Descript: Funding, Investors & Team (Aug 2026)
A new type of video editor called Descript is as simple to use as a document. Descript's AI-powered capabilities and user-friendly interface power popular podcasts, YouTube and TikTok channels, and companies that use video for internal training, sales, marketing, and collaboration. Along with documents and PowerPoint, Descript wants to make video a standard component of any communicator's toolkit.
Descript has raised $80.6M across 2 funding rounds on record, the most recent an undisclosed round of $50.6M announced in Nov 2022.
That round is above the $3.0M median round size for Software Development companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.
Descript Company Profile and Key Stats
Latest funding round on record: Nov 2022.
Descript Funding Rounds
Descript raised $30.0M in a Series B announced in Jan 2021.
1.8 years later, an undisclosed round of $50.6M was announced in Nov 2022.
Descript Founders and Leadership Team
Contact details for the Descript team: 1 of 2 have an email address on file.
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Descript's latest round of $50.6M is above the median round in Software Development. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.
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Descript Funding FAQs
What does Descript do?
A new type of video editor called Descript is as simple to use as a document. Descript's AI-powered capabilities and user-friendly interface power popular podcasts, YouTube and TikTok channels, and companies that use video for internal training, sales, marketing, and collaboration. Along with documents and PowerPoint, Descript wants to make video a standard component of any communicator's toolkit.
How much funding has Descript raised?
Descript has raised $80.6M across 2 rounds on record. The most recent is an undisclosed round of $50.6M announced in Nov 2022.
When did Descript last raise funding?
Descript's most recent funding round on record is an undisclosed round of $50.6M, announced in Nov 2022.
Who founded Descript?
FundedIQ lists Alexandre De Brebisson (Founder) at Descript.
Who is the CEO of Descript?
Andrew Mason is listed as CEO at Descript.
Where is Descript headquartered?
Descript is based in San Francisco, California, United States.
How many employees does Descript have?
Descript is in the 101-250 employee band.
How does Descript's funding compare to other Software Development startups?
Descript's latest round of $50.6M is above the $3.0M median round size for Software Development companies on FundedIQ across 228 tracked companies over the last two years.
About FundedIQ's Descript Funding Data
FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.
Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for Descript is left off this page rather than filled in.
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