Fundraising Fox
Menlo Park, US · 6 known investors
Find your way into Instagram
2,052 people in our graph share verified history with the Instagram team — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Elaine Wherryunlockedknows Mike Krieger · together at Meebo, Inc (overlapped)
×2knows the team · via Forbes 30 Under 30 2015 · Consumer Technology
×2knows the team · via Forbes 30 Under 30 2013 · Consumer Technology
×4knows the team · via Instagram
×3knows the team · via Anthropic
Instagram is a photo and video sharing social network, acquired by Facebook in 2012 and operated as part of Meta.
Founders & leadership
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Mike KriegerCo-founder & CTO2010–2018Co-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at Anthropic30 Under 30 2022
Investors · 6
Baseline Ventureslisted by Baseline VenturesJackson · $100K – $1Mvia Steve Anderson · inferred
How we know: Baseline Ventures's portfolio page · funding news · Not right? Tell us
Greylock Partnerslisted by Greylock PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $200M
How we know: Greylock Partners's portfolio page · funding news · Not right? Tell us
Torch Capitallisted by Torch CapitalNew York · $750K – $1.5M
How we know: Torch Capital's portfolio page · Not right? Tell us
BenchmarkreportedSan Francisco · $100K – $30M
How we know: funding news · Not right? Tell us
Sequoia CapitalreportedMenlo Park · $4.4M – $214M
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Founder mafia
The Instagram mafia →39 people who came through Instagram went on to found or lead other companies.
Hunter HorsleyProduct ManagerFounded Bitwise +1Tony FrancisSoftware & Machine Learning EngineerFounded Dream3D +1Lauren (Luna) Ray VegterProduct ManagerFounded Thermeleon +1Bao VanSoftware EngineerFounded Southparkcommons +1Michael McIntyreProduct ManagerFounded FamCole RiseDesign ConsultantFounded FlagrSiobhan QuinnDirector of Product ManagementFounded ParenthoodsLambert ChuSenior Machine Learning EngineerFounded Point APIJesse BoyesSoftware EngineerFounded HereStephanie LiuSoftware Engineering InternFounded NourishFai NurCommunications InternFounded StatusColin SnyderInternFounded Banabo
Frequently asked questions
- What does Instagram do?
- Instagram is a photo and video sharing social network, acquired by Facebook in 2012 and operated as part of Meta.
- Who founded Instagram?
- Instagram was founded by Kevin Systrom, Mike Krieger.
- Who are Instagram's investors?
- Instagram's investors include Baseline Ventures, Greylock Partners, Torch Capital, Benchmark, Sequoia Capital, Slow Ventures.
- Where is Instagram headquartered?
- Instagram is headquartered in Menlo Park, US.