Patreon
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Funding and backers
Total raised
$225.6M
3 rounds on record
Latest round
$10.6M
Venture round · Oct 2023 · 3 yr ago
Team
409
US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2025 · +1% in a year
Hiring now
12
+5 posted in 30 days
Backers
13
StartX, Wellington Management
The money's age
Long since its last round
36 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
27/100
hiring for its size, a new city
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Aug 7
On the Hacker News front page Sonic Pi v5 · 430 points
Jun 21
On the Hacker News front page Printing Gaussian Splats · 375 points
Aug 12, 2024
On the Hacker News front page Apple's requirements are about to hit creators and fans on Patreon · 1168 points
Oct 16, 2023
Raised a round Venture round $10.6M · SEC Form D
Sep 13, 2022
On the Hacker News front page Patreon Lays off 17% of Staff · 492 points
Apr 6, 2021
Raised a round Venture round $155M · SEC Form D
Dec 13, 2017
On the Hacker News front page We’re sorry, and we’re not rolling out the fees change · 1195 points
Sep 25, 2017
Raised a round Venture round $60M
2013
Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 0.01%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Hacker News stories
408
best: 1195 points
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | Oct 2023 | $10.6M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Apr 2021 | $155M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Sep 2017 | $60M | — | recode.net |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | Patreon, Inc. | SEC Form D |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Jack ConteExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Samuel YamExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
Wellington Management 
GP Bullhound 
NFX 
Accomplice 
Atelier Ventures 
Coatue 
CRV 
Index Ventures 
Initialized Capital 
NEA 
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Visa sponsorship
- United States · H-1B filings in 12 months: 16 · green card filings: 7
Overview
Headquartered in San Francisco, California, Patreon is a membership and crowdfunding platform designed to help content creators, artists, and musicians earn recurring revenue from their fans. The company provides digital tools that enable creators to offer exclusive content, community access, and tiered subscription services. Additionally, it facilitates direct financial support and fan engagement, empowering independent creators to build sustainable businesses around their work.
Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Patreon over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
38
Postings analysed
14
Stack modernity
80/100AI adopter
Languages
Python71%
SQL29%
Go21%
Java21%
Frameworks & libraries
React.js14%
Dagster7%
Flink7%
Next.js7%
Databases
PostgreSQL29%
Redis21%
DynamoDB14%
MySQL14%
Cloud & platforms
Kubernetes29%
AWS21%
Amazon Kinesis7%
Amazon S37%
AI & ML
LLM7%
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38 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$329k
Typical range
$130k – $444k
Open positions
12
11
Jobs
Middle
36.4%
Senior
27.3%
Staff
18.2%
Architect
18.2%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle | 4 | $215k | $130k – $286k |
| Senior | 3 | $310k | $296k – $444k |
| Staff | 2 | $386k | $386k |
| Architect | 2 | $387k | $348k – $425k |
Highest paying role
Senior Engineering Manager, Infrastructure + Developer Productivity
$444k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Patreon
By role, level and city, against the market · 12 jobs with pay
People
Jack Conte
Executive Officer, Director
Samuel Yam
Executive Officer, Director
Dick Costolo
Director
Daniel Rimer
Director
Goli Sheikholeslami
Director
Anne Raimondi
Director
Josh Miller
Director
Merilee Buckley
Director
Names and roles come from public filings, company registers and the company's own site. Is this you? Correct or remove · How we handle this data
Growth
Hiring Momentum
79/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
12
4 opened / 3 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
106 days
faster than 13% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 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.
Leadership
17% ▲
Design
17% ▼
Finance
17% ▼
HR
17% ▼
AI/ML
8% ▼
Security
8% ▲
Activity Timeline
New location: United States
Oct 2026
Added LinkedIn to stack
Oct 2026
Added GitHub to stack
Oct 2026
Added LLM to stack
Sep 2026
Added Slack to stack
Sep 2026
Added Notion to stack
Sep 2026
Added Machine Learning to stack
Sep 2026
Added GCP to stack
Sep 2026
New location: Porto
Sep 2026
Added Zendesk to stack
Sep 2026
Added Iterable to stack
Sep 2026
Added Braze to stack
Sep 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
2
Hiring now
2
Countries
1
Busiest office
San Francisco
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San Francisco
United States
HQ
10 open roles 10 posted in 90 days 20% engineering $311k Avg Salary
hires for Leadership, Design, HR
New York
United States
Engineering / R&D
9 open roles 9 posted in 90 days 22% engineering $350k Avg Salary
hires for Leadership, Design, Backend
Earlier presence
Porto, Portugal
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