Raised $155M across disclosed rounds.[3][4][1]

Series C closed February 2026, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners.[2][3][4]

post-money valuation is not publicly disclosed.

Named investors include Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Saga Ventures, South Park Commons, Evantic.[2][3][4]

James Cadwallader, Co-Founder, CEO[2][6][13]

Dylan Babbs, Co-Founder, CTO[2][6][13]

Kareem Agha, VP, Enterprise Sales[1][14][15]

Mark Ebert, SVP Revenue[1][14][15]

Trevor Pyle, Head of Marketing[1][14][15]

Ilya Fushman, Board Director[1][14][15]

Matthew Taylor, Enterprise Account Executive[1][14][15]

BrightEdge · brightedge.com · Same buyer (enterprise CMO/VP Marketing), same workflow (brand visibility tracking and content optimization), same competitive benchmarking use case.[1][2][3]

Authoritas · authoritas.com · Direct workflow overlap: both serve enterprise marketing teams tracking brand visibility in search-like environments. Authoritas covers traditional organic search; Profound covers AI answer engines.[1][2]

Semrush · semrush.com · Profound's platform integrates with Semrush, indicating it sits adjacent to or downstream of SEO tooling in the marketing stack.[1][20]

Valona Intelligence · valona.ai · Named as a competitor in Profound's enrichment profile. Overlap is on the competitive intelligence and brand monitoring surface, though Valona's primary use case is broader market intelligence rather than AI-specific visibility optimization.[1]

Quantilope · quantilope.com · Named as a competitor in Profound's enrichment profile. Overlap is on brand sentiment analysis and consumer insight, which Profound also provides as a feature layer.[1]

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