Behind the Site

beehiiv

beehiiv.com

A newsletter platform that lets creators and businesses build, grow, and monetize email newsletters and websites.

  • Email newsletter and content platform (SaaS)
  • active
  • Founded 2021
  • Researched Sep 2026
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Age5 yearsDomain registered 2020
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Based inNew York, NY
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Employees100-150Third-party company-data aggregator reported headcount of 142 (2026 update); an earlier 2024 podcast cited a team of 45
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Funding$50M raisedSeed $2.6M · Seed extension $1.6M · Series A $13M · Series B $33M
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PlatformsWeb, API
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Founders3 foundersTyler Denk, Benjamin Hargett, Jacob (Jake) Hurd

The story

beehiiv was founded by Tyler Denk along with Benjamin Hargett and Jacob Hurd, three former Morning Brew employees who had built that company's newsletter and growth infrastructure. Since launching in 2021 it has raised seed, Series A and Series B funding (about $49.7M total) and grown into one of the largest independent newsletter platforms, used by over 130,000 publishers. It remains an active, venture-backed, New York City founded company led by Denk as CEO.

Timeline

  1. FoundedOct 2020

    Domain registered, build begins

    Tyler Denk left Google; he and co-founders began coding beehiiv

  2. Funding2021

    Seed round raised

    Raised $2.6 million seed to build newsletter tooling

  3. LaunchOct 2021

    Official public launch

    beehiiv launched publicly in New York City

  4. Funding2021

    Seed extension

    Added $1.6 million extension to seed round

  5. FundingJun 2023

    Series A funding

    Raised $12.5 million Series A as newsletter network grew

  6. FundingMar 2024

    Series B led by NEA

    $33 million round at a $225 million valuation

Founders

  • Tyler Denk

    Co-founder & CEO

    Second employee and senior product lead at Morning Brew before founding beehiiv in 2020-21

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  • Benjamin Hargett

    Co-founder

    Morning Brew alum who co-founded beehiiv with Denk and Hurd in 2021

  • Jacob (Jake) Hurd

    Co-founder

    Morning Brew alum who co-founded beehiiv with Denk and Hargett in 2021

10 sourcesEvery fact above links back to these.
  1. beehiiv homepage (Organization/SoftwareApplication schema)beehiiv.com
  2. Into the Hive: Behind the Buzz with beehiiv's Tyler Denk (NEA)nea.com
  3. beehiiv, a newsletter platform, gets $12.5M in its inbox (TechCrunch)techcrunch.com
  4. beehiiv Powers Expansion with $1.6M Seed Extension (beehiiv Blog)beehiiv.com
  5. beehiiv Raises $2.6 Million Seed to Empower Publishers (beehiiv Blog)beehiiv.com
  6. About - beehiivbeehiiv.com
  7. Beehiiv Revenue 2026: $30M ARR, $225M Valuation (Latka)getlatka.com
  8. Tyler Denk, Founder of beehiiv - $48M Raised, Bio & Contactstartupfundraising.com
  9. With Beehiiv, Tyler Denk Is Riding the Newsletter Wave (Inc.)inc.com
  10. How Tyler Denk Took Beehiiv from 0 to $750,000/month in 2.5 Yearsfoundersjournalpod.morningbrew.com
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