lempire in a few pages, for writers, partners and anyone curious: the facts, the people, the money, the products and the news. Put together by ToolGPA, not by 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.
Founded
2018
Based in
Paris
Chief executive
Charles Tenot
Valuation
More than $150 million
Team
90 people
Ownership
Privately held
Unofficial. Put together by ToolGPA from lempire’s own pages, news reports and our own grades, read Oct 18, 2026. Not made, paid for or approved by lempire. toolgpa.com
Part 01 · Company
The company
Who they are, the facts in one place, and the people who run it
2018
The year lempire was founded, in Paris
In a sentence
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.
In a paragraph
lempire was founded in 2018 and is based in Paris, France, with remote teammates. Charles Tenot is its CEO of lemlist; Guillaume Moubeche is a co-founder. About 90 people, according to lempire's home page. Its last reported valuation was More than $150 million, in October 2025.
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Fact sheet
Company
lempire
Founded
2018
Based in
Paris, France, with remote teammates
Team
About 90 people, according to lempire's home page
Last valuation
More than $150 million (Oct 20, 2025)
Website
lemlist.com
Products we list
lemlist
Ownership: Privately held
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.
12 open roles: 6 in business teams, 5 in tech and 1 in product, mostly in France or remote within the European Union.
Affiliate program
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Part 02 · Funding
The money
Every announced round, who put money in, and what it was last valued at
More than $150M
Last reported valuation, Oct 20, 2025
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.
Last 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.
What they make
lemlist, as ToolGPA grades it: five subjects, a letter for each, and a GPA.
lemlist
Cold email and LinkedIn sequences with a built-in lead database
#1 of 21 cold outreach toolsFrom $55 per month for 50,000 emails, billed yearly
2.8GPA
Our pick for most teams, and anyone mixing cold email with LinkedIn. lemlist does the whole cold outreach job: email, LinkedIn, calls and texts in one sequence that stops when someone answers, with warm-up thrown in.
AValue
CFree
BFeatures
CEase
BPlatforms
lemlist’s grade as a badge for its own site, free: it updates itself and links to the review. Code at toolgpa.com/badges.
Part 04 · News
News and contacts
What they have announced lately, and every official channel
This media kit is ToolGPA’s own summary of what lempire’s pages, news reports, investors’ announcements and public filings said on the dates shown, with our own grades. It is not made, paid for or approved by lempire, and lempire’s names and logos are trademarks of their owner. Grades are our judgement under the rules at toolgpa.com/grades. ToolGPA uses affiliate links and may earn a commission from them, and it works with sponsors; no one can pay for a grade. Product pictures are lempire’s own, from its website and app-store listings.
