# Podium

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/podium-corp

- Industry: Software
- Headquarters: Lehi, US
- Website: www.podium.com
- Total disclosed funding: $368M
- Latest round: Series D (Oct 29, 2021)
- Investors on record: 12

## About

Based in Utah, US, and founded in 2014 by its CEO, Eric Rea, and co-founder Dennis Steele, Podium Corp Inc. doing business under the name Podium, develops and operates a software-as-a-service platform for customer engagement. In November 2021, Podium Corp Inc. raised USD 201 million in series D funding led by Y Combinator, with Accel and Album VC, and valued the company at USD 3 billion. As of December 2021, the company had served more than 100,000 local businesses and 50 million customers.

Podium Corp Inc. platform provides services such as automatically collecting online reviews, payment options such as sending payment requests via text to get paid quickly and securely from anywhere, teamchat, webchat that connects remotely with website visitors by taking the conversation to text, videochat, surveys, and messaging for answering questions, coordinating appointments, and staying connected through text.

Podium Corp Inc. will use the funding to accelerate the digital evolution of local businesses.

## Funding rounds

- Series D, Oct 29, 2021, $150M — Accel, Institutional Venture Partners, Summit Partners, Sorenson Capital, Sapphire Ventures, Y Combinator, ArpexCapital, Album VC, Durable Capital Partners
- Series C, Apr 7, 2020, $125M — Accel, Institutional Venture Partners, Summit Partners, Sapphire Ventures, GV, Alkeon Capital Management, Y Combinator, Recruit Co., Ltd.
- Series B, Jun 7, 2018, $60M — Accel, Institutional Venture Partners, Summit Partners, GV, Y Combinator
- Series A, May 9, 2017, $32M — Accel, Summit Partners, GV, Y Combinator
- Seed, Mar 1, 2016, $0.1M — Y Combinator
- Seed, Jul 20, 2014, $0.5M — Album VC

## Investors

- Album VC (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/album-vc) — Seed, Series D
- Y Combinator (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/y-combinator) — Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D
- Accel (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/accel) — Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D
- Summit Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/summit-partners) — Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D
- GV (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/gv) — Series A, Series B, Series C
- Institutional Venture Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/institutional-venture-partners) — Series B, Series C, Series D
- Sapphire Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/sapphire-ventures) — Series C, Series D
- Alkeon Capital Management (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/alkeon-capital-management) — Series C
- Recruit Co., Ltd. — Series C
- Sorenson Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/sorenson-capital) — Series D
- ArpexCapital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/arpexcapital) — Series D
- Durable Capital Partners — Series D