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Donut

Donut

Private
New York City, New YorkEnterprise Softwarehttps://www.donut.com/

Last Round

Series A

Oct 29, 2020

Total Funding Raised

$12M

Company Overview

Donut is a business and productivity software company that provides an employee experience platform to foster connections among team members through virtual coffee chats, peer learning, and DEI discussions.

Sector

Enterprise Software

Verticals

HR, Enterprise Communication, Workflow Automation

Business Model

B2B

Customer Profile

Subscription SaaS

AI Layer

Application

Keywords

employee engagementonboarding automationculture buildingremote work toolsSlack integrationvirtual watercoolerhybrid work softwarepeople opsDEI softwarediversity equity and inclusionworkflow automationHR techemployee retentiondistributed team toolsvirtual team building

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CompanySimilarityMarket Cap
RandomCoffee
85%
CultureBot
84%
Doozy Live Ltd
84%

Donut Funding Rounds

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Data table
RoundDateAmount RaisedValuationInvestorsSources
Series AOct 29, 2020
SeedFeb 23, 2017
SeedJan 4, 2017

Key People

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Dan Manian

Cofounder & CEO

Founding Team

John D. McCarthy

Acting CFO

Executive Team

Donut Investors

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Donut investors
InvestorRounds
Salesforce VenturesSeries A
FirstMark CapitalSeries A
Slack FundSeed, Series A
Bloomberg BetaSeries A
AccelSeed, Series A

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  • Nov 18, 2025

    Added Carta, Inc., a financial technology company, as a customer.

  • Nov 18, 2025

    Added Anthropic, an AI company, as a customer.

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Firmographic Details

HeadquartersNew York City, New York
Employee Range63
Year Founded2016
Last FundingOct 29, 2020

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