# Friendly funding: rounds and investors

> Friendly has raised $5.0M across 2 rounds since 2011. Investors include SV Angel, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Balderton Capital.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/friend-ly (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

United States · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Friendly*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 12 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

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Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$5.0M** raised across 2 rounds since 2011, from 2 sources

- **Latest round:** Venture Feb 2025
- **Biggest round:** $5.0M Series A · Jan 2011
- **Investors:** 12

See who backed them

## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025

**$5.0M** Series A

**?** Venture

- **First round:** Series A, $5.0M
- **Biggest round:** $5.0M
- **Between rounds:** 14.1 years

## The rounds

- **Feb 2025** Venture **Amount undisclosed** No investor was named in the report. Source recorded SEC filing: $1.3M sold, first sale Nov 2024
- **Jan 2011** Series A **$5.0M** *12 new* [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) [Balderton Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/balderton-capital) [Softtech VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softtech-vc) [Naval Ravikant](https://millionrounds.com/fund/naval-ravikant) [Ron Conway](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ron-conway) [Kevin Hartz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/a-star-co) [Four Rivers Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/four-rivers-group) [Michael Birch](https://millionrounds.com/fund/michael-birch) [Ariel Poler](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ariel-poler) [Chamath Palihapitiya](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chamath-palihapitiya) [Stan Chudnovsky](https://millionrounds.com/fund/stan-chudnovsky) Reported by insidefacebook.com

## Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

**Series A** 2011 **Venture** 2025 [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) [Balderton Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/balderton-capital) [Softtech VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softtech-vc) [Naval Ravikant](https://millionrounds.com/fund/naval-ravikant) [Ron Conway](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ron-conway) [Kevin Hartz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/a-star-co) [Four Rivers Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/four-rivers-group) [Michael Birch](https://millionrounds.com/fund/michael-birch) [Ariel Poler](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ariel-poler)

## The exit

Exit Buyer Price When

Acquired [Facebook](https://millionrounds.com/fund/facebook) undisclosed Mar 2012

From historical deal records. Wrong? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=friend-ly).

## Everyone who backed them

[SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) VC firm **1** round

[Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) VC firm **1** round

[Balderton Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/balderton-capital) VC firm **1** round

[Softtech VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softtech-vc) VC firm **1** round

[Naval Ravikant](https://millionrounds.com/fund/naval-ravikant) VC firm **1** round

[Ron Conway](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ron-conway) Angel **1** round

[Kevin Hartz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/a-star-co) VC firm **1** round

[Four Rivers Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/four-rivers-group) VC firm **1** round

[Michael Birch](https://millionrounds.com/fund/michael-birch) Angel **1** round

[Ariel Poler](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ariel-poler) Angel **1** round

[Chamath Palihapitiya](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chamath-palihapitiya) VC firm **1** round

[Stan Chudnovsky](https://millionrounds.com/fund/stan-chudnovsky) Angel **1** round

Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=friend-ly).

## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Friendly as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[Health Wildcatters](https://millionrounds.com/fund/health-wildcatters) Accelerator Per its own site

## Quick answers about Friendly

### Who invested in Friendly?

Friendly's investors include SV Angel, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Balderton Capital, Softtech VC and Naval Ravikant, and 7 more on record.

### How much has Friendly raised?

Friendly has raised $5.0M across 2 rounds since 2011. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did Friendly last raise?

Friendly's most recent round was a Venture in Feb 2025.

### What was Friendly's biggest round?

Friendly's largest round on record is $5.0M (Series A), in Jan 2011.

### Who backed Friendly first?

Friendly's first round on record, in Jan 2011, was backed by SV Angel, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Balderton Capital and 9 others.

### What stage is Friendly at?

Friendly's latest named round is a Venture, in Feb 2025.

### Where is Friendly based?

Friendly is based in the United States.

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