# Meetup

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/meetup

- Industry: Internet
- Headquarters: New York, US
- Website: www.meetup.com/
- Total disclosed funding: $18M
- Latest round: Series D (Jul 22, 2008)
- Investors on record: 4

## About

Based in New York, US, and founded in 2002 by co-founders Greg Whalin, Anthony Maher, Brendan McGovern, Peter Kamali, Matt Meeker, Scott Heiferman, and Min Kim, Meetup, Inc. operates as a provider of social networking platforms to connect individuals in person and allows users to organize local events based on their interests. In January 2024, Bending Spoons S.p.A. acquired Meetup, Inc. from AlleyCorp. As of 2024, the company is led by its CEO, David Siegel.

The company offers a mobile app that is available on both iOS and Android that offers social event coordination solutions for individuals and groups to organize and participate in community activities based on shared interests.

## Funding rounds

- Series D, Jul 22, 2008, $7.5M — Union Square Ventures
- Series C, Mar 10, 2006, $4.6M — Draper Fisher Jurvetson, eBay Inc., Omidyar Network
- Series B, Nov 12, 2003, $5.3M — Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Omidyar Network
- Series A, Dec 1, 2002, $1M — Draper Fisher Jurvetson

## Investors

- Draper Fisher Jurvetson (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/draper-fisher-jurvetson) — Series A, Series B, Series C
- Omidyar Network (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/omidyar-network) — Series B, Series C
- eBay Inc. — Series C
- Union Square Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/union-square-ventures) — Series D