GoFundMe
Crowdfunding platform for personal and charitable causes
Financial Services
📍 Redwood City, California
Founded 2010
Current Valuation
$1.7B
as of 2024
UNICORN
GoFundMe is the world's largest personal and social fundraising platform, with over 200M users having raised more than $40B since 2010. Founded by Brad Damphousse and Andrew Ballester and currently led by CEO Tim Cadogan, the Redwood City company acquired nonprofit fundraising platform Classy in 2022 to expand into enterprise charity fundraising. The platform operates as a for-profit B-Corp and posted $55M in 2024 revenue, up 90% YoY.
Company Profile
HQ
Redwood City, California
Growth
$55M revenue 2024, up 90% YoY; $40B+ raised on platform since 2010
Founders & Key People
Brad DamphousseAndrew Ballester
Investors
Accel · Stripes Group · TCV · Greylock Partners · Iconiq Capital
Products
- GoFundMe personal crowdfunding platform
- GoFundMe charity fundraisers
- Classy (acquired 2022) nonprofit fundraising platform
- GoFundMe.org nonprofit
Competitors
Kickstarter · Indiegogo · Fundly · Patreon · Facebook Fundraisers · Kindful
CrowdfundingCharitable givingPersonal fundraisingNonprofit technologyB-Corp
Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2024. Refreshed quarterly.