Paloma was founded by Kelsey Hunter.

Who are Paloma's investors?

Paloma's investors include Alumni Ventures, Barrel Ventures, Black Jays Ventures, Gaingels, Overton Venture Capital, Act One Ventures, The Fund.

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Paloma is a commerce platform that lets sellers run and manage sales directly inside Instagram, using Meta's Messaging APIs to process claims, bids, and auctions from Comments, Story Replies, and DMs. It handles inventory, carts, order management, payments (via Stripe), tax calculation, shipping, and fulfillment, and is aimed at social sellers with high volumes of unique items.

E-commerce Retail Tech SaaS

Founders & leadership

Kelsey HunterFounder & CEOKelsey Hunter is the founder of Paloma, a commerce platform enabling sellers to manage sales directly within Instagram using Meta's Messaging APIs. She was recognized as Forbes 30 Under 30 in Marketing & Advertising and Technical.ly Brooklyn's Technologist of the Year, and completed Y Combinator's Summer 2015 batch.

Investors · 7

Alumni Ventureslisted by Alumni VenturesManchester · $100K – $10M

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Barrel Ventureslisted by Barrel VenturesEvanston

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Black Jays Ventureslisted by Black Jays VenturesNew York · $250K – $500K

Gaingelslisted by GaingelsNew York · $200K – $500K

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Overton Venture Capitallisted by Overton Venture CapitalNew York · $100K – $300K

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Act One VenturesreportedLos Angeles · $1M – $3M

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The FundreportedAustin · $50K – $250K

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Funding

SEC filings, press & company announcements

Undisclosed amountSeedJun 2021
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Frequently asked questions

What does Paloma do?: Paloma is a commerce platform that lets sellers run and manage sales directly inside Instagram, using Meta's Messaging APIs to process claims, bids, and auctions from Comments, Story Replies, and DMs. It handles inventory, carts, order management, payments (via Stripe), tax calculation, shipping, and fulfillment, and is aimed at social sellers with high volumes of unique items.
Who founded Paloma?: Paloma was founded by Kelsey Hunter.
Who are Paloma's investors?: Paloma's investors include Alumni Ventures, Barrel Ventures, Black Jays Ventures, Gaingels, Overton Venture Capital, Act One Ventures, The Fund.