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Attentive

AI-powered SMS and email marketing platform for ecommerce brands.
Marketing 📍 New York, NY, USA Founded 2016
Current Valuation
$6.9B
as of 2021-Q2
UNICORN

IPO Outlookrumored

Is Attentive going public in 2026?
An IPO is rumored for 2026, with nothing filed. Attentive remains private and the date is not the company's.
What is Attentive's valuation in 2026?
Attentive is valued at $6.9B as of 2021-Q2, set by its Series E ($470M, Jun 2021). That is the last confirmed mark, not a live price — private shares do not trade continuously.
Has Attentive filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for Attentive as of 08/23/2026; the IPO is rumored.
Who are Attentive's investors?
Attentive's investors include Coatue Management, Tiger Global, Sequoia Capital, IVP, Bain Capital Ventures, Wellington Management.
Answers are derived from the roster record shown on this page — filing status, last round and confirmed marks. Where the record is silent, the answer says so rather than guessing.
Attentive is a personalized SMS and email marketing platform that has helped brands generate over $20B in attributed eCommerce revenue. The company crossed $500M in ARR in early 2025 and has aggressively rolled out generative AI marketing tools under CEO Amit Jhawar, who took over from co-founder Brian Long in 2023. Its $6.9B Series E in June 2021 marked the last priced primary round.

Company Profile

CEO
Amit Jhawar
Founded
2016
HQ
New York, NY, USA
Employees
~1,100
Total Raised
$863M
Est. Revenue
$500M (2024-Q4)
Last Round
Series E — $470M (Jun 2021) · Lead: Coatue Management
IPO Status
rumored

Fundraising Status

Series E · $470M · 5y 2mo ago
rumoredTotal raised $863M

Secondary Market

Implied price / share
$5.85
Last round price / share
$45.66
vs last round
-87.2%
Open interest
8
Last round price vs secondary price
Last round vs current secondary price per share$45.66Last round$5.85Current
Secondary price return by period
Secondary market period returns3-month-9.6%6-month-13.2%1-year-11.2%All-time-86.1%
Implied per-share price from private secondary transactions, as of Jun 2026. This is a point estimate, not a quote — the feed carries no bid, ask or spread, and a secondary print is evidence of what someone paid on that date rather than a live market. Compare across every tracked name →

Latest Funding Round

RoundAmountDateLead InvestorPost-Money
Series E$470MJun 2021Coatue Management

Talent Signal

Hiring trend
Hiring steady
38% of roles posted in last 30d
Open roles
39
via greenhouse
Product-build share
49%
engineering, research, product, design
Trajectory
steady
product-led hiring — 49% of open roles build product; the rest are go-to-market and G&A.
Actively hiring with no tracked executive churn.
Open roles by month
Open roles by month39Aug '26
Open roles by function
Open roles by functionEngineering14Sales & GTM9Other3Marketing3Data & ML3Product2Ops & People2Legal & Policy1Finance & Strategy1
product-building   go-to-market / G&A
Lead Product Manager, Identity & First-Party Data Lead Product Manager, TargetingSenior Machine Learning EngineerSenior Machine Learning EngineerSenior NetSuite EngineerSenior Software Engineer, Identity
Counted from Attentive's live job board as of 2026-08-17; role functions classified from posting titles. Open-role counts are an activity signal, not headcount. Refreshed monthly.

Founders & Key People

Brian LongAndrew Jones

Investors

Coatue Management · Tiger Global · Sequoia Capital · IVP · Bain Capital Ventures · Wellington Management

Products

  • SMS Marketing
  • Email Marketing
  • AI Pro (generative AI marketing assistant)
  • Identity

Competitors

Klaviyo · Postscript · Yotpo · Iterable
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Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2021-Q2. Refreshed quarterly.