Payload

Acquired

Developer-First Headless CMS and Application Framework

Grand Rapids, United States · Founded 2018

Employees
1–10
Founded
2018
Business Model
B2B
Last Round
SeedNov 2022
Rounds
2

About

Payload is a developer-first headless CMS and application framework built to finally give developers a better choice in the world of CMS. From documentation to design, Payload is crafted from the ground-up to save engineers time and effort while building the backend and admin panel for websites, native apps, ecommerce, SaaS, and any other product that needs to manage content. Payload is changing the CMS status quo—working to give developers the tools they want to build the CMS they need, all in clean and well-structured code. Learn more at https://payloadcms.com.

Summary

Payload is a Developer Tools company based in Grand Rapids, United States, founded in 2018. Its most recent funding was a Seed round in Nov 2022. Investors include Gradient Ventures, Y Combinator and MongoDB.

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Funding History

SeedSeed RoundNov 2022

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