The company received its first financing in 2008, receiving $3 million in funding, before launching its website.[6] In 2012 Glassdoor received $20 million of venture capital, taking its total outside funding to $42.2 million.[36] The following year, the company raised an additional $50 million.[37] In 2015 the company raised an additional $70 million, in an investment round led by Google Capital, giving the company a valuation of just short of $1 billion.