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Postman, Inc. San Francisco, California Founded 2014 postman.com ↗

Postman is an American API platform company that lets developers and enterprises design, test, document, mock, monitor, and now (via SDK-generation acquisitions) distribute APIs, and maintains the Postman API Network, a public directory of 100,000+ APIs; it has recently repositioned as an AI-native platform with an Agent Mode and native Model Context Protocol (MCP) support.

Abhinav Asthana · Co-Founder & CEO Ankit Sobti · Co-Founder & CTO Abhijit Kane · Co-Founder & CPO
$433 MnTotal funding (tracked)
5Funding rounds
18 Aug 2021Last round

Postman: Funding Rounds

Date Round Amount Investors Source
18 Aug 2021 Series D $225 million Insight Partners Battery Ventures BOND Coatue CRV Nexus Venture Partners source
11 Jun 2020 Series C $150 million Insight Partners CRV Nexus Venture Partners source
19 Jun 2019 Series B $50 million CRV Nexus Venture Partners source
14 Oct 2016 Series A $7 million Nexus Venture Partners source
26 May 2015 Seed $1 million Nexus Venture Partners source

Acquisitions

DateAcquirerAcquiredAmountSource
8 Jan 2026 Postman fern Undisclosed source
14 Nov 2025 Postman liblab Undisclosed source
11 Apr 2024 Postman orbit Undisclosed source
19 Jul 2023 Postman akita-software Undisclosed source

Recent Signals

  • 16 Apr 2026 · market-expansion
    Postman announces collaboration with Microsoft on AI model choice, Azure API Management, and Teams source
  • 1 Mar 2026 · growth-traction
    Postman relaunches as an AI-native platform for the agentic era source
  • 8 Jan 2026 · ma-strategic
    Postman acquires Fern to add API documentation and SDK generation source

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FAQs on Postman

Who founded Postman?

Postman was founded by Abhinav Asthana, Ankit Sobti, Abhijit Kane in 2014.

How much funding has Postman raised?

Postman has raised $433 Mn across 5 tracked funding round(s), most recently on 2021-08-18. Figures are compiled from cited public sources.

Who are the investors in Postman?

Investors in Postman include Insight Partners, Battery Ventures, BOND, Coatue, CRV, Nexus Venture Partners.

What does Postman do?

Postman is an American API platform company that lets developers and enterprises design, test, document, mock, monitor, and now (via SDK-generation acquisitions) distribute APIs, and maintains the Postman API Network, a public directory of 100,000+ APIs; it has recently repositioned as an AI-native platform with…

Where is Postman headquartered?

Postman is headquartered in San Francisco, California, India.

What is Postman's business model?

Postman's core value proposition centers on World's leading API platform, AI-native, agentic-era platform, Full API lifecycle in one place.

How does Postman make money?

Postman's cited revenue streams include Freemium subscription tiers, AI credit overage billing.

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