Friday, April 9, 2021

Community Connects With $40M For Text Messaging

Los Angeles-based Community, a startup which provides a way for celebrities to send text messages--at scale--to their fans, has raised $40M more in a funding round, the company annoucned this morning. The company said the new funding came from Salesforce Ventures. Community says it has now raised nearly $90M in total, from investors which also include Twilio, Sound Ventures, Live Nation, Sony Innovation Fund, and others. Community's services allow celebrities, businesses, and brands to interact with their fans and supporters via text message. The company says that it is now providing its services to such companies, people, and brands as PEOPLE, Deepak Chopra, MadHappy, We're Not Really Strangers, Jennifer Lopez, Bobby Hundreds, Tom Brady, UNWRP, Ashton Kutcher, and many others. Community is led by CEO Matt Peltier.