beehiiv at a glance
Question | Answer | As of |
|---|---|---|
Who owns beehiiv? | Its founders, staff and investors led by NEA, Lightspeed and Social Leverage; it is private | Nov 2026 |
ARR | $33 million, not counting about $15 million a year from ads and Boosts | Aug 17, 2026 |
Valuation | About $225 million after its Series B | Apr 2024 |
Funding | $49.7 million in four rounds | Apr 2024 |
Publications | More than 170,000, reaching over 450 million unique readers | Q2 2026 |
Employees | 129 full-time, in 12 countries | Nov 2026 |
CEO | Tyler Denk, co-founder | Nov 2026 |
Founded | 2021, by Tyler Denk, Benjamin Hargett and Jake Hurd, all from Morning Brew | 2021 |
Headquarters | New York, but fully remote, with no office | Nov 2026 |
Email format | {first}@beehiiv.com, such as maya@beehiiv.com; some newer staff use {first}.{last}@ | Nov 2026 |
beehiiv started as a newsletter tool and has become a publishing platform for creators and media companies: writers send newsletters, build websites, host podcasts and communities, and earn from paid subscriptions, digital products and beehiiv’s own ad network. It sends more than 5 billion emails a month (beehiiv). Its customers range from solo writers to TIME, Newsweek, VICE Media and TechCrunch.
beehiiv in 2026: titles gone, prices up
After a hard 2025 (below), growth came back: beehiiv added nearly $4.5 million of ARR in the first quarter of 2026, its best quarter yet (Big Desk Energy), and passed $33 million in August. Its July Summer Release added podcast hosting on every plan, native communities and an AI assistant, Copilot (beehiiv). On October 1 it renamed its plans and raised prices, only the second time it has done so, and some writers complained about the increases. On November 9, 2026, Denk said beehiiv had dropped job titles, his own included.
Who owns beehiiv?
beehiiv is private. Its founders and staff hold shares alongside its investors: Social Leverage led the seed, Lightspeed the Series A and NEA the Series B, with Sapphire Sport and DST also in the Series B. Lightspeed’s Nicole Quinn and NEA’s Danielle Lay sit on the board with the three founders. About $1 million of the Series B came from beehiiv’s own users, who invested through Wefunder (SEC). In 2025 beehiiv held talks with four would-be buyers and decided not to sell.
What is beehiiv’s revenue?
beehiiv’s team publishes its ARR as it grows. The latest figure is $33 million, which chief operating officer Dan Krenitsyn posted on August 17, 2026, adding that its enterprise segment, about 600 customers, was growing faster than its self-serve one (LinkedIn). That ARR counts subscriptions only. Revenue from the ad network and Boosts, its paid cross-promotion market, comes on top: about $15 million a year in May 2026, Denk said (LinkedIn). In January 2026 he told Reuters beehiiv expected to nearly double revenue to $50 million in 2026, and that it wouldn’t be profitable until about 2027.
| Date | Figure | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 2026 | $33M | ARR | linkedin.com |
| May 26, 2026 | $30M | ARR | linkedin.com |
| Apr 15, 2026 | $28M | ARR | linkedin.com |
| Dec 17, 2025 | $23M | ARR | linkedin.com |
| Jul 8, 2025 | $20M | ARR | x.com |
| Dec 2024 | $13M | ARR | linkedin.com |
| Jun 14, 2024 | $10M | ARR | x.com |
| Sep 29, 2023 | $5M | ARR | x.com |
| Jun 21, 2023 | $3M | ARR | techcrunch.com |
The only audited figures come from its 2024 SEC filing: revenue of $4.7 million in 2023, up from $269,000 in 2022, with net losses of $3.7 million and $1.9 million.
beehiiv ARR (annual recurring revenue)
Date | ARR | Said by |
|---|---|---|
Aug 17, 2026 | $33M | COO Dan Krenitsyn |
May 26, 2026 | $30M | Tyler Denk |
Apr 15, 2026 | $28M | Dan Krenitsyn |
Dec 17, 2025 | $23M | Tyler Denk |
Jul 8, 2025 | $20M (X) | Tyler Denk |
End of 2024 | $13M | Tyler Denk |
Jun 14, 2024 | $10M | Tyler Denk |
Sep 29, 2023 | $5M (X) | Tyler Denk |
Jun 21, 2023 | $3M, on a $4M revenue run rate | beehiiv |
beehiiv MRR (monthly recurring revenue)
beehiiv doesn’t publish MRR. Its $33 million ARR works out to about $2.75 million a month (our calculation), before ad and Boosts revenue.
How much has beehiiv raised? Funding and valuation
$49.7 million in four rounds, the last in April 2024. beehiiv sold its Series B shares at a $192.2 million pre-money valuation, about $225 million after the round, the valuation Reuters still reported in January 2026. It hasn’t raised since; in January 2026 Denk said it had more than two and a half years of runway.
Round | Date | Amount | Lead or investors | Valuation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Series B | Apr 30, 2024 | $33M | NEA, with Lightspeed, Sapphire Sport and DST (TechCrunch) | $192.2M pre-money |
Series A | Jun 21, 2023 | $12.5M | Lightspeed Venture Partners (beehiiv) | Not disclosed |
Seed extension | Sep 12, 2022 | $1.6M | Creator Ventures, Blue Wire Capital and Social Leverage (beehiiv) | Not disclosed |
Seed | Oct 5, 2021 | $2.6M | Social Leverage (beehiiv) | Not disclosed |
The company is beehiiv Inc., a Delaware corporation incorporated on June 21, 2021.
