Grin

company

About

GRIN is a marketing software that enables direct-to-consumer brands to collaborate and manage their relationships with influencers.

Details

Last Funding Type
Series A
Last Funding Money Raised
$10M
Industries
Analytics,E-Commerce,Marketing,Social Media Marketing
Founded date
Jan 1, 2014
Number Of Employee
251 - 500
Operating Status
Active
Legal Name
Grin Technologies Inc.

GRIN is a marketing software that enables direct-to-consumer brands to collaborate and manage their relationships with influencers. It provides social platforms, e-commerce solutions, and communication tools.

The software enables brands with the discovery and outreach to relationship management and campaigns, product seeding, discount codes and affiliate links, content and rights management, sales tracking, and deep analytics services. It also manages the logistics, record-keeping, analytics, and payment for influencer marketing.

The Sacramento, California-based company was established by Brandon Brown, Brian Mechem, and Ryan Brown in 2014.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
6
$145.26M
Grin has raised a total of $145.26M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Oct 13, 2021 from a Series B round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Oct 13, 2021 Series B $110M 9 Lone Pine Capital Detail
May 12, 2021 Series A $16M 8 Imaginary Ventures Detail
Dec 14, 2020 Series A $10M 23 eVentures
Headline
Detail
Oct 9, 2019 Seed $6M 6 Bullpen Capital Detail
Dec 1, 2018 Pre-seed $2.70M 2 LAUNCH Detail

Investments

Number of Investments
Number of Lead Investments
4
0
Grin has made 4 investments. Their most recent investment was on Apr 15, 2020, when Encore Musicians raised £83K.
Date Company Name
Round Money Raised Industry Lead Investor
Apr 15, 2020 Encore Musicians
Angel £83K Communities
Apr 4, 2018 novosound
Series Unknown £150K Electrical Distribution
Oct 31, 2016 Encore Musicians
Seed £560K Communities
Sep 16, 2016 Encore Musicians
Seed Communities

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
6
34
Grin is funded by 34 investors. Lone Pine Capital and eVentures are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
Lone Pine Capital Yes Series B
eVentures Yes Series A
Bond Series B
Danielle Bernstein Series B
Devon Levesque Series B
Electric Feel Ventures Series B
Imaginary Ventures Series B
LAUNCH Series B
The Chainsmokers Series B
The Syndicate.com Series B

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles
16
Grin has 16 current employee profiles, including Board member Jason Calacanis
Board member
Board member
Board member
Board member
Executive

Acquisition

Grin has acquired 1 organizations. Their most recent acquisition was WearAway on Jan 14, 2019. They acquired WearAway for 0.

Date Company Name
Industry Acquisition Type Price
Jan 14, 2019 WearAway
Advertising acquisition Detail