The company behind lemlist
lempire
lemlist is made by lempire, a French company that also makes lemwarm and lemcal. It earns money from subscriptions to lemlist's outreach plans and from paid add-ons such as WhatsApp, and its careers page says it never raised venture funding.
lemlist.comRead on Oct 18, 2026 from the company’s own pages and from news reports.
lemlist at a glance
- Chief executive
- Charles Tenot
- Founded
- 2018
- Based in
- Paris, France, with remote teammates
- Last valuation
- More than $150 million
- Reported Oct 20, 2025
- Team
- 90 people
- Ownership
- Privately held
lemlist's CEO and founders
The people lempire names itself, or a news report about it names, with the job given there. Their accounts are the ones its own pages link to.
lemlist funding
Self-funded: its careers page says "We didn't raise funding" and that it turned funding down. The 2021 sale of 20% of the company for €30 million, reported by Maddyness, was a secondary sale of existing shares, according to CFNews. lemlist.commaddyness.comcfnews.net
lemlist valuation
More than $150 million
Oct 20, 2025
Maddyness reported the figure in its headline when it covered lemlist's purchase of Claap in October 2025. It is a reported figure; lemlist has not announced a valuation. maddyness.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. Its careers page says it did not raise funding; Maddyness reported in October 2025 that its founders sold 20% of the company to investors for €30 million in 2021, and CFNews described that deal as a sale of existing shares only. maddyness.com
- Founded
- 2018 lempire.com
- Based in
- Paris, France, with remote teammates lemlist.com
- Team
- About 90 people, according to lempire's home page lempire.com
- Hiring
- 12 open roles: 6 in business teams, 5 in tech and 1 in product, mostly in France or remote within the European Union jobs.ashbyhq.com
- Affiliate program
- 25% commission for 12 months on each lemlist license bought through the affiliate's link, with a 30-day cookie. Payments are verified 30 days after the purchase. lemlist.com
- Partner program
- Agencies and consultants can become certified lemlist experts, sell their services to lemlist users and earn commissions on lemlist referrals; creators and communities can earn recurring revenue for referrals. Rates are not stated on the page. lemlist.com
lemlist on social media and the web
- X (Twitter)x.com/lemlist
- LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lemlist
- YouTubeyoutube.com/c/lemlist
- Instagraminstagram.com/lemlisthq
- TikToktiktok.com/@lemlist
- Redditreddit.com/r/lemlist_official
- Blog · lemlist.com
- Changelog · lemlist.usesjimo.com
- Status page · status.lempire.com
- Careers · lemlist.com
Only accounts lempire links to from its own site, so you know they are its own.
How to contact lempire
The ways lempire publishes for reaching it. We don’t list personal email addresses, guessed or otherwise.
lemlist news and launches
- Feb 19, 2026Introducing the Deliverability Hub
- Feb 16, 2026Custom call statuses in your CRM
- Feb 13, 2026Claap x Lemlist VoIP integration
- Jan 22, 2026Quickly access your favorite campaigns
Media kit
The lempire 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 lempire.
Questions about lemlist the company
Who is the CEO of lemlist?
Charles Tenot is CEO of lemlist, according to maddyness.com, as read on Oct 18, 2026.
Who founded lemlist?
Guillaume Moubeche is named as a founder of lempire, which was founded in 2018.
How much funding has lemlist raised?
Self-funded: its careers page says "We didn't raise funding" and that it turned funding down. The 2021 sale of 20% of the company for €30 million, reported by Maddyness, was a secondary sale of existing shares, according to CFNews.
What is lemlist's valuation?
More than $150 million, as of Oct 20, 2025. Maddyness reported the figure in its headline when it covered lemlist's purchase of Claap in October 2025. It is a reported figure; lemlist has not announced a valuation.
Who owns lemlist?
Privately held. Its careers page says it did not raise funding; Maddyness reported in October 2025 that its founders sold 20% of the company to investors for €30 million in 2021, and CFNews described that deal as a sale of existing shares only.
Where is lemlist based?
lempire gives its base as Paris, France, with remote teammates.
How many people work at lemlist?
About 90 people, according to lempire's home page.
Is lemlist hiring?
12 open roles: 6 in business teams, 5 in tech and 1 in product, mostly in France or remote within the European Union.
Is lemlist on social media?
lempire links to its own accounts on X (Twitter), LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok and Reddit. The links are on this page, taken from lempire's own site.
Does lemlist have an affiliate program?
25% commission for 12 months on each lemlist license bought through the affiliate's link, with a 30-day cookie. Payments are verified 30 days after the purchase.
Where this comes from
Read on Oct 18, 2026. Facts come from lempire’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.