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    Recent transactions in the domain of social networks

    Country Funding round Date
    Solcial
    Application for monetizing social feeds on Solana
    N/A
    USD 2,900,000 (USD 2,900,000)
    28 Sep 2021
    Zyper Inc
    Recreating social networks for brands.
    United States Seed
    1 Dec 2018
    Zyper Inc
    Recreating social networks for brands.
    United States Seed
    GBP 750,000
    2 Sep 2017
    Pinterest Inc
    Pinterest lets you organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web.
    United States N/A
    USD 150,000,000 (USD 150,000,000) at USD 12,300,000,000 (USD 12,300,000,000) valuation.
    7 Jun 2017
    21 Buttons
    Fashion social and shopping network.
    Spain Seed
    31 Dec 2016
    LinkedIn Corp
    United States Acquisition
    USD 26,200,000,000 (USD 26,200,000,000) at USD 26,200,000,000 (USD 26,200,000,000) valuation.
    13 Jun 2016
    Pinterest Inc
    Pinterest lets you organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web.
    United States Secondary
    1 Jun 2015
    Pinterest Inc
    Pinterest lets you organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web.
    United States Series G
    USD 186,000,000 (USD 186,000,000) at USD 10,800,000,000 (USD 10,800,000,000) valuation.
    8 May 2015
    Pinterest Inc
    Pinterest lets you organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web.
    United States Series G
    USD 367,000,000 (USD 367,000,000) at USD 10,700,000,000 (USD 10,700,000,000) valuation.
    16 Mar 2015
    Pinterest Inc
    Pinterest lets you organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web.
    United States Series F
    USD 200,000,000 (USD 200,000,000) at USD 4,800,000,000 (USD 4,800,000,000) valuation.
    15 May 2014
    Pinterest Inc
    Pinterest lets you organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web.
    United States Series E
    USD 225,000,000 (USD 225,000,000) at USD 3,580,000,000 (USD 3,580,000,000) valuation.
    23 Oct 2013
    Bump Technologies Inc
    Developer of contact and photo sharing applications.
    United States Acquisition
    USD 35,000,000 (USD 35,000,000)
    16 Sep 2013
    Pinterest Inc
    Pinterest lets you organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web.
    United States Venture
    USD 200,000,000 (USD 200,000,000)
    20 Feb 2013
    Pinterest Inc
    Pinterest lets you organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web.
    United States Series D
    USD 200,000,000 (USD 200,000,000) at USD 2,300,000,000 (USD 2,300,000,000) valuation.
    20 Feb 2013
    Facebook Inc
    Social networking company.
    United States IPO
    18 May 2012
    Pinterest Inc
    Pinterest lets you organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web.
    United States Series C
    USD 100,000,000 (USD 100,000,000) at USD 1,400,000,000 (USD 1,400,000,000) valuation.
    17 May 2012
    Instagram Inc
    Maker of a photo-sharing app for the iPhone.
    United States Acquisition
    9 Apr 2012
    Instagram Inc
    Maker of a photo-sharing app for the iPhone.
    United States Series B
    1 Apr 2012
    Facebook Inc
    Social networking company.
    United States Debt
    USD 3,000,000,000 (USD 3,000,000,000)
    8 Mar 2012
    Facebook Inc
    Social networking company.
    United States Debt
    USD 5,000,000,000 (USD 5,000,000,000)
    1 Mar 2012
    Pinterest Inc
    Pinterest lets you organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web.
    United States Series B
    USD 27,000,000 (USD 27,000,000)
    7 Oct 2011
    Facebook Inc
    Social networking company.
