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Funding and backers

Total raised
$172.7M
4 rounds on record
Latest round
$128.3M
Venture round · Feb 2019 · 7 yr ago
Team
51-200
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
40
+19 posted in 30 days
Backers
3
Band of Angels, Mercury Fund
The money's age
Long since its last round
91 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
29/100
hiring for its size, a new city
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 0.01%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Hacker News stories
21
best: 517 points
Funding rounds
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
Venture round Feb 2019 $128.3M — SEC Form D
Venture round Jun 2018 $16.7M — SEC Form D
Venture round Dec 2017 $11.1M — SEC Form D
Venture round Nov 2016 $16.6M — SEC Form D
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
Legal entity TrendKite Inc. sec
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Matthew AllisonExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Anthony BrunoExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
Erik HuddlestonExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Steve SolomonExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
Kevin AkeroydExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Yujie ChenExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
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How Cision hires

Truth index
B 82/100
Median time to fill
50 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
71%
Reposted roles
0%

Cision scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 7 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 71% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 50 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed

Overview

Cision is a leading global public relations, earned media, and corporate communications management platform headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The company provides a comprehensive suite of cloud software and media intelligence solutions, including media contact databases, press release distribution via PR Newswire, social media listening, and campaign analytics.

News

News YahooFinance 9 months ago
Cision Acquires Trajaan, Expanding AI and Search Intelligence Across Its Platforms
Cision, a global leader in consumer and media intelligence, today announced the acquisition of Trajaan, the industry-leading search intelligence platform. This move significantly accelerates Cision
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News News Powered by Cision 1 year ago
Electric cars and their warning signals difficult to locate at low speed
As electric cars become more common, vulnerable road users are encountering more and more
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Press release PRNewswire 1 year ago
Featured.com Acquires Help A Reporter Out (HARO) from Cision
/PRNewswire/ -- Featured.com, a platform that connects subject-matter experts with journalists, announced today that it has acquired Help A Reporter Out (HARO)...
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News News Powered by Cision 1 year ago
E-scooter crashes mainly caused by reckless driving
Crashes on electric scooters are mostly due to the behaviour of the riders, with one-
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News Cision 1 year ago
The 5 Best Tips for PR Writing
This article explores Cision
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Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Cision over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
69
Postings analysed
27
Stack modernity
83/100AI adopter
Languages
C#26%
Python26%
SQL26%
Go11%
Frameworks & libraries
Next.js4%
Ruby on Rails4%
Vue.js4%
React.js4%
Databases
MySQL30%
PostgreSQL30%
ElasticSearch19%
Redis15%
Cloud & platforms
Kubernetes59%
AWS56%
GCP48%
Linux22%
AI & ML
LLM15%
Falcon4%
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Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$105k
Typical range
$65k – $180k
Open positions
9
6 Jobs
Junior 16.7%
Senior 16.7%
Staff 16.7%
Architect 50%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Junior 1 $150k $150k
Senior 1 $143k $143k
Staff 1 $86k $86k
Architect 3 $180k $105k – $180k
Highest paying role Account Director II $180k
Normalized to USD per year

People

Matthew Allison
Executive Officer, Director
Anthony Bruno
Executive Officer
Erik Huddleston
Executive Officer, Director
Steve Solomon
Executive Officer
Kevin Akeroyd
Executive Officer, Director
Yujie Chen
Executive Officer
Peter Low
Executive Officer
Jack Pearlstein
Executive Officer
Robert Coppola
Executive Officer
Rainer Mathes
Executive Officer
Chris Lynch
Executive Officer
Sean Feeney
Director
Names and roles come from public filings, company registers and the company's own site. Is this you? Correct or remove

Growth

Hiring Momentum
87/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
40
18 opened / 19 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
46 days
faster than 32% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~1 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics +100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Marketing
20%
Sales
20% ▲
Customer Success
14% ▼
DevOps
10% ▼
Backend
6% ▲
Security
6% ▲
Actively hiring for Sales (+6 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
New location: Montreal Sep 2026
New location: Stockholm Sep 2026
New location: Singapore Sep 2026
Added Microsoft Office to stack Sep 2026
Added Windows to stack Sep 2026
Added SIEM to stack Sep 2026
Added Active Directory to stack Sep 2026
Added TCP/IP to stack Sep 2026
Added OSPF to stack Sep 2026
Added Linux to stack Sep 2026
Added DNS to stack Sep 2026
Added BGP to stack Sep 2026

