Overview
Location
United States, California, San Francisco
Funds raised 2
| Date | Fund size | Announcement |
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| Jun 5, 2011 | $1M | Lady Gaga, Eric Schmidt And Others Invest Over $1M In Backplane |
Mentions in press and media 15
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| Jun 10, 2014 | Lady Gaga’s Backplane Pivots To Let You Build And Monetize Your Own Social Network | Why should Facebook or Ning earn the money if you bring the audience? Backplane wants to put that cash in your pocket. That’s why it’s pivoting from building social networks for big brands and celebrities into an open platform where anyone ... |
| Aug 21, 2013 | Backed by Lady Gaga & Coca Cola, Backplane helps big brands build communities | It all started with Lady Gaga. Backplane has spent the past two years quietly building a place for the world’s biggest brands to engage with their fans. The company originated as part of Lady Gaga’s tech team. Gaga has a massive social medi... |
| Aug 21, 2013 | Backed by Lady Gaga & Coca Cola, Backplane helps big brands build communities | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! It all started with Lady Gaga. Backplane has spen... |
| Mar 5, 2013 | Troy Carter To Bring A Bit Of Gaga’s Social Magic To Disrupt NY | He founded the Atom Factory talent agency. He manages Lady Gaga, and when she wanted her very own social network for her millions of “little monsters”, he co-founded Backplane. And he doesn’t do weekly team meetings. Troy Carter is a genera... |
| Feb 21, 2013 | Battery Ventures Closes New Funds at $900M | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints Battery Ventures, a major Boston-area VC firm, has raised two new funds that total $900 million. The firm says its approach will remain pretty consistent—covering a broad arra... |
| Feb 3, 2013 | After Seducing 1M Little Monsters For Lady Gaga, Backplane Expands To Spawn More Fan Clubs | Geeking out about your favorite things can be embarrassing or annoying on the big social networks. But Lady Gaga’s tech team Backplane proved with her Little Monsters site that fans want an online home. Now it’s branching out to create comm... |
| Feb 16, 2012 | The Backplane Snags Investors | The Backplane, a developer of online community software, which is best known for its work creating Lady Gaga's #Little Monsters website, said Thursday that it has raised $4.5M in a funding round. The round include Sequoia Capital, Greylock ... |
| Feb 16, 2012 | Lady Gaga-Backed Backplane Raises Over $4M From Sequoia & More; Acquires Sharing Platform Cortex | You may have heard the buzz by now about a young startup that’s being fueled by some pretty impressive star power, including the likes of the one and only Lady Gaga. The project, called Backplane, was co-founded by Lady Gaga’s manager, Troy... |
| Feb 6, 2012 | Backplane To Hold Music Hackathon At SXSW, With Top Industry Managers As Judges | A few weeks ago we wrote about Backplane — a platform for creating interactive, highly visual communities — that counts Lady Gaga as one of its backers, along with plenty of the Valley’s most well-known investors. Now the company is harness... |
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FAQ about Backplane
What funds has Backplane raised?
Backplane has announced 2 funds on Parsers VC, among them a $1M fund on Jun 5, 2011.
What has the press written about Backplane?
Parsers VC has collected 15 articles mentioning Backplane, among them “Lady Gaga’s Backplane Pivots To Let You Build And Monetize Your Own Social Network” (Jun 10, 2014) and “Backed by Lady Gaga & Coca Cola, Backplane helps big brands build communities” (Aug 21, 2013).
Is Backplane still active?
Yes, Backplane is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Apr 11, 2016.