Publishing · San Francisco, CA · Founded 2017 · Privately Held (backing)
Operator of a subscription-based publishing platform intended to generate money from newsletter subscriptions. Substack is based in San Francisco, CA and was founded in 2017. It was valued at $1.1 billion at its later-stage round in Jul 2025, the last priced event on record. It has raised $220 million across 4 recorded rounds; the latest was an $83.3 million Series B in Sep 2024.
PMV mark · valuation
$1.1B
Oct 2026
Priced at
its later-stage round
Jul 2025
Total raised
$220.3M
Last round
Later Stage VC (Series B)
Sep 2024
Cap table — not yet on record
Substack's share-class structure hasn't surfaced in our sources yet. Cap tables are assembled from certificates of incorporation, round filings, and disclosures as they land.
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