Most Backed Consumer Social Startups 2026

5 Consumer Social startups ranked by number of verified backers, led by Pinterest, Facebook, Discord. Each links to its full syndicate breakdown.

Consumer Social accounts for 18 tracked companies with verified cap-table data, 18 of which disclose round sizes totalling $17B. The median disclosed raise is $123M, and the largest is Grab at $13B, ahead of Discord ($1B) and ClassPass ($500M).

The names that recur most often on these consumer social cap tables are Google Ventures (2 companies), Index Ventures (2 companies), Softbank (1 company), Greylock Partners (1 company), Benchmark (1 company), Goldman Sachs (1 company). By latest disclosed round, the market skews Series A (7), Growth (2), Series C (2), Series F (2).

Best funded Consumer Social companies

  1. Grab — $13B (latest: Series A)
  2. Discord — $1B (latest: IPO)
  3. ClassPass — $500M (latest: Growth)
  4. Clubhouse — $310M (latest: Series C)
  5. Rec Room — $294M (latest: Series F)
  6. Mint — $150M (latest: Series F)
  7. Emerge — $150M (latest: Series A)
  8. Canary — $124M
  9. Nextdoor — $123M (latest: Growth)
  10. Life360 — $90M (latest: Series C)
  11. VRChat — $85M (latest: Series D)
  12. Instagram — $58M (latest: Series B)
  13. OLIO — $50M
  14. Chingari — $49M (latest: Series A)
  15. Backbone — $40M (latest: Series A)

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