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WP Engine
The world’s most trusted WordPress technology company, powering freedom to create on WordPress
At a glance
- Founded
- 2010
- Headquarters
- Austin, United States
- Sector
- Hosting
- Power Law
- Thoroughbred$100M+ revenue
Latest news
Press, funding announcements and product moves mentioning WP Engine.
Investors
From Dealroom's funding and investor records, grouped by the round each investor first entered.
Seed7 investors entered at this stage
- BBBill Boebel
- RWRob Walling
Capital Factory
Dharmesh Shah
Automattic- EREric Ries
Silverton Partners
Series B and later2 investors entered at this stage
Source: Dealroom Talent Intelligence.
Alumni founders
Former WP Engine employees who went on to found companies, sorted by Dealroom signal score.
WOWorkshopEst. 2020
Rick KnudtsonUnited States
USUpland SoftwareEst. 2010
Joshua BaerUnited States
Ben MetcalfeUnited States
Tyler O'BriantUnited StatesGlobal footprint
team presence
across markets
Investments and acquisitions
Disclosed deals where WP Engine was the backer or acquirer, 2018–2026. Toggle between venture rounds, M&A, or both. The map below is grouped by the target company's sector — the colored pill on each chip is the round type.
6 deals across WP Engine's capital deployment.
Where the deals concentrate by sector, stage, and decade.
WP Engine's portfolio, mapped.
Each chip is one company. Pill colour shows round type — green for Seed, blue for Series A, purple for B/C+, pink for late-stage, amber for M&A. Bigger sectors keep their full list behind “+ N more”.
Market sentiment
An AI-synthesised read of the highest-engagement posts about WP Engine on X, ranked by likes and reposts, corporate channels excluded.
Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…
Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour
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