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Community
SMS marketing platform
- 101-200 employees
- B2B
- Marketing
- Communication
- Mobile
- Community
- Downtown, Santa Monica, CA
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Company mission
To help community leaders build real relationships with community members.
24% employee growth in 12 months
Our take
Community is a startup that allows brands and celebrities to connect with their fans via text message. For a monthly fee, that's based on the size of their audience, they are given a phone number that they can share with their fans. These fans can then text their comments or questions and receive replies in return.
Community's rapid take-off was thanks to its cornering of the market as a more personal alternative to social media. On social media, celebrities and brands are competing with a lot of noise, as well as short attention spans and algorithms. With Community's unique platform, fans and celebrities can enjoy one-on-one interactions in a safe space.
There are other brands on the market that allow celebrities to interact with their fans, so Community has innovated to target small companies in addition to brands and public figures. The company continues to develop technology and product features towards serving a wider range of clients, helping individuals and brands of all sizes to grow their communities.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Apr 2023
$25m
LATE VC
Apr 2021
$40m
LATE VC
Total funding: $100m
This company has top investors
Leadership
Matthew Peltier
(Chief Innovation Officer)Studied at the Rochester Institute of Technology before co-founding Shimmur in 2014. They left their CEO position in December 2017 to found Community the following month.
Josh Rosenheck
(CPO)Founded Tag (a mobile app) in 2013. When this was acquired, became Head of Product at Shimmur.