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Tailscale

Zero-config WireGuard-based mesh VPN making secure networking effortless for developers and enterprises
Enterprise 📍 Toronto, Canada Founded 2019
Current Valuation
$1.5B
as of 2025-Q2
UNICORN

IPO Outlookprivate

Is Tailscale going public?
No. Tailscale has no imminent IPO plans on record. It is still private.
What is Tailscale's valuation in 2026?
Tailscale is valued at $1.5B as of 2025-Q2, set by its Series C ($230M, Apr 2025). That is the last confirmed mark, not a live price — private shares do not trade continuously.
Has Tailscale filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for Tailscale.
Who are Tailscale's investors?
Tailscale's investors include Accel, CRV, Insight Partners, Heavybit, Uncork Capital.
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.
Tailscale builds on WireGuard to provide a zero-config peer-to-peer VPN that 'just works' across devices, cloud VPCs, and on-prem networks. Massive developer fandom and 70%+ user retention. Recently expanded into enterprise SSH, ACLs, and identity-based access control.

Company Profile

CEO
Avery Pennarun
Founded
2019
HQ
Toronto, Canada
Employees
~150
Total Raised
$345M
Last Round
Series C — $230M (Apr 2025) · Lead: Accel
IPO Status
no imminent plans

Fundraising Status

Series C · $230M · 1y 4mo ago
no imminent plansTotal raised $345M

Secondary Market

Implied price / share
$3
Last round price / share
$5.94
vs last round
-49.5%
Open interest
1
Last round price vs secondary price
Last round vs current secondary price per share$5.94Last round$3.00Current
Secondary price return by period
Secondary market period returns3-month-34.1%6-month-32.7%1-year-92.5%All-time-92.5%
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$230MApr 2025Accel

Talent Signal

Hiring trend
Hiring uptrend
60% of roles posted in last 30d
Open roles
57
via greenhouse
Product-build share
63%
engineering, research, product, design
Trajectory
expanding
product-led hiring — 63% of open roles build product; the rest are go-to-market and G&A.
No tracked executive churn; open roles trending up.
Open roles by month
Open roles by month57Aug '26
Open roles by function
Open roles by functionEngineering28Sales & GTM15Product4Security4Ops & People2Other2Marketing2
product-building   go-to-market / G&A
Billing EngineerBilling EngineerCustomer Reliability EngineerCustomer Reliability EngineerCustomer Reliability EngineerCustomer Support Engineer
Counted from Tailscale'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

Avery PennarunCrawford BissettDavid CrawshawDavid Carney

Investors

Accel · CRV · Insight Partners · Heavybit · Uncork Capital

Products

  • Tailscale Mesh VPN
  • Tailscale Funnel
  • Tailscale SSH

Competitors

NetBird · ZeroTier · Cloudflare Tunnel · Twingate
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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 2025-Q2. Refreshed quarterly.