Higgsfield startup funding profile

Overview

Higgsfield is a San Francisco generative-media company founded in 2023 by former Snap executive Alex Mashrabov. On August 17, 2026 it announced a $400 million Series B at a $5.4 billion valuation led by DST Global. TechCrunch reported Goldman Sachs Alternatives, Valor Capital, and Tribe Capital among participants; contemporaneous roundups list Accel and Menlo Ventures as existing investors. The company told TechCrunch it had $700 million in annualized revenue, 30 million users, and relationships with 390 Fortune 500 companies — treat those as company-reported. Mashrabov framed proceeds as including compute: one minute of video as comparable to processing about 60,000 words. Products include Cinema Studio and Marketing Studio.

Why Higgsfield is interesting

August 17, 2026 Series B: $400M at $5.4B led by DST Global, about eight months after a $1.3B mark — company-reported $700M annualized revenue. The bet is workflow plus GPU capacity, not a new foundation model.

Product & use cases

Generative image/video platform with Cinema Studio (film direction) and Marketing Studio (ads), sold to consumers and Fortune 500 creative teams.

• Marketing video production without a full traditional crew
• AI-assisted filmmaking / cinematic generation
• High-volume social and campaign creative

Key facts

• Series B (Aug 17, 2026): $400M at $5.4B led by DST Global (TechCrunch)
• Prior: ~$1.3B valuation about eight months earlier (TechCrunch)
• Company-reported: $700M annualized revenue; 30M users; 390 Fortune 500 (via TechCrunch)
• Directory-linked existing investor: Menlo Ventures (/fund/menlo-ventures). Accel is named in roundups but has no /fund/ page.

Fundraising history

Investors in our directory

Funds linked from Higgsfield's profile — open a fund page for stage focus and related deal articles.

Competitive landscape

Edge: Company-stated enterprise logos plus a consumer generation base — defensibility depends on workflow lock-in and compute access, not model uniqueness.

Gen-video is compute-expensive and crowded. Higgsfield’s Series B is partly a capacity raise. Logos and ARR are company-reported; switching costs vs Runway/Adobe are unproven in public filings.

• Runway direct

  AI video models and creative suite.

• Synthesia direct

  Enterprise AI video, often avatar-led.

• Adobe Firefly / Premiere incumbent

  Creative Cloud distribution adding generative features.

Industries

Related funding articles

Venture Capital Tracker pieces that cover Higgsfield's financing or category context.

• Higgsfield Raises $400M Series B at $5.4B — DST Leads, Menlo Returns
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• Accel Raises $3.5B Across Four Early-Stage Funds — AI Cycle, Same Seed Job