Pantheon
Pantheon provides a web operations platform for Drupal, WordPress and Next.js sites, handling infrastructure, workflows and governance. It powers over 700,000 websites generating 17 billion monthly pageviews, and raised $200 million including a $100 million Series E in 2021.
The growth story
Pantheon grew from 382 to 443 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $200M along the way, most recently a Series E in July 2021.
About
Pantheon sells a platform that manages web hosting, security, and scaling for content management systems like Drupal and WordPress. Its customers include large enterprises like Uber and Home Depot that need to run complex websites reliably.
The company has scaled to support massive traffic volumes, with its 700,000 sites generating pageviews equivalent to over half of Facebook's monthly total. Its $200 million funding, including a SoftBank-led Series E, suggests rapid growth ambitions despite already being a major player in web operations.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is Pantheon's largest function with 61 employees, suggesting a product-focused organization. The company has 443 total employees, though its headcount growth rate is unclear.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 110 (+16% YoY), Information Technology 46 (-16% YoY), Operations 44 (+7% YoY), Sales 41 (+5% YoY), Customer Success and Support 41 (+5% YoY), Business Development 32 (+7% YoY).
Talent flow
Pantheon hires heavily from other web operations platforms, with Acquia and WP Engine being top sources. Its alumni frequently move to enterprise software companies like Salesforce and Datadog.
Most common previous employers of Pantheon staff: Acquia (8), WP Engine (7), ActiveCampaign (7), Block (6), Apple (6), Microsoft (5). Former Pantheon employees most often moved to Branch (6), Salesforce (4), Palo Alto Networks (3), Datadog (3), GitLab (3), Braze (3).
Alumni worth knowing
The Pantheon mafia
Pantheon alumni have founded 11 companies, most notably Branch which has grown to 513 employees. Other startups include cloud security firm Cloudanix and analytics provider BlinkMetrics.
11David Karnstedt, was Interim Chief Revenue Officer until 2023Sujay Suresh M., was Technical Product Manager, Platform and Infrastructure until 2018Nathan Tyler, was Senior Product Manager until 2022Ursula Ayrout, was VP Marketing until 2014Ronak Ray, was SVP, General Counsel and Chief People Officer until 2023Tom Faries, was Enterprise Account Executive, EDU until 2023
David Needham, was Developer Advocate and Training Manager until 2021
Mike McClure, was Board Observer until 2025
Thomas Ryder, was Business Development Team Lead until 2021
Matt Stodolnic, was Vice President, Marketing and Alliances until 2018Hiring now
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 53% direct, 25% search, 8% social, 1% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Pantheon: Leadership (134), Project Management (119), Customer Service (116), JavaScript (114), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) (109), Management (105), Web Development (105), PHP (104).
Where the team actually sits
Pantheon people are concentrated in California, United States (35), British Columbia, Canada (9), United States (9), San Francisco Bay Area (8).
Search footprint
Pantheon attracts about 38,820 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $209K a month if bought through ads. It gained 3,335 ranking keywords and lost 2,403 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 3.10 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 2.70 / 5
- Senior management
- 2.60 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.30 / 5
Frequently asked
Pantheon has 443 employees as of September 2026.
Pantheon has raised $200M in total, most recently a Series E round in July 2021.
Pantheon was founded in 2010 by Zack Rosen, Josh Koenig.
The most common previous employers of current Pantheon staff are Acquia (8 people), WP Engine (7 people), ActiveCampaign (7 people).
Former Pantheon employees most often move to Branch (6), Salesforce (4), Palo Alto Networks (3).
At least 11 companies have a founder who previously worked at Pantheon, including Branch, Cloudanix, BlinkMetrics.
Pantheon attracts about 38,820 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $209K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Pantheon staff are Leadership, Project Management, Customer Service, JavaScript, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).
Pantheon staff are concentrated in California, United States (35), British Columbia, Canada (9), United States (9).
Pantheon has about 110 people in Engineering, up 16% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Pantheon has about 46 people in Information Technology, down 16% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 241 current and 276 former Pantheon profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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