    United States Other
    USD 6,600,000 (USD 6,600,000)
    1 Jun 2011
    MySpace LLC
    Social networking company that allows users to meet others with similar interests.
    United States Acquisition
    1 Jun 2011
    Pinterest Inc
    Pinterest lets you organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web.
    United States Series A
    USD 10,000,000 (USD 10,000,000)
    7 May 2011
    Facebook Inc
    Social networking company.
    United States Other
    USD 190,500,000 (USD 190,500,000)
    1 Mar 2011
    Facebook Inc
    Social networking company.
    United States N/A
    USD 38,000,000 at USD 52,000,000,000 (USD 52,000,000,000) valuation.
    14 Feb 2011
    Instagram Inc
    Maker of a photo-sharing app for the iPhone.
    United States Series A
    3 Feb 2011
    Facebook Inc
    Social networking company.
    United States Series E
    USD 1,500,000,000 (USD 1,500,000,000)
    1 Jan 2011
    Bump Technologies Inc
    Developer of contact and photo sharing applications.
    United States Series B
    1 Jan 2011
    Pinterest Inc
    Pinterest lets you organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web.
    United States Seed
    1 Dec 2010
    Facebook Inc
    Social networking company.
    United States N/A
    29 Jun 2010
    Instagram Inc
    Maker of a photo-sharing app for the iPhone.
    United States Seed
    5 Mar 2010
    Pinterest Inc
    Pinterest lets you organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web.
    United States Seed
    USD 500,000,000 (USD 500,000,000)
    1 Jan 2010
    Twitter Inc
    Social networking and micro-blogging.
    United States Series F
    1 Jan 2010
    Pinterest Inc
    Pinterest lets you organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web.
    United States Seed
    USD 600,000 (USD 600,000)
    1 Oct 2009
    Bump Technologies Inc
    Developer of contact and photo sharing applications.
    United States Series A
    1 Oct 2009
    Twitter Inc
    Social networking and micro-blogging.
    United States Series D
    25 Sep 2009
    Bump Technologies Inc
    Developer of contact and photo sharing applications.
    United States Seed
    1 Jun 2009
    Facebook Inc
    Social networking company.
    United States Series D
    USD 200,000,000 (USD 200,000,000) at USD 10,204,100,000 (USD 10,204,100,000) valuation.
    9 May 2009
    Twitter Inc
    Social networking and micro-blogging.
    United States Series C
    1 Feb 2009
    LinkedIn Corp
    United States Series E
    USD 22,700,000 (USD 22,700,000) at USD 1,000,000,000 (USD 1,000,000,000) valuation.
    1 Oct 2008
    LinkedIn Corp
    United States Series D
    USD 53,000,000 (USD 53,000,000)
    17 Jun 2008
    Twitter Inc
    Social networking and micro-blogging.
    United States Series B
    1 May 2008
    SplashCast Corp
    Social network television channel company that lets people watch television shows within social networking sites.
    United States Series A
    20 Mar 2008
    Facebook Inc
    Social networking company.
    United States Debt
    USD 100,000,000 (USD 100,000,000)
    1 Mar 2008
    Facebook Inc
    Social networking company.
    United States Series C
    1 Jan 2008
    Facebook Inc
    Social networking company.
    United States Series C
    USD 372,000,000 (USD 372,000,000)
    1 Oct 2007
    Twitter Inc
    Social networking and micro-blogging.
    United States Series A
    1 Jul 2007
    LinkedIn Corp
    United States Series C
    USD 12,800,000 (USD 12,800,000)
    29 Jan 2007
    Facebook Inc
    Social networking company.
    United States Series B
    USD 27,500,500 (USD 27,500,500)
    1 Apr 2006

