The company behind Buffer
Buffer
Buffer is made by Buffer, a fully remote company that publishes its revenue and salaries on an open dashboard. It earns money from subscriptions to its social media scheduling, analytics and engagement tools; the dashboard puts its annual recurring revenue at $27.3 million.
buffer.comRead on Oct 18, 2026 from the company’s own pages and from news reports.
Buffer at a glance
- Chief executive
- Joel Gascoigne
- Founded
- 2010
- Based in
- Fully remote since 2014, with teammates in 22 countries; founded in Birmingham, UK
- Raised in total
- $3.95 million
- Last valuation
- $80.8 million
- Reported July 2018
- Latest round
- Series A, $3.5 million
- Oct 27, 2014
- Team
- 70 people
- Ownership
- Privately held
Buffer's CEO and founders
The people Buffer names itself, or a news report about it names, with the job given there. Their accounts are the ones its own pages link to.
Buffer funding
Raised $3.95 million in all: a $450,000 seed round announced in December 2011 and a $3.5 million Series A led by Collaborative Fund in 2014, according to its own posts. In July 2018 it spent $3.3 million buying back the shares of its main Series A investors. buffer.combuffer.combuffer.combuffer.com
| When | Round | Amount | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 2014 | Series A | $3.5 million | Led by Collaborative Fund. With Red Swan Ventures, VegasTechFund, Scott Bannister, Gokul Rajaram, Adii Pienaar, Shan Mehta. buffer.com |
| Dec 20, 2011 | Seed | $450,000 | With AngelPad, InterWest Partners, Inspiration VC, Eric Kim, Maneesh Arora, Jay Baer, Dharmesh Shah, Gokul Rajaram, Peter Bordes, Harvey Brofman, Andy McLoughlin, Graham Jenkin, Shan Mehta, Adii Pienaar, Jim LeTourneau, Gordon Paddison, Jay Gould, Alberto Benbunan. buffer.com |
Every investor named
- Collaborative Fund · led a round
- Adii Pienaar
- Gokul Rajaram
- Shan Mehta
- Alberto Benbunan
- Andy McLoughlin
- AngelPad
- Dharmesh Shah
- Eric Kim
- Gordon Paddison
- Graham Jenkin
- Harvey Brofman
- Inspiration VC
- InterWest Partners
- Jay Baer
- Jay Gould
- Jim LeTourneau
- Maneesh Arora
- Peter Bordes
- Red Swan Ventures
- Scott Bannister
- VegasTechFund
Buffer valuation
$80.8 million
July 2018
Announced by Buffer in August 2018: the price at which it bought back Series A shares in July 2018 gave a valuation of $80.8 million. Its Series A in 2014 was at $60 million post-money. buffer.com
A private company’s valuation is set when it raises money and is rarely updated in public. It is not a share price.
Company details
- Ownership
- Privately held. Joel Gascoigne wrote in August 2018 that he owns over 45 percent of the stock, and that after Buffer bought back most Series A shares its Series A investors held 2.65 percent. buffer.com
- Founded
- 2010 buffer.com
- Based in
- Fully remote since 2014, with teammates in 22 countries; founded in Birmingham, UK buffer.com
- Team
- 70+ teammates in 22 countries buffer.com
- Hiring
- 1 open role on its job board, read Oct 18, 2026 jobs.ashbyhq.com
- Partner program
- 25% of the subscription revenue from each new paying customer referred, every month for their first 12 months, with no cap. Applications are reviewed by Buffer; creators, agencies, consultants and communities can apply, and joining is free. buffer.com
Jobs at Buffer
Buffer has 1 open role. Pick one to read it and apply on Buffer’s own site.
- Senior Infrastructure EngineerApply
Engineering · Remote · posted Jul 28, 2026
Read from Buffer’s job board on Ashby on Oct 18, 2026 and checked every day. Applications go to Buffer, not to us.
Buffer on social media and the web
- X (Twitter)x.com/buffer
- LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bufferapp
- YouTubeyoutube.com/bufferapp
- Instagraminstagram.com/buffer
- Facebookfacebook.com/bufferapp
- Threadsthreads.net/@buffer
- Blueskybsky.app/profile/buffer.com
- Blog · buffer.com
- Changelog · buffer.com
- Roadmap · suggestions.buffer.com
- Status page · status.buffer.com
- Careers · buffer.com
- Community · buffer.com
Only accounts Buffer links to from its own site, so you know they are its own.
How to contact Buffer
The ways Buffer publishes for reaching it. We don’t list personal email addresses, guessed or otherwise.
Buffer news and launches
- Oct 7, 2026Music, collaborators, and more for Instagram
- Sep 28, 2026Publish posts with images & video, together
- Sep 23, 2026Substack Notes is now in Buffer
- Sep 22, 2026Push notification settings on web
Media kit
The Buffer media kit
Everything on this page as a designed PDF to keep or pass on: the facts, the people, the funding with a chart of every round, the products with their grades and pictures, the news and every official channel. Put together by ToolGPA, not by Buffer.
Questions about Buffer the company
Who is the CEO of Buffer?
Joel Gascoigne is Buffer's CEO & Co-Founder, according to buffer.com, as read on Oct 18, 2026.
Who founded Buffer?
Joel Gascoigne and Leo Widrich are named as founders of Buffer, which was founded in 2010.
How much funding has Buffer raised?
Buffer's maker has raised $3.95 million in total. Raised $3.95 million in all: a $450,000 seed round announced in December 2011 and a $3.5 million Series A led by Collaborative Fund in 2014, according to its own posts. In July 2018 it spent $3.3 million buying back the shares of its main Series A investors.
Who are Buffer's investors?
The announcements name Collaborative Fund, Adii Pienaar, Gokul Rajaram, Shan Mehta, Alberto Benbunan, Andy McLoughlin, AngelPad, Dharmesh Shah, Eric Kim, Gordon Paddison, Graham Jenkin and Harvey Brofman, and 10 more. Collaborative Fund led a round.
When did Buffer last raise money?
The most recent round announced was in Oct 27, 2014: Series A, $3.5 million, led by Collaborative Fund.
What is Buffer's valuation?
$80.8 million, as of July 2018. Announced by Buffer in August 2018: the price at which it bought back Series A shares in July 2018 gave a valuation of $80.8 million. Its Series A in 2014 was at $60 million post-money.
Who owns Buffer?
Privately held. Joel Gascoigne wrote in August 2018 that he owns over 45 percent of the stock, and that after Buffer bought back most Series A shares its Series A investors held 2.65 percent.
Where is Buffer based?
Buffer gives its base as Fully remote since 2014, with teammates in 22 countries; founded in Birmingham, UK.
How many people work at Buffer?
70+ teammates in 22 countries.
Is Buffer hiring?
Yes. Buffer’s job board listed 1 open role on Oct 18, 2026. You apply on its own site: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/buffer
Is Buffer on social media?
Buffer links to its own accounts on X (Twitter), LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Threads and Bluesky. The links are on this page, taken from Buffer's own site.
Where this comes from
Read on Oct 18, 2026. Facts come from Buffer’s own pages, news reports and investors’ own announcements; nothing from paid data sites. What no page states is left out. If something here is out of date, the company can send a correction through the vendor page.