Front Revenue, Valuation, Funding & Investors

Front is valued at $1.7B as of June 2022, a 27.4x multiple on its last reported $62M revenue.

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Last Front valuation

$1.7B

Series D · Jun 2022

Last Front funding round

$65M

Series D · Jun 2022

Front revenue

$62M

Series D · Jun 2022

Key investors in Front

  • Uncork Capital
  • Sequoia Capital
  • boldstart ventures
  • Initialized Capital
  • Threshold
  • Index Ventures

Front Overview

About Front

Front is a shared inbox platform centralizing customer communications across email, chat, SMS, and social media. San Francisco-headquartered, it equips teams with collaboration tools, CRM integrations, and conversation analytics. Businesses including Shopify, Airbnb, Hulu, Lyft, and Mailchimp use Front to assign, track, and resolve inquiries efficiently. The platform rules automate routing based on keywords and customer history.


Founded

2013

HQ

United StatesSan Francisco, CA

Website

front.com

Status

Privately held

Customer focus

B2B

Revenue model

Subscription

Revenue

$62M (Jun 2022)

Valuation

$1.7B (Jun 2022)

Front Valuation

Front is currently valued at $1.7B, based on its Series D in June 2022.

The $65M round was led by Battery Ventures and Salesforce Ventures, with participation from Vine Ventures, boldstart ventures, Sequoia Capital, Uncork Capital, Threshold and 1 other investor.

Front's valuation has grown 8.5x from $200M at its Series B in January 2018 to $1.7B in June 2022, across 2 priced rounds.

Front valuation by funding round

Revenue multiple
Front valuation by funding round
DateStageValuationRevenue Multiple
Jun 2022Series D$1.7B27.4x
Jan 2018Series B$200M2.0x

Front Revenue

Front's latest recorded revenue is $62M, as of its Series D in June 2022. At a $1.7B valuation, that implies a 27.4x revenue multiple.

Revenue moved from $100M in January 2018 to $62M in June 2022, while the revenue multiple moved from 2.0x to 27.4x.

Front revenue by funding round

Front revenue and valuation multiple by funding round
DateRevenue *ValuationRevenue MultipleStage
Jun 2022$62M$1.7B27.4xSeries D
Jan 2018$100M$200M2.0xSeries B

* Revenue (or ARR) figures are the values recorded alongside each funding round. Typically run-rate revenue at the time of the deal, or a reported LTM (last 12 months) revenue.

Front Funding History

Front has raised a total of $204M across 5 funding rounds.

Front's first fundraising round was a $3M seed round in October 2014. The most recent completed round was a $65M Series D in June 2022.

