capital · May 21, 2026
Profound raises $96M Series C at $1B valuation to build marketing platform for AI era
Share the canonical public link.
Profound announced a $96M Series C funding round at a $1B valuation on February 24, 2026. Lightspeed Venture Partners led the round with participation from Sequoia Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Evantic, Saga Ventures, and South Park Commons. The San Francisco-based company, founded 18 months prior by co-founders James Cadwallader and Dylan Babbs, now serves over 700 enterprise customers including Target, Walmart, Figma, MongoDB, Charlotte Tilbury, and US Bank. Profound launched Profound Agents for orchestration and automation of marketing copy across AI models like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity, with integrations to HubSpot, Google Workspace, Gamma, Parallel AI, and Vercel. James Cadwallader serves as CEO and co-founder of the 18-month-old startup that has raised $155M total to date.