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Peanut
Social connection platform for women's life stages
About Peanut
Peanut App Ltd. operates an online social network exclusively for women, focusing on life stages such as fertility, pregnancy, motherhood, and menopause. The company was co-founded in London, UK, in 2017 by Michelle Kennedy, who serves as CEO, and Greg Orlowski. Kennedy, formerly the deputy CEO of the dating app Badoo and an inaugural board member of Bumble, drew from her professional background and personal experience of feeling isolated as a new mother to create the platform.
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The app initially launched to help mothers connect with other local, like-minded women using a swipe-based mechanism. It has since expanded its scope to serve a broader female audience. In 2019, the company introduced a community for women trying to conceive. By 2021, it had added dedicated spaces for women navigating perimenopause and menopause. The platform allows users to join groups based on specific topics, interests, and life stages, such as due dates for expecting mothers. Key features include discussion forums, live audio conversations called "Pods," identity verification for safety, and content filters to mute potentially triggering topics.
Peanut has secured significant funding from investors, including a $12 million Series A round in May 2020 led by EQT Ventures, which brought its total funding to $21.8 million at the time. Other key investors include Index Ventures and the Female Founders Fund. The business model is focused on community growth, with potential future monetization through premium features. The app is free to join and available on iOS and Android devices.
At a glance
- Status
- Operational
- Founded
- 2016
- Headquarters
- Dudley, United Kingdom
- Employees
- 46
- Open positions
- 1
- Dealroom signal
- 71.0/100
- Industry
- Health
- Sub-industry
- Health Platform, Social media
- Sector
- Health Tech & Medtech, Parenting, Fertility, Network Management, Analytics, Leisure, Network Security
- Technology
- Artificial Intelligence, Deep Tech, Machine Learning, Mobile app
- Client focus
- b2c
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Funding history
Company financing events and reported valuations.
| Deal type | Date | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SERIES A✓Equity / VC | May 2020 | $12M | $48M | Index Ventures · Female Founders Fund · EQT Ventures | ↗ |
| SUPPORT PROGRAM✓Other financing | Feb 2020 | $0 | — | Tech Nation | — |
Growth signals
Latest recorded traffic for Peanut is 600K monthly website visits, up 25% over the last three months. Peanut's team grew 7% over the past year.
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Investments and acquisitions
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Investors
From Dealroom's funding and investor records, grouped by the round each investor first entered.
Seed9 investors entered at this stage
Julien Codorniou
Partech
NEA
Felix Capital
Female Founders Fund
Sweet Capital
Greycroft Partners
Sound Ventures
Index Ventures
Series A1 investor entered at this stage
EQT Ventures
Other known investors6 additional known investors
Tech Nation
Banana Capital
Christian Dorffer
Joel Downs
Pippa Lamb
Sasha Astafyeva
Source: Dealroom Talent Intelligence.
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