Front funding rounds

Front funding rounds
DateStageInvestorsRaisedValuationDeal Summary
Jun 2022Series DBattery Ventures (lead); Salesforce Ventures (lead); Vine Ventures; boldstart ventures; Sequoia Capital; Uncork Capital; Threshold; Jennifer Tejada$65M$1.7BFront is a communication hub platform designed to centralize customer and internal communications into a single inbox, founded in 2013. The company's product evolved from an initial shared inbox for team collaboration to a multichannel platform supporting both internal company collaboration and customer communication management. On June 28, 2022, Front closed a Series D funding round of $65 million at a post-money valuation of $1.7 billion, bringing the company's total funding to date to $203.6 million. The round was led by Salesforce Ventures and Battery Ventures, with participation from PagerDuty CEO Jennifer Tejada and existing investors Sequoia Capital, Threshold Ventures, and Uncork Capital. This milestone marked Front's entry into unicorn status as the 11th woman-founded SaaS unicorn. CEO Mathilde Collin noted that the company had deliberately avoided fundraising during the pandemic-era valuation surge (2020–2022), instead choosing to raise during the market correction phase when valuations had returned to more sustainable levels, reflecting the company's capital-efficient growth philosophy of prioritizing profitability and efficiency over rapid dilution.
Jan 2020Series CJared Smith; Michael Cannon-Brookes; Initialized Capital; Terrence Rohan; FundersClub; boldstart ventures; Sequoia Capital; CCIX Global; Jay Simons; Ryan Smith; 515 Ventures; Eric Yuan$59M-Front is a San Francisco-based SaaS company providing a team-based email collaboration platform that redefines the inbox for work, competing with Gmail and Outlook, and serving customers like Mailchimp, Y Combinator, Stripe, and Shopify. In January 2020, Front raised $59 million in a Series C funding round led by high-profile tech executives including Mike Cannon-Brookes (Atlassian), Jay Simons (Atlassian), Frederic Kerrest (Okta), Ryan Smith and Jared Smith (Qualtrics), and Eric Yuan (Zoom), with participation from investors like Boldstart Ventures, CCIX Global, FundersClub, Initialized Capital, Sequoia Capital, and Terrence Rohan, bringing total funding to $138.3 million across prior rounds. The company intentionally reinvests revenue into product and go-to-market scaling rather than pursuing profitability, with 170 employees across offices in San Francisco, Phoenix, and Paris, up from 54 at Series B. Front has since achieved significant milestones, including surpassing $100M ARR as announced in September 2025, with estimated 2022 revenue of $62M and a June 2022 valuation of $1.7B at a 27.4x revenue multiple in a later round with Salesforce Ventures and Battery Ventures. The company continues strong traction in customer support and CRM tech, with per-seat subscriptions and paid integrations driving revenue.
Jan 2018Series BSequoia Capital (lead); Sinai Capital Partners; Initialized Capital; Arjun Sethi; Tribe Capital; DFJ Growth; boldstart ventures; Uncork Capital; Threshold; Caffeinated Capital$67M$200MFront is a San Francisco-based SaaS company founded in 2013 that provides a shared inbox platform integrating team communications channels like email, SMS, Twitter, live chat, and integrations with tools such as Salesforce and Jira to enhance collaboration and replace traditional email clients like Microsoft Outlook. The platform serves marketing, sales, customer support, and other teams, processing over 350 million emails and messages in 2017, with 2,500 companies using it by January 2018 including Shopify, LVMH, HubSpot, General Assembly, Convoy, and Onefinestay. The company originated in France, participated in Y Combinator, and relocated to San Francisco before this raise. In January 2018, Front raised $66 million in its Series B funding round led by Sequoia Capital, with participation from DFJ and existing investors including Initialized Capital, Uncork Capital, and others matching the query's investor list such as Boldstart Ventures, Caffeinated Capital, Sinai Capital Partners, Threshold, and Tribe Capital. Sequoia partner Bryan Schreier joined the board, and the funds supported expansion including a new Paris office and product development. Total funding reached $79 million post-round, with the company already profitable and boasting nine years of runway. A 2022 Series D raised $65 million at $1.7 billion valuation led by Salesforce Ventures and Battery Ventures. Front grew its team 55% to 159 by 2019, serving over 5,500 companies in 96 countries with 50+ integrations.
May 2016Series ASocial Capital (lead); Index Ventures; Pierre Valade; Eoghan McCabe; Slow Ventures; Stewart Butterfield; Palm Drive Capital; Uncork Capital$10M-Front raised $10 million in its Series A round on May 26, 2016, led by Social Capital with participation from Index Ventures, Uncork Capital, and others including Eoghan McCabe, Palm Drive Capital, Pierre Valade, Slow Ventures, and Stewart Butterfield. The round aimed to scale operations and enhance the platform's capabilities for its customer communication software. Valuation was not publicly disclosed. Front's platform serves as a communication hub integrating AI with human support for omnichannel customer operations, automation, and analytics. The company has raised over $200 million across multiple rounds, reaching a Series D in 2022 at $1.7 billion valuation led by Battery Ventures and Salesforce Ventures.
Oct 2014SeedUncork Capital (lead)$3M--

Who has invested in Front?

30 investors have backed Front across its funding rounds, including Uncork Capital, Sequoia Capital, boldstart ventures, Initialized Capital, Threshold and Index Ventures.

Lead investors include Battery Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Social Capital and Uncork Capital.


Front Investors

Investors in Front by funding rounds participated
InvestorHQRoundsRoleFirst check
Uncork CapitalUnited StatesSan Francisco, CA4LeadOct 2014
boldstart venturesUnited StatesMiami, FL3ParticipantJan 2018
Sequoia CapitalUnited StatesSan Francisco, CA3LeadJan 2018
Initialized CapitalUnited StatesSan Francisco, CA2ParticipantJan 2018
ThresholdUnited StatesSan Francisco, CA2ParticipantJan 2018
Salesforce VenturesUnited StatesSan Francisco, CA1LeadJun 2022
Jared SmithUnited StatesChicago, IL1ParticipantJan 2020
Sinai Capital PartnersUnited StatesNew York City, NY1ParticipantJan 2018
Index VenturesUnited KingdomLondon1ParticipantMay 2016
Pierre ValadeFranceFrance1ParticipantMay 2016
Eoghan McCabeIrelandIreland1ParticipantMay 2016
Slow VenturesUnited StatesSan Francisco, CA1ParticipantMay 2016
Michael Cannon-BrookesAustraliaSydney1ParticipantJan 2020

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Acquisitions by Front

Front has acquired 3 companies to date.

