Meta

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Overview

Meta is a social technology company that enables people to connect, find communities, and grow businesses.

Previously known as Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg announced the company's rebrand to Meta on October 28, 2021, at the company's annual Connect Conference.

Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg in Menlo Park, California in 2004. With millions of more users, [Friendster] attempted to acquire the company for $10 million in mid-2004. Facebook turned down the offer and subsequently received $12.7 million in funding from [Accel Partners] at a valuation of around $100 million. Facebook continued to grow opening up to high school students in September 2005 and adding a photo-sharing feature the next month. The next spring, Facebook received $25 million in funding from [Greylock Partners] and [Meritech Capital] as well as previous investors [Accel Partners] and [Peter Thiel]. The pre-money valuation for this deal was about $525 million. Facebook subsequently opened up to work networks eventually amassing over 20,000 work networks. Finally, in September 2006, Facebook was opened to anyone with an email address.

Facebook continued to receive funding most notably in January 2011 receiving $1.5 billion and valuing the company at $50 billion. A year later in February 2012, Facebook announced that it was filing for its long-anticipated initial public offering. The company went public on May 18, 2012 opening in [NASDAQ] with shares trading at $42.05.

Facebook announced positive numbers in February 2012 upon filing for its IPO. As of July 2013, over 1.15 billion users have logged into Facebook every month and 669 million users daily. Mobile users now make up half of Facebook’s user base with 819 million monthly active. Facebook is one of the most trafficked sites in the United States. Additionally, Facebook is the top photo-sharing site with 250 million photos uploaded per day.

The company has a strategic partnership with AXA Group to develop marketing and commercial collaboration in the digital, social, and mobile sphere.

Meta is currently the owner of many applications and services such as Facebook App, Instagram, Whatsapp, Oculus VR, Pagemodo Pagebuilder, [RSS Graffiti], Huddle, and more. Facebook is the world’s largest social network with over 2.9 billion monthly active users.

Highlights

Founded

2004

Industry

Social Media

Employees

10001+

Investment

57

Lead Investment

28

Exits

1

Stages

Late Stage Venture, Seed, Early Stage Venture

Investor Type

N/A

Location

Menlo Park, California, United States, North America

Contact Information

Social

Profile Resume

Meta, established in 2004 and headquartered in United States, North America., specializes in Late Stage Venture, Seed, Early Stage Venture investments across Health Care, Medical, Fitness, Wellness, mHealth, Collaboration, Enterprise Software, Information Technology, Advertising, Search Engine. The organization boasts a portfolio of 56 investments, with an average round size of $227.6M and 1 successful exits. Their recent investments include Hello Heart, Google, Resolute Ventures, BlueRun Ventures, iAngels. The highest investment round they participated in was $792.7B. Among their most notable exits are Hello Heart and Google. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

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Adam Debreczeni

Senior Director of Design

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Adelle Charles

Director, Product Design

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Paul Bain

Director of Solutions Engineering, EMEA

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Frank Ramirez

Product Manager

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Mick Johnson

Director of Product Management, News Feed Experience

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Kevin Gillett

Director

Investment portfolio

Meta has made 57 investments. Their most recent investment was on Jun 22, 2023, when Tyndall National Institute raised $5.5M.

Meta has made 9 diversity investments. Their most recent diversity investment was on May 21, 2024, when Scale AI raised $1000.0M.

investments

57

Diversity investments

9

Lead investments

28

Number of exits

1

Investments

57

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Apr 06, 2023
Wisecut Wisecut
Artificial Intelligence (AI)50.0K
Apr 26, 2023
AgSpeak AgSpeak
Software24.5K
Jun 22, 2023
Tyndall National Institute Tyndall National Institute
Information Technology5.5M
May 21, 2024
Scale AI Scale AI
Artificial Intelligence (AI)1000.0M

Exits

1

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

57

Investors

25

Funds

0

Funding Rounds

57

Meta has raised 57 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on May 21, 2024 from a Series F - Scale AI round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Apr 06, 2023
Grant - Wisecut Grant - Wisecut
-50.0K-
Apr 26, 2023
Grant - AgSpeak Grant - AgSpeak
-24.5K-
Jun 22, 2023
Corporate Round - Tyndall National Institute Corporate Round - Tyndall National Institute
-5.5M-
May 21, 2024
Series F - Scale AI Series F - Scale AI
-1000.0M-

Investors

26

Meta is funded by 26 investor(s). PayPal and All Blue Capital Kantor are the most recent investors.

Fund raised

2

Susa Ventures has raised a total of $590M across 6 funds, their latest being Susa Ventures Opportunities II. This fund was announced on Aug 30, 2021 and raised a total of $250M.

Annouced DateFund NameMoney Raised
May 10, 2013
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1.0M
May 11, 2013
fund image OTPPLESS
1.0M

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