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
33
Hiring now
14
Countries
20
Busiest office
Chicago
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Chicago United States
HQ
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
3 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff $104k Avg Salary
hires for Marketing, Sales
seen since Oct 2025 careers board, job postings
Austin United States
HQ
Cleveland United States
Sales office
Chicago, Illinois, USA
4 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $103k Avg Salary
hires for Marketing, Sales
seen since Feb 2026 careers board, job postings
Copenhagen Denmark
Sales office
Copenhagen, Denmark
3 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 33% remote 10-50 est. staff
hires for Sales, Customer Success
seen since Jul 2026 careers board, job postings
Albuquerque United States
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
2 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff $180k Avg Salary
hires for Marketing, Customer Success
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
Regional office
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 1-10 est. staff
hires for Analytics, Communications
seen since Jul 2026 careers board, job postings
Montreal Canada
Sales office
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 1-10 est. staff
hires for Networking, Sales
seen since Aug 2026 careers board, job postings
Stockholm Sweden
Support & operations
Stockholm, Sweden
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Finance, Customer Success
seen since Sep 2026 job postings
London United Kingdom
Regional office
London, UK
1 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Sales
seen since Apr 2026 careers board, job postings
Sofia Bulgaria
Sofia, Bulgaria
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Finance
seen since Apr 2026 job postings
Melbourne Australia
Regional office
Melbourne, Australia
1 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Sales
seen since May 2026 careers board, job postings
Singapore Singapore
Regional office
Singapore, Singapore
1 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Sales
seen since Aug 2026 careers board, job postings
Frankfurt am Main Germany
Regional office
Frankfurt, Germany
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Sales
seen since Jul 2026 careers board, job postings
Seoul South Korea
South Korea
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Management
seen since Aug 2026 job postings
Taipei Taiwan
Taipei, Taiwan
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Management
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
Beijing China
Regional office
Beijing, China
1-10 est. staff
seen since Jun 2026 careers board
New York United States
Regional office
New York, New York, USA
careers board
Dubai United Arab Emirates
Regional office
Dubai, UAE
careers board
Paris France
Regional office
Paris, France
careers board
Hong Kong Hong Kong
Regional office
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
careers board
Shanghai China
Regional office
Pudong Shanghai, China
careers board
Guangzhou China
Regional office
Guangzhou, China
careers board
Bengaluru India
Regional office
Bangalore, India
careers board
Mumbai India
Regional office
Mumbai, India
careers board
Hyderabad India
Regional office
Hyderabad, India
careers board
Chennai India
Regional office
Chennai, India
careers board
Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam
Regional office
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
careers board
Budapest Hungary
Regional office
Budapest, Hungary
careers board
Chengdu China
Regional office
Chengdu, China
careers board
Hangzhou China
Regional office
Hangzhou, China
careers board
Lyon France
Regional office
Lyon, France
careers board
Coimbra Portugal
Regional office
Coimbra, Portugal
careers board
Brighton United Kingdom
Regional office
Brighton, UK
careers board

Jobs

≈ $47k – $101k per year (Estimated) • Remote (India) • 8+ years exp
JavaScript
Ruby
Ruby on Rails
Databases
ElasticSearch
AI/ML
Copilot
Frontend
Vue.js
DevOps
Kubernetes
Apply
≈ $119k – $224k per year (Estimated) • Remote (United Kingdom)
JavaScript
PHP
TypeScript
WordPress
Frontend
Next.js
React.js
DevOps
AWS
Apply
≈ $77k – $167k per year (Estimated) • In office • 7+ years exp • Montreal
Terraform
Ansible
GCP
Cilium
AWS
Kubernetes
Platform Engineering
Configuration Management
Linux
TCP/IP
DNS
BGP
OSPF
Cybersecurity
Calico
Apply
$74k – $86k per year (gross) • Remote (Bulgaria, Hungary) • 10+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree
Python
Go
Java
SQL
C#
MySQL
PostgreSQL
DevOps
GCP
CI/CD
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
Platform Engineering
Analytics
ETL/ELT
Apply
≈ $61k – $135k per year (Estimated) • Remote (Brazil, Mexico) • 5+ years exp
MySQL
PostgreSQL
Redis
ElasticSearch
Apache Kafka
DevOps
Terraform
Puppet
Ansible
GCP
Prometheus
CI/CD
AWS
Kubernetes
Grafana
SRE
Platform Engineering
Windows
Apply
Remote (Brazil, Mexico) • 3+ years exp
MySQL
PostgreSQL
Redis
ElasticSearch
Apache Kafka
DevOps
Terraform
Puppet
Ansible
GCP
Prometheus
CI/CD
AWS
Kubernetes
Grafana
SRE
Platform Engineering
Windows
Apply
≈ $128k – $239k per year (Estimated) • Remote (Canada) • 8+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree
SQL
C#
.NET
AI/ML
Copilot
AI Agents
LLM
DevOps
Git
Apply
≈ $72k – $157k per year (Estimated) • Remote (Canada) • 2+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree
SQL
C#
.NET
AI/ML
Copilot
AI Agents
LLM
DevOps
Git
Apply
≈ $101k – $191k per year (Estimated) • Remote (AMER) • 6+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree
SQL
C#
.NET
Databases
MySQL
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
Copilot
AI Agents
LLM
DevOps
Git
Kubernetes
Apply

Financials

Total raised
$172.7M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
4
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Venture - Series Unknown 2019 $128.3M Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2018 $16.7M Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2017 $11.1M Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2016 $16.6M Details