Queer Spaces, a Los Angeles, California-based provider of a platform for building queer communities, raised an undisclosed amount in funding.
Social Discovery Group made the investment, along with over 100 backers including Gaingels, Mana syndicates, and tech luminaries such as Mark Suster (Upfront), Sean Rad (Tinder), and Sam Altman (OpenAI).
The company intends to use the funds to release a preliminary Android version in December, release its Version 2.0 of Spaces, which will offer a more streamlined way of matching users with its lineup of new spaces, chat topics, and users.
Queer Spaces is building Spaces, a group chat platform for queer communities and a place for all queer people to connect over their favorite topics and interests, plan meetups and hang out. The platform grew to more than 25,000 users and 2,500 spaces in December. Examples of spaces include Gaymers, Trans Space, Tarot & Relationships, Black LGBTQ+, Queer Art, Transgender Motorcycle Riders, and AuDHD babes.
Founded in 1993, Social Discovery Group (formerly SDVentures) is a global tech company uniting 40+ brands, an investment fund, and a venture studio. SDGroup is comprised of social discovery companies focused on solving the problem of loneliness, isolation, and disconnection with the help of digital reality. SDGroup has offices across five continents and a team of more than 700 professionals serving 250+ million users across 100 countries.