What does beehiiv do? Products
Denk, beehiiv’s second employee at Morning Brew, had built that newsletter’s publishing, ad and data tools; beehiiv set out to give any writer the same tools (beehiiv). It launched on November 17, 2021, then added ways to grow and earn: Recommendations, Boosts and an ad network that pays writers more than $1 million a month. It bought Swapstack, a newsletter ad marketplace, in 2023 and Typedream, an AI website builder, in 2024.
Date | Launch |
|---|---|
Oct 1, 2026 | New plans: Free, Lite, Pro and Enterprise |
Jul 16, 2026 | Summer Release: podcasts on every plan, communities, Copilot |
Mar 24, 2026 | beehiiv MCP, to run a newsletter from AI assistants |
Nov 13, 2025 | Winter Release: digital products, AI website builder, podcasts |
Jul 2025 | New website builder for all users |
Jun 25, 2024 | Acquires Typedream |
Sep 2023 | Ad network; acquires Swapstack |
Apr 27, 2023 | Boosts |
2022 | Recommendations |
Nov 17, 2021 | Public launch |
beehiiv pricing
Plan | Price | Subscribers |
|---|---|---|
Free | $0 | Up to 2,500 |
Lite (was Scale) | From $49 a month, billed yearly | Up to 100,000 |
Pro (was Max) | From $95 a month, billed yearly | Up to 250,000 |
Enterprise | Custom | Custom |
Prices rise with the number of subscribers. The new plans apply to new customers from October 1, 2026, and to existing ones at their first renewal on or after November 1.
beehiiv vs Substack, Kit and Ghost
Substack is the best-known rival, valued at $1.1 billion when it raised $100 million in July 2025 (TechCrunch). It takes 10% of writers’ paid-subscription revenue; beehiiv charges a monthly fee and takes nothing from subscriptions. Denk attacks Substack often, calling it “the Amazon of publishing” in December 2024 (Big Desk Energy), and beehiiv says about one in seven new writers comes from Substack. Kit, formerly ConvertKit, and beehiiv trade jabs in their marketing; Ghost, a nonprofit, reports about $11 million in annual run rate (Ghost). Mailchimp, now part of Intuit, also competes for newsletter senders.
Who is the CEO of beehiiv?
Tyler Denk, who co-founded beehiiv with Benjamin Hargett and Jake Hurd after leaving Morning Brew and, briefly, YouTube. He writes the newsletter Big Desk Energy. A fourth co-founder, CTO Andrew Platkin, died in April 2022, six months after launch. beehiiv hired its first chief marketing officer, Darren Chait, from Calendly in March 2026 (Adweek).
Person | Last announced role |
|---|---|
Tyler Denk | Co-founder and CEO |
Benjamin Hargett | Co-founder; head of product in 2024 |
Jake Hurd | Co-founder; principal engineer in 2024 |
Noah Pryor | CTO, formerly CTO of Teachable |
Dan Krenitsyn | Chief operating officer since January 2026 |
Preeya Goenka | Chief customer officer since January 2026 |
Darren Chait | Chief marketing officer since March 2026 |
Tyler Denk’s bio and contact routes: beehiiv CEO Tyler Denk: email, LinkedIn and bio.
2025: cuts and a near sale
Spending peaked at a burn of $1.5 million a month in the second quarter of 2025. In late July Denk let go a third of the growth team, leadership included, and cut spending; growth stalled for months, some investors pushed for a sale, and beehiiv talked to four possible buyers before deciding to stay independent. By November burn was down to $200,000 a month, Denk wrote in April 2026.
Where is beehiiv based?
Nowhere in particular: beehiiv calls itself 100% remote, with 129 full-time employees in 12 countries (beehiiv). Its New York address, 228 Park Avenue South, is a mail address. Professional-network counts that include contractors are higher, around 200 to 260. It had 110 employees a year earlier (beehiiv) and 45 in November 2023.
What is beehiiv’s email format?
beehiiv staff mostly use {first}@beehiiv.com, such as maya@beehiiv.com for a fictional Maya Chen; some newer staff use {first}.{last}@beehiiv.com. Addresses at mail.beehiiv.com belong to newsletters hosted on beehiiv, not to the company.
Need | Official address |
|---|---|
Support | In-app help and the help center; beehiiv publishes no support email |
Privacy | privacy@beehiiv.com |
Security | security@beehiiv.com |
Spam or abuse by a newsletter | abuse@beehiiv.com or the Report Abuse link in the email’s footer |
Jobs | beehiiv’s BambooHR careers page |
All patterns, domains and official inboxes: beehiiv email format.
Key events
Date | Event |
|---|---|
Nov 9, 2026 | Drops job titles, the CEO’s included |
Oct 1, 2026 | New plans and higher prices |
Aug 17, 2026 | Passes $33M ARR |
Jul 16, 2026 | Summer Release |
Mar 2026 | First CMO, Darren Chait |
Jan 2026 | Expects $50M revenue in 2026; new COO and chief customer officer |
Nov 13, 2025 | First Winter Release |
Jul 2025 | Passes $20M ARR; cuts a third of the growth team |
Jun 25, 2024 | Acquires Typedream |
Apr 30, 2024 | $33M Series B led by NEA |
Sep 2023 | Ad network; acquires Swapstack |
Jun 21, 2023 | $12.5M Series A led by Lightspeed |
Apr 2022 | CTO and co-founder Andrew Platkin dies |
Nov 17, 2021 | Public launch |
Oct 5, 2021 | $2.6M seed led by Social Leverage |
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