-16
- AI marketing platform Profound is now worth $1.8B, with one-third of the Fortune 100 using it.
- Founders James Cadwallader (no-degree founder) and dbabbs (ex-Uber Maps engineer) met via SPC; the partnership formed before the idea did.
- The company raised a $180M Series D co-led by Sequoia and Kleiner Perkins, with Lightspeed, Khosla Ventures and Saga Ventures participating; early investors backed every round.
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