Hugging Face

Business/Productivity Software · New York, NY · Founded 2016 · Privately Held (backing)

Developer of a machine-learning community platform designed to collaborate on models, datasets, and applications. Hugging Face is based in New York, NY and was founded in 2016. It was valued at $4.5 billion at its later-stage round in Aug 2023, the last priced event on record. It has raised $395 million across 3 recorded rounds; the latest was a $235 million Series D in Aug 2023.

PMV mark · valuation
$4.5B
Oct 2026
Priced at
its later-stage round
Aug 2023
Total raised
$394.7M
Last round
Later Stage VC (Series D)
Aug 2023
What is Hugging Face worth?
$4.5BPrivateMarketView mark · Oct 2026

Valued at $4.5B at its later-stage round, Aug 2023. Nothing has traded since.

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Hugging Face funding history

3 rounds
DateRoundRaisedPost-money
Aug 2023Later Stage VC (Series D)$235.0M▮
Nov 2019Early Stage VC$19.7M▮
Apr 2018Debt$3.3M▮
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Hugging Face valuation

Hugging Face was valued at $4.5 billion at its later-stage round in Aug 2023. That is the last priced event on record: no secondary trade or institutional fund mark has moved the figure since.

How much has Hugging Face raised?

Hugging Face has raised $395 million across 3 recorded rounds since 2018. The largest was a $3.3 million debt round in Apr 2018; the most recent was a $235 million Series D in Aug 2023.

Hugging Face has filed 2 Form Ds with the SEC since 2018, most recently in Dec 2019 ($19.7 million sold to 30 investors).

Hugging Face secondary market activity

1 secondary trade in Hugging Face shares is on record, in Apr 2026. Exact dates, prices and structures are available to Pro members.

Comparable companies

Comparable business/productivity software names by valuation on PrivateMarketView: Checkr ($4.6 billion), OneTrust ($4.5 billion) and Dataminr ($4.1 billion).

How Hugging Face's valuation is determined

Private company valuations aren’t quoted on an exchange — they’re established in moments: a priced funding round sets a post-money valuation, secondary trades print at a price per share, and SEC-registered funds holding the stock report fair-value marks in their N-PORT filings.

For Hugging Face, the most current credible signal sets the number and the older ones confirm it: a live secondary-market price first, then three or more recent prints, then institutional fund marks, and otherwise the last priced round, which never decays. The valuation is the last round’s post-money moved by the price change since that round, so no share count is assumed. Today it is set by its last priced round. Question about this number? Full methodology →

Frequently asked about Hugging Face

What is Hugging Face worth?
Hugging Face is valued at $4.5B as of Oct 2026. Valued at $4.5B at its later-stage round, Aug 2023. Nothing has traded since.
How much has Hugging Face raised?
Hugging Face has raised $394.7M in total funding across 3 recorded rounds.
When did Hugging Face last raise?
Hugging Face last raised in Aug 2023 (Later Stage VC (Series D)), raising $235.0M.