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Total amount raised
$800 Thousand
Latest funding date
2012-07-24
Location
StackCommerce raised USD 800,000 in disclosed funding across two rounds. Its latest was a USD 800,000 seed round in July 2012, backed by 500 Startups, Tim Draper, Amplify.LA and other angels with no lead named. StackCommerce lets publishers sell products directly to readers. Integrated Media Company, a TPG platform, acquired a majority stake in StackCommerce on February 2, 2021 for undisclosed terms.
What Is StackCommerce?
StackCommerce is a commerce and content platform that lets publishers and brands sell products directly to their readers. It powers white-labeled shops, checkout, and discovery content, giving media companies revenue beyond advertising.
Josh Payne founded the company around 2011 in Los Angeles. Don LeBlanc became CEO in July 2022 as Payne stepped back, and Karl House, president since January 2022, later took over. StackCommerce has been majority-owned by Integrated Media Company, TPG's digital media platform, since February 2021.
How Much Funding Has StackCommerce Raised?
- Seed Round (Amplify.LA)
- Amount Raised: Not publicly disclosed
- Date: January 2012
- Lead Investors: Amplify.LA
- Motivation Behind the Round: Initial development and market entry through the Amplify.LA accelerator.
- Seed Round
- Amount Raised: USD 800,000
- Date: July 2012
- Lead Investors: Not publicly disclosed (no lead was named)
- Participants: 500 Startups, Tim Draper, Paige Craig, Siemer Ventures, Amplify.LA, Jim Pallotta, Rick Merrill, Josh Resnick, Mark Schwartz, Jeff Lapin, and EchoVC
- Motivation Behind the Round: Launch the platform publicly and expand operations.
Total Amount Raised: At least USD 800,000 in disclosed funding. The January 2012 Amplify.LA round's amount was not disclosed. TechCrunch reported in February 2021 that StackCommerce had raised about USD 1 million total from Amplify and angel investors before the IMC deal. Current Valuation: Not publicly disclosed, and the IMC transaction terms were undisclosed too. As of September 2026, the company's latest disclosed round remains its July 2012 seed round, and StackCommerce has been majority-owned by IMC since February 2021.
Key Investors
- 500 Startups
- Details: 500 Startups, now 500 Global, invested in StackCommerce's USD 800,000 seed round in July 2012.
- Investment Focus Areas: Early-stage technology and internet companies worldwide.
- Notable Investments: Credit Karma, Canva, Udemy.
- Amplify.LA
- Details: Amplify.LA, a Los Angeles startup accelerator, led StackCommerce's January 2012 seed round and backed the July 2012 round too.
- Investment Focus Areas: Early-stage technology and media startups in Los Angeles.
- Notable Investments: Not publicly disclosed beyond StackCommerce.
What's Next for StackCommerce?
StackCommerce now operates as a majority-owned company of Integrated Media Company, a TPG platform, which announced the acquisition of its majority stake on February 2, 2021 without disclosing terms. TechCrunch reported the company had raised about USD 1 million from Amplify and angel investors and generated roughly USD 80 million in revenue in 2020.
Leadership passed from founder Josh Payne to Don LeBlanc in July 2022 and later to Karl House. On January 30, 2025, StackCommerce announced that it had acquired Reviewed for undisclosed terms. Reviewed is the product-review site that Gannett shut down in late 2024, and StackCommerce relaunched it as part of its product-discovery business. No equity financing has been announced since 2012, and further private fundraising rounds are not expected.
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