# Krea revenue, valuation & funding

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Krea was valued at $500M post-money at its Series B in April 2025, as reported by TechCrunch. It hasn't published a revenue figure, but said in April 2025 that revenue grew 20x over 14 months. It's private and hasn't filed for an IPO.

Checked Nov 8, 2026

## At a glance

- Valuation: $500M post-money at its Series B in April 2025, its last reported round.
- Revenue: no dollar figure published. Krea said in April 2025 that revenue grew 20x over 14 months.
- Status: private. No stock ticker. It hasn't filed for an IPO.
- Founded: 2022, by Víctor Perez and Diego Rodriguez, who met as undergraduates in Barcelona.
- CEO: Víctor Perez, co-founder.
- Investors: Bain Capital Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Pebblebed and Abstract Ventures, with earlier backing from HF0, A* and Gradient Ventures.
- Products: real-time AI image and video tools on krea.ai, and its own image models, Krea 2 and Krea 3.
- Headquarters: San Francisco, California.

## Is Krea public? Can you buy its stock?

No. Krea is a private company, so its shares don't trade on any stock exchange and it has no ticker symbol. [Forge](https://forgeglobal.com/krea_ipo/) lists it as privately held and not publicly traded.

Krea hasn't filed for an IPO and has no IPO price, according to [Forge](https://forgeglobal.com/krea_ipo/). The company hasn't announced a plan to go public.

Its shares are held by its founders, staff and investors, including Bain Capital Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz. This page reports facts and gives no investment advice.

## Valuation, round by round

Krea was valued at $500M post-money at its $47M Series B in April 2025, its last reported round.

- Apr 2025 · $500M · $47M · Bain Capital Ventures · [ContentGrip](https://www.contentgrip.com/krea-ai-platform-funding-genai-creatives/)

Its earlier rounds were a $3M pre-seed and seed and a $33M Series A, per [ContentGrip](https://www.contentgrip.com/krea-ai-platform-funding-genai-creatives/), with no valuation given. Contrary Research dates the Series A to June 2023, led by Andreessen Horowitz, but no primary report confirms that date.

## How Krea makes money

Krea sells monthly plans for its tools, paid in units that cover image and video generations. Plans run from free to Enterprise, according to its [pricing page](https://www.krea.ai/pricing).

It also sells its own image models by the image, on krea.ai and through partners.

- **Free.** 100 units a day at $0 a month. · [Krea's pricing page](https://www.krea.ai/pricing)
- **Basic.** $5 a month billed yearly, or $9 billed monthly, for 5,000 units a month. · [Krea's pricing page](https://www.krea.ai/pricing)
- **Pro.** $21 a month billed yearly, or $35 billed monthly, for 20,000 units a month. · [Krea's pricing page](https://www.krea.ai/pricing)
- **Max.** $63 a month billed yearly, or $105 billed monthly, for 60,000 units a month. · [Krea's pricing page](https://www.krea.ai/pricing)
- **Business and Enterprise.** Business is $160 a month billed yearly, or $200 billed monthly, for 80k units a month. Enterprise has custom pricing. · [Krea's pricing page](https://www.krea.ai/pricing)
- **Per image.** Krea 3 costs $0.06 per image at 2K and $0.03 per image at 1K. · [Krea's blog](https://www.krea.ai/blog/introducing-krea-3)
- **Partners.** Krea 3 is also sold through fal, Hedra, Together AI, Nous Research, OpenRouter and Replicate. · [Krea's blog](https://www.krea.ai/blog/introducing-krea-3)

## Products

Krea's tools on krea.ai make and edit images and video in real time. In 2026 it began releasing image models of its own.

- **Krea 3** (15 October 2026). An image editing model. Krea says most edits come back in under 8 seconds at native 2K. · [Krea's blog](https://www.krea.ai/blog/introducing-krea-3)
- **Krea 2** (12 May 2026). Its first foundation image model built completely from scratch, focused on aesthetics and creative control. · [Krea's release notes](https://www.krea.ai/release-notes/krea-2-is-here)
- **Flux.1 Krea Dev** (31 July 2025). A model announced by [Black Forest Labs](https://realalpha.app/companies/black-forest-labs/) and developed with Krea. · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flux_(text-to-image_model))
- **krea.ai** Real-time AI image and video tools.

## Users and usage

Krea said in October 2026 that Krea 3 was live for its [30 million users](https://www.krea.ai/blog/introducing-krea-3). Its [homepage](https://www.krea.ai) says over 30,000,000 users from 191 countries. Its [pricing page](https://www.krea.ai/pricing) says 40M+ creators, enterprises, agencies and studios.

In April 2025, Krea said it had grown to over 20 million users organically ([Krea's blog](https://www.krea.ai/blog/new-krea)). All of these counts come from the company.

Customer logos on its homepage include Lego, Samsung, Nike, Microsoft, Shopify and Amazon Studios, according to [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/07/kreas-founders-snubbed-postgrad-grants-from-the-king-of-spain-to-build-their-ai-startup-now-its-valued-at-500m/). TechCrunch also named users at [Perplexity](https://realalpha.app/companies/perplexity/), Loop Earplugs, Pixar, LEGO and Samsung.

- **Henning Larsen Architects** partnered with Krea in May 2026 to build AI creative tools for architecture. · [Krea's blog](https://www.krea.ai/blog/we-are-partnering-with-henning-larsen)

## Leadership

The two co-founders met as undergraduates in Barcelona. Krea said its team had grown to 17 in April 2025. Contrary Research says it had eight employees when it started in March 2022.

