The company behind Kinsta
Kinsta
Kinsta Inc. sells managed WordPress hosting, which it runs on Google Cloud and bills as monthly or annual plans. Its own blog describes the company as 100% bootstrapped, built on customer revenue rather than outside investment.
kinsta.comRead on Oct 18, 2026 from the company’s own pages and from news reports.
Kinsta at a glance
- Chief executive
- Jon Penland
- Founded
- 2013
- Based in
- Remote, with a team distributed around the world
- Team
- A team distributed around the world; the organisation data on its own pages gives a range of 201 to 500 employees
- Ownership
- Privately held
Kinsta's CEO and founders
The people Kinsta names itself, or a news report about it names, with the job given there. Their accounts are the ones its own pages link to.
Kinsta funding
No outside funding has been announced. Kinsta's own posts say the company is 100% bootstrapped and self-funded, started in 2013 without money in the bank, and that it chose not to take the venture route its competitors took. kinsta.comkinsta.com
Company details
- Ownership
- Privately held. Its own blog calls Kinsta a 100% bootstrapped, self-funded company and says almost all of its competitors took venture capital while it did not. It is not listed and names no parent. kinsta.com
- Founded
- 2013 kinsta.com
- Based in
- Remote, with a team distributed around the world kinsta.com
- Team
- A team distributed around the world; the organisation data on its own pages gives a range of 201 to 500 employees kinsta.com
- Hiring
- 3 open roles on its job board, read Oct 18, 2026 jobs.lever.co
- Affiliate program
- A one-time bonus of up to $500 per referral to its managed WordPress hosting, plus a lifetime monthly commission of 10%. Tracking is in-house, with a 60-day cookie and last-touch attribution. kinsta.com
- Partner program
- An agency partner program in three tiers, Entry at $100+ monthly recurring revenue, Select at an agency reseller plan or $300+, and Elite at $1000+, with lifetime affiliate commissions, lead referrals and a directory listing. kinsta.com
Jobs at Kinsta
Kinsta has 3 open roles. Pick one to read it and apply on Kinsta’s own site.
- Account ManagerApply
Sales · Manila · Remote · posted Oct 14, 2026
- Revenue Operations AdministratorApply
Revenue Operations · Budapest · Remote · posted Oct 14, 2026
- Senior Product DesignerApply
Product Design · Budapest · Remote · posted Aug 7, 2026
Read from Kinsta’s job board on Lever on Oct 18, 2026 and checked every day. Applications go to Kinsta, not to us.
Kinsta on social media and the web
- X (Twitter)x.com/kinsta
- LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kinsta
- YouTubeyoutube.com/Kinsta
- Instagraminstagram.com/kinstahosting
- Facebookfacebook.com/kinstahosting
- Blog · kinsta.com
- Changelog · kinsta.com
- Community · community.kinsta.com
- Status page · status.kinsta.com
- Careers · kinsta.com
Only accounts Kinsta links to from its own site, so you know they are its own.
How to contact Kinsta
The ways Kinsta publishes for reaching it. We don’t list personal email addresses, guessed or otherwise.
Kinsta news and launches
Media kit
The Kinsta 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 Kinsta.
Questions about Kinsta the company
Who is the CEO of Kinsta?
Jon Penland is Kinsta's chief Executive Officer, according to kinsta.com, as read on Oct 18, 2026.
Who founded Kinsta?
Mark Gavalda is named as a founder of Kinsta, which was founded in 2013.
How much funding has Kinsta raised?
No outside funding has been announced. Kinsta's own posts say the company is 100% bootstrapped and self-funded, started in 2013 without money in the bank, and that it chose not to take the venture route its competitors took.
What is Kinsta's valuation?
No valuation was found in Kinsta's announcements or in news reports, as read on Oct 18, 2026. Private companies usually do not publish one.
Who owns Kinsta?
Privately held. Its own blog calls Kinsta a 100% bootstrapped, self-funded company and says almost all of its competitors took venture capital while it did not. It is not listed and names no parent.
Where is Kinsta based?
Kinsta gives its base as Remote, with a team distributed around the world.
How many people work at Kinsta?
A team distributed around the world; the organisation data on its own pages gives a range of 201 to 500 employees.
Is Kinsta hiring?
Yes. Kinsta’s job board listed 3 open roles on Oct 18, 2026. You apply on its own site: https://jobs.lever.co/kinsta
Is Kinsta on social media?
Kinsta links to its own accounts on X (Twitter), LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram and Facebook. The links are on this page, taken from Kinsta's own site.
Does Kinsta have an affiliate program?
A one-time bonus of up to $500 per referral to its managed WordPress hosting, plus a lifetime monthly commission of 10%. Tracking is in-house, with a 60-day cookie and last-touch attribution.
Where this comes from
Read on Oct 18, 2026. Facts come from Kinsta’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.