Startup profile for Facebook: latest funding, latest known valuation, total disclosed funding, investors, status, sources, and why the company is interesting. Part of the Venture Capital Tracker startup directory.
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Facebook funding, valuation and investors

Social network that grew from a Harvard dorm project into Meta's core platform; now trades as META on NASDAQ.

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Funding, valuation & investors

Answer-first snapshot

Latest funding

Series B

$27.5M · April 2006

Latest known valuation

Not publicly disclosed

Total disclosed equity funding

$28M

Excludes debt, grants, acquisitions, secondaries, and IPO proceeds.

Current status

public

public

Investors in latest funding

Lead: Greylock Partners

Other: Founders Fund

Latest tracked event: IPO (May 2012). It is shown separately because it is not counted as disclosed equity funding.

Sources: latest funding Last verified: 2026-07-25

Overview

Facebook (now part of Meta Platforms) is the world's largest social network, connecting billions of users through profiles, feeds, messaging, and groups. It went public on NASDAQ in May 2012 and now trades under parent company Meta (META).

Why Facebook is interesting

Facebook proved consumer social at web scale — Peter Thiel's angel bet and Greylock's Series B funded early growth before a16z joined as a later-stage backer ahead of the 2012 IPO.

Product & use cases

Social networking platform connecting billions via profiles, feeds, messaging, and advertising — now part of Meta Platforms (META).

  • Consumer social networking and content sharing
  • Digital advertising for businesses
  • Messaging and group communities

Key facts

  • Angel (2004): $500K from Peter Thiel / Founders Fund (Wikipedia, CNBC)
  • Series B (Apr 2006): $27.5M led by Greylock (/fund/greylock-partners); Thiel/Founders Fund (/fund/founders-fund) participated (TechCrunch)
  • IPO (May 2012): NASDAQ listing; now trades as META under parent Meta Platforms
  • a16z (/fund/andreessen-horowitz) listed as portfolio exit — invested in later private rounds before IPO

Funding history (newest first)

IPO

2012-05 $16B

Source: https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0001326801

Series B

2006-04 $27.5M

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2006/04/05/facebook-raises-25m/

Angel

2004 $500K

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook,_Inc.

Investors in our directory

Funds linked from Facebook's profile — open a fund page for stage focus and related deal articles.

Andreessen Horowitz Founders Fund Greylock

Competitive landscape

Edge: Network effects at global scale — one of the largest social graphs ever built; now leveraged across Meta's family of apps.

Facebook defined consumer social at web scale. Under Meta, it faces TikTok competition and regulatory scrutiny but retains massive daily active users and advertising revenue as Meta's core platform.

  • TikTok direct

    Short-form video competing for attention time.

  • Snapchat direct

    Younger demographic social app.

  • Twitter/X adjacent

    Public conversation platform; different use case.

Notable stories

  • Peter Thiel's $500K angel bet in 2004 became one of venture's most famous early checks (CNBC).
  • Facebook's 2012 IPO was one of the largest tech IPOs at the time; parent Meta now trades as META.

Industries

Consumer

Market / IPO context

Ticker: META (NASDAQ)

IPO status: public

IPO date: 2012-05

Editorial / static context — not a live quote.

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FAQs about Facebook

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Facebook is a social networking platform (now part of Meta Platforms) that connects users through profiles, news feeds, messaging, groups, and advertising — serving billions of monthly active users.
Early backers included Peter Thiel/Founders Fund (/fund/founders-fund) and Greylock Partners (/fund/greylock-partners). Andreessen Horowitz (/fund/andreessen-horowitz) is listed among later-stage investors before the 2012 IPO.
Facebook went public in May 2012. It now trades under parent company Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META).
Facebook is a landmark consumer social exit in the a16z portfolio — a case study in scaling network effects from campus product to global platform.
Facebook is public as part of Meta Platforms, trading on NASDAQ under ticker META.
Facebook is a product under Meta Platforms, which trades as META on NASDAQ.
Peter Thiel/Founders Fund and Greylock Partners among early backers.
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