- **Víctor Perez,** co-founder and CEO. · [Krea's blog](https://www.krea.ai/blog/introducing-krea-3)
- **Diego Rodriguez,** co-founder and CTO. · [ContentGrip](https://www.contentgrip.com/krea-ai-platform-funding-genai-creatives/)

## Who owns Krea?

Its founders, staff and investors. Krea doesn't publish who holds what, and no stake has been disclosed. The company says it has raised [$83M in total](https://www.krea.ai/blog/new-krea).

- **Bain Capital Ventures** led the $47M Series B in April 2025. · [ContentGrip](https://www.contentgrip.com/krea-ai-platform-funding-genai-creatives/)
- **Andreessen Horowitz** backed the Series A and returned for the Series B. · [Krea's blog](https://www.krea.ai/blog/new-krea)
- **Pebblebed and Abstract Ventures** backed the seed round. Abstract Ventures returned for the Series B. · [Krea's blog](https://www.krea.ai/blog/new-krea)
- **HF0, A* and Gradient Ventures** gave earlier backing. · [Krea's blog](https://www.krea.ai/blog/new-krea)

## Competitors

Krea competes with image and video model makers and also works with some of them. It built Flux.1 Krea Dev with [Black Forest Labs](https://realalpha.app/companies/black-forest-labs/). Developers can use Krea 2 through [fal](https://realalpha.app/companies/fal/).

- **[Midjourney](https://realalpha.app/companies/midjourney/),** which Tooljunction contrasts with Krea's "real-time canvas and multi-model aggregation". · [Tooljunction](https://www.tooljunction.io/ai-tools/krea/company)
- **Leonardo AI,** also named by Tooljunction as a point of comparison. · [Tooljunction](https://www.tooljunction.io/ai-tools/krea/company)
- **[Stability AI](https://realalpha.app/companies/stability-ai/),** which Contrary Research says "competes in providing open-source and free tools for creators." · [Contrary Research](https://research.contrary.com/company/krea)

## Timeline and latest news

- Oct 15, 2026 · Released Krea 3, an image editing model that returns most edits in under 8 seconds. · [Krea's blog](https://www.krea.ai/blog/introducing-krea-3)
- Oct 15, 2026 · Said Krea 3 was live for its 30 million users. · [Krea's blog](https://www.krea.ai/blog/introducing-krea-3)
- Oct 15, 2026 · Launched Krea 3 through fal, Hedra, Together AI, Nous Research, OpenRouter and Replicate. · [Krea's blog](https://www.krea.ai/blog/introducing-krea-3)
- May 29, 2026 · Announced a partnership with Henning Larsen Architects on AI tools for architecture. · [Krea's blog](https://www.krea.ai/blog/we-are-partnering-with-henning-larsen)
- May 27, 2026 · fal became an official API partner for Krea 2. · [Yahoo Finance (PR Newswire)](https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/fal-launches-krea-2-official-185700692.html)
- May 12, 2026 · Released Krea 2, its first foundation image model built from scratch. · [Krea's release notes](https://www.krea.ai/release-notes/krea-2-is-here)
- Jul 31, 2025 · Black Forest Labs announced Flux.1 Krea Dev, developed with Krea. · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flux_(text-to-image_model))
- Apr 7, 2025 · Raised a $47M Series B at a reported $500M valuation, led by Bain Capital Ventures. · [ContentGrip](https://www.contentgrip.com/krea-ai-platform-funding-genai-creatives/)
- Apr 7, 2025 · Said it had over 20 million users and had grown revenue 20x in 14 months. · [Krea's blog](https://www.krea.ai/blog/new-krea)
- Apr 7, 2025 · Said its team had grown to 17. · [Krea's blog](https://www.krea.ai/blog/new-krea)

## Questions people ask

### Is Krea a public company? Can I buy Krea stock?

No. Krea is private and has no ticker, so its shares aren't sold on any exchange, according to [Forge](https://forgeglobal.com/krea_ipo/).

### When will Krea IPO?

Krea hasn't filed for an IPO, according to [Forge](https://forgeglobal.com/krea_ipo/), and hasn't announced a plan to go public.

### Who owns Krea?

Its founders, staff and investors, including Bain Capital Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Pebblebed and Abstract Ventures. Stakes haven't been disclosed.

### Who is the CEO of Krea?

Víctor Perez, who co-founded the company.

### Who founded Krea?

Víctor Perez and Diego Rodriguez, in 2022. They met as undergraduates in Barcelona.

### How much is Krea worth?

$500M post-money at its Series B in April 2025, according to [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/07/kreas-founders-snubbed-postgrad-grants-from-the-king-of-spain-to-build-their-ai-startup-now-its-valued-at-500m/). No later round has been reported.

### How much revenue does Krea make?

It hasn't published a figure. In April 2025 it said revenue grew 20x over 14 months ([Krea's blog](https://www.krea.ai/blog/new-krea)).

### How does Krea make money?

Monthly plans from free to $160 a month billed yearly, plus Enterprise, and per-image prices for its own models, per its [pricing page](https://www.krea.ai/pricing).

### How many people use Krea?

Krea said in October 2026 that it has [30 million users](https://www.krea.ai/blog/introducing-krea-3). Its pricing page says 40M+ creators, enterprises, agencies and studios.

### Who are Krea's competitors?

Midjourney and Leonardo AI, per Tooljunction, and Stability AI, per Contrary Research.

## How this page is sourced

Each figure links to the filing, company statement or news report it came from, with its date. Run rates are what reporters were told, not audited results; estimates and unconfirmed reports are marked. Quotes are what each person said on the record, with the minute they said it.