    Best funded companies in social networks





    Social networking company.

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    Pinterest lets you organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web.

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    Developer of contact and photo sharing applications.





    Application for monetizing social feeds on Solana

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    Social networking company that allows users to meet others with similar interests.

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    Social network television channel company that lets people watch television shows within social networking sites.

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    Chinese social platform.

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    Recreating social networks for brands.

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    Social networking and micro-blogging.

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    Membership organisation for entrepreneurs and business owners who belong to a community that connects, supports and transacts with one another.

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    Maker of a photo-sharing app for the iPhone.

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    Decentralised professional network.





    Fashion social and shopping network.

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    Top investors in the domain of social networks

    Profile Country Investments
    Andreessen Horowitz Venture capital firm founded by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz United States 11
    Bessemer Venture Partners Early stage venture capital firm. United States 10
    FirstMark Capital LLC Venture capital firm United States 9
    blisce/ An Alexandre Mars holding company. 4
    Sequoia Capital Operations LLC Venture capital firm. United States 4
    Valiant Capital Management LP Global long/short equity hedge fund founded by Christopher Hansen. 4
    Goldman Sachs & Co Investment bank United States 4
    Greylock Partners Venture capital firm. United States 4
    Baseline Ventures Seed-stage venture capital firm United States 3
    Spark Capital Early and growth stage venture capital firm. United States 3
    Union Square Ventures LLC Early stage venture capital firm United States 3
    Fidelity Investments United States 3
    Benchmark Capital Early stage venture capital firm focused on social, mobile, local and cloud companies. United States 3
    Ron Conway United States 3
    Industry Ventures LLC Venture capital firm making investments through secondary opportunities, primary fund investments and direct co-investments in VC-backed companies. United States 3
    SV Angel Silicon Valley-based angel fund. United States 3
    T Rowe Price Group Inc Asset management firm. United States 3
    Chris Sacca United States 2
    Accel Partners & Co Inc Early and growth stage venture capital firm. United States 2
    Jack Abraham 2
    G Squared Equity Management LLC Global growth stage venture capital firm. United States 2
    Glynn Capital Management LLC Private and public technology investment firm. United States 2
    MeriTech Capital Partners Venture firm focused on late-stage investments in consumer Internet and media, software and services, enterprise infrastructure, medical devices. United States 2
    Kevin Hartz 2
    Acequia Capital Management LLC Global venture fund investing in early stage technology companies. United States 2
    Western Technology Investment Venture debt firm investing debt and equity capital in venture-backed technology, healthcare and clean technology companies. United States 2
    Kevin Rose 2
    Charles River Ventures Independent venture capital firm United States 2
    KPCB Digital Growth Fund LP [] Venture capital fund with a focus on information technology United States 2
    Hercules Technology Growth Capital Inc Specialised finance company providing debt and equity growth capital to technology-related companies at all stages of development. United States 2
    Digital Garage Inc Japan 2
    Institutional Venture Partners US-based venture capital investment firm focusing on later-stage companies and growth equity investments. United States 2
    Millennium Technology Value Partners United States 2
    Brian Pokorny 2
    Y Combinator American technology startup accelerator. United States 2
    Michael Birch 2
    Charlie Baker 1
    A Capital Ventures 1
    KuCoin Labs The investment and research arm of crypto exchange KuCoin. 1
    Peter Thiel United States 1
    Rick Heitzmann 1
    OakHouse Partners United States 1
    Samaipata Ventures Pan-European venture capital fund investing in digital platforms with network effects at the early stage across Europe. Spain 1
    Fritz Lanman 1
    Marc Samwer 1
    Adam D'Angelo 1
    Crosslink Capital Inc Venture capital firm with an asset management business that continues into the public equity market for fast-growing companies. United States 1
    Corazon Capital LLC United States 1
    Floodgate Fund LP Early stage venture capital firm. United States 1
    Shift Capital Long term, open-ended crypto fund offering a one-way bet on crypto. Luxembourg 1

    Top acquirers in the domain of social networks

    Profile Country Acquisitions
    News Corp Global vertically integrated media company founded by Rupert Murdoch, with properties in film, television, cable, magazines, newspapers and publishing United States 1
    Microsoft Corp Software company focused on computing through its various product divisions. United States 1
    Facebook Inc Social networking company. United States 1
    Specific Media LLC An innovative global interactive media company that enables advertisers to connect with consumers in meaningful, impactful and relevant ways. United States 1
    Google Inc American multinational Internet and software corporation specialized in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. United States 1

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