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Community

Can a text-message engagement platform become the standard communication layer between public figures/brands and their audiences at scale?

Founded2014
HQSanta Monica, California, USA
Total raised$100M
Latest roundVenture - Series Unknown
IndustryHorizontal SaaS / Messaging & Engagement
The story

Community is a Santa Monica-based SaaS platform that solves communication and engagement problems, primarily through SMS-based messaging between leaders (celebrities, brands, organizations) and their subscribers. The company uses Stripe and Recurly for billing and payment processing, and Twilio for SMS infrastructure. The embedded finance footprint is limited — focused on subscription billing rather than banking or lending products.

Last 12 months
The stack
Payments / PSP
StripeRecurly
Banking / BaaS
Synctera
Accounting gap: none