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Fountain

Developer of hiring automation software designed to simplify the process of workforce management and hiring.
Developer of hiring automation software designed to simplify the process of workforce management and hiring.
Human Capital Services 📍 San Francisco, CA Founded 2014
Current Valuation
$1.0B
as of 2022-Q2
UNICORN

QL Price

$500.67M
-50% vs last round
QuantLogix's current estimate for Fountain, published 2026-09-27 — below the last disclosed round of $1.0B (2022-Q2).
Confidence
medium
Basis
secondary led
What backs this price
Last disclosed round $1.0B 2022-Q2 weight 0.05
Secondary market print $455M 2026-06-27 weight 0.58
How this price has held up
No round has priced for Fountain since QuantLogix began publishing a price for it, so there is nothing to grade yet. The claim above is on the record from 2026-09-27 and will be graded against the next priced round. See the full accuracy record →
How to actually get exposure to Fountain →
Which publicly-traded funds already hold it, what $10,000 buys, and whether any route is open to you.
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IPO Outlookprivate

Is Fountain going public?
No. Fountain is private and has not filed to go public. There is no S-1 on file.
What is Fountain's valuation in 2026?
Fountain is valued at $1.0B as of 2022-Q2, set by its Series C ($185M, Jun 2022). That is the last confirmed mark, not a live price — private shares do not trade continuously.
Has Fountain filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for Fountain.
How much has Fountain raised?
Fountain has raised $217.1M in total, most recently a Series C of $185M in Jun 2022.
Is Fountain publicly traded — can you buy Fountain stock?
No. Fountain is a private company — its shares are not listed on any exchange and there is no ticker. The routes to exposure are pre-IPO secondary marketplaces and funds (accredited investors), employee tender offers when the company runs one, and public companies with read-through exposure. QuantLogix maps every route it can verify for Fountain on its Pre-IPO Access Desk.
How to actually get exposure to Fountain →
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.

Company Profile

Founded
2014
HQ
San Francisco, CA
Employees
422
Total Raised
$217.1M
Last Round
Series C — $185M (Jun 2022)
IPO Status
private

Fundraising Status

Series C · $185M · 4y 3mo ago
privateTotal raised $217.1M

Secondary Market

Implied price / share
$13.31
Last round price / share
$29.23
vs last round
-54.5%
Open interest
2
Last round price vs secondary price
Last round vs current secondary price per share$29.23Last round$13.31Current
Secondary price return by period
Secondary market period returns3-month-47.1%6-month+15.0%1-year+15.6%All-time-33.5%
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 C$185MJun 2022—$1.0B

Talent Signal

Hiring trend
▶ Hiring steady
0% vs 2026-08
Open roles
10
via careers page
Product-build share
10%
engineering, research, product, design
Trajectory
steady
go-to-market push — Only 10% of open roles build product — hiring is concentrated in sales/marketing/ops (6 of 10 open roles are operations).
Actively hiring with no tracked executive churn.
Open roles by month
Open roles by month10Aug '2610Sep '26
Open roles by function
Open roles by functionOps & People6Marketing2Engineering1Support1
■ product-building   ■ go-to-market / G&A
Support - [API Documentation](https://developer.fountain.com/)Skip to contentTalent AcquisitionEasy HR ComplianceIntegrates seamlessly with your HR tech stackAutomates hiring, onboarding, and shift ops
Counted from Fountain's live job board as of 2026-09-16; role functions classified from posting titles. Open-role counts are an activity signal, not headcount. Refreshed monthly.
SaaS
Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2022-Q2. Refreshed quarterly.