Last acquisition by Front was on November 19th 2024. Front acquired Idiomatic for undisclosed valuation.


Latest Acquisitions by Front

Idiomatic
Windsor.io
Meetingbird
Description
Idiomatic is a voice-of-customer AI platform analyzing support tickets, NPS responses, and app reviews to quantify customer issues for prioritization. It tracks trends and sentiments for product teams at Pinterest, Slack, Instacart, and Disney. Headquartered in San Francisco, the firm processes millions of interactions monthly since 2016, providing data-driven metrics on feature impacts and service gaps.
Windsor.io is a customer engagement platform helping growing companies maintain personal interactions at scale. San Francisco-headquartered, it automates messaging across email, SMS, and chat while preserving one-to-one feel. Adopted by SaaS firms with 10,000 users, it segments communications based on behavior for higher retention rates.
Meetingbird is a scheduling platform designed for effortless meeting coordination through a minimalist interface and integrations with Google Calendar, Office 365, and Zoom. Acquired by Dropbox in 2018, it enables users to send personalized booking links that automatically sync availability across time zones and devices. The platform supports team scheduling, round-robin assignments, and collective events, serving professionals in sales, recruiting, and customer support worldwide from its original Berlin headquarters.
HQ CountryUnited StatesUnited StatesUnited States
HQ City
San Francisco, CA
San Francisco, CA
San Francisco, CA
Deal Date19 Nov 202424 Jan 202424 Oct 2018
Valuationundisclosedundisclosedundisclosed
EV/Revenue
EV/EBITDA

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Front Competitors

Front competitors include listed companies like Weaver Network and Bandwidth, and private ones like FullStory, ASAPP, InVision and Iterable.

Public and private companies comparable to Front
CompanyHQStatusRevenueEBITDAValuationRevenue Multiple
Weaver NetworkChinaChinaPublicly listed$341M$43M$1.6B4.2x
BandwidthUnited StatesUnited StatesPublicly listed$754M$39M$1.6B2.3x
FullStoryUnited StatesAtlanta, GAPrivate--$1.8B-
ASAPPUnited StatesNew York City, NYPrivate--$1.6B-
InVisionUnited StatesNew York City, NYPrivate$100M-$1.9B19.0x
IterableUnited StatesUnited StatesPrivate$200M-$2B10.0x

Front Public Comps

Front is still privately-owned, but its public comps include Weaver Network, Bandwidth, Wintech Nano (Suzhou) Co, Grupo GPS, Target Hospitality, Badger Infrastructure, Calix, Teamviewer, Open Up Group and Asana.

Last FYEV/RevenueEV/EBITDA
RevenueEBITDALast FYLTM2027ELast FYLTM2027E
Weaver Network$341M$43M4.4x4.2x34.6x28.3x
Bandwidth$754M$39M2.7x2.3x51.2x17.3x
Wintech Nano (Suzhou) Co$79M$34M24.9x-58.0x-
Grupo GPS$3.4B$436M0.7x0.7x5.3x6.4x
Target Hospitality$321M$36M6.5x5.1x58.4x22.2x
Badger Infrastructure$832M$184M2.9x2.6x13.1x10.6x
Calix$1B$38M2.0x1.8x52.9x13.6x
Teamviewer$860M$310M2.5x2.5x7.0x5.9x

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Common questions about Front

When was Front founded?Front was founded in 2013.
Where is Front headquartered?Front is headquartered in San Francisco, CA, United States.
Is Front publicly listed?No, Front is a private, VC-backed company.
What is Front's valuation?Front was last valued at $1.7B in its Series D in June 2022.
How much funding has Front raised?Front has raised $204M across 5 funding rounds.
What was Front's last funding round?Front's last funding round was a $65M Series D in June 2022, led by Battery Ventures and Salesforce Ventures.
Who are Front's investors?Front's investors include Uncork Capital, boldstart ventures, Sequoia Capital, Initialized Capital, Threshold, Salesforce Ventures, Jared Smith, Sinai Capital Partners, Index Ventures, Pierre Valade and 20 others.
What is Front's revenue?Front's latest recorded revenue is $62M (June 2022).
What is Front's revenue multiple?Front's latest valuation implies a 27.4x revenue multiple ($1.7B valuation on $62M of revenue).
Which companies are comparable to Front?Companies comparable to Front include Weaver Network, Bandwidth, FullStory, ASAPP, InVision and Iterable.
How many companies has Front acquired?Front has acquired 3 companies, including Idiomatic, Windsor.io and Meetingbird.

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