About YouWeb
YouWeb, an accelerator and incubator program founded in 2007, is based in San Francisco, United States. With a presence in 1 country, it has supported around 6 startups in sectors like Consumer, Retail. As of Sep 2026, YouWeb has witnessed 2 portfolio exits. Most notable companies in
its portfolio include Discord, CrowdStar and OneFold. The program is backed by a team of 5 people who primarily support Series B startups based in United States. Its latest investment was a $20M Series B round in Discord on Jan 26, 2016, which also saw participation from Greylock Partners and Tencent.
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2007
Location
San Francisco, United States
Stages of Investment
Series B & Seed
Locations of Investment
YouWeb's List of Top Investments
YouWeb has a portfolio of 6 companies. Their most notable investments are in Chime and CrowdStar.Their portfolio spans across and United States. They have invested in Consumer, Retail, High Tech and 5 other sectors, across stages such as Series B, Seed stages. Here is the list of top investments by YouWeb:
1. Discord
Provider of a platform for group chats, video, and text communication. It allows users to create communities for various interests and activities. The platform offers features such as custom emojis, soundboard effects, and screen sharing. It supports multiple devices, enabling users to stay connected across different platforms.
Key facts about Discord
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series I
- Total Funding till date: $978M
- Employee Count: 4,883 as on Jun 30, 2026
- Investors: Benchmark, equitywestsecurities.com and 55 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series I, Mar 03, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. CrowdStar
Crowdstar is a mobile game developer specializing in Casual games targeting women through domains such as Fashion. The company pivoted to this current model in February 2012 - before which they developed casual games for the Facebook platform. They continue to maintain few Facebook games but don't plan to develop any new games for the Facebook platform. Currently their core game is Covet Fashion, a casual mobile game that lets women choose their favourite outfits and enter their wardrobe choices in contests that are voted upon by the rest of the community. As of October 2015, more than 150 real-world fashion brands are represented in the game.
Key facts about CrowdStar
- Founded Year: 2008
- Location: Burlingame (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $52.2M
- Employee Count: 8 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: WarnerMedia, Imagination Capital and 3 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, May 31, 2013, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
3. OneFold
OneFold has created a data platform that sits atop the Google public cloud. It leverages Google’s cloud-based BigQuery technology that isideal for querying semi-structured data. It can convert JSON from Mongo, MixPanel, Flurry, MySQL, Parse, or Stripe into high performance sub-minute SQL querying over billions of records. Benefits include: unified data in a single warehouse, allows use of SQL queries and high performance. Currently in beta.
Key facts about OneFold
- Founded Year: 2013
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Deadpooled
- Total Funding till date: $400K
- Employee Count: 5 as on Apr 30, 2026
- Investors: YouWeb and Studio 9 Plus
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Feb 05, 2014, $*****
4. Chime
Internet first brand offering tea brewers. The company offers fully automatic tea brewers. The company claims its brewer has a patented dual boiler system. The brewer also allows users to save their recipes.
Key facts about Chime
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Employee Count: 2 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Dragon Capital, Twin Ventures and 1 Other
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, $*****
5. OpenFeint
OpenFeint is a social networking platform for game developers. Provides social gaming platform for developers & gamers. Developers can post gaming details & information on this portal. For gamers, it offers chat, post sharing, gaming updates, news, reviews & events info.
Key facts about OpenFeint
- Founded Year: 2008
- Location: Burlingame (United States)
- Last Known Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Acquired
- Investors: YouWeb
- Highlight: Acquired
YouWeb's Investments by Stage
YouWeb has made 2 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $11.5M and 1 investment in Seed stage with an average round size of $400K.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series B | 2 |
Seed | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
YouWeb's Investments by Sector
YouWeb has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Gaming, Mobile, Consumer, Enterprise Applications and Media & Entertainment. Notably, it has invested in 6 Tech companies, 5 Consumer (B2C) companies, 4 Software companies and at least 2 companies focusing on Enterprise (B2B).Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Gaming | 2 |
Mobile | 2 |
Consumer | 1 |
Enterprise Applications | 1 |
Media & Entertainment | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
YouWeb's Investments by Geography
YouWeb has made most investments in United States (3).YouWeb's recent investments
YouWeb has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by YouWeb:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan 26, 2016 | United States | Series B | 2766 | [+2] | |
Feb 10, 2015 | United States | Series B | 8503 | [+1] | |
Feb 05, 2014 | United States | Seed | 1429 | ||
May 03, 2012 | United States | Series B | 6706 | [+2] | |
- | United States | Seed | 3443 | - |
Acquired companies in YouWeb's Portfolio
2 companies from YouWeb's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was CrowdStar in Nov 2016 by Glu for $*****.Here are YouWeb's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 03, 2016 | May 03, 2012 | Series B | 6241 | |
Apr 21, 2011 | - | - | 8027 |
Team profile of YouWeb
YouWeb has a team of 5 members including 1 Partner, 2 Venture Partners and 2 Principals located in United States. YouWeb's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of all team members in YouWeb:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | San Francisco | - | - | |
Venture Partner | - | - | - | |
Venture Partner | - | - | ||
Principal | - | - | - | |
Principal | - | - | - |
Co-investors of YouWeb
Over the past 14 years, 24 investors have co-invested in YouWeb's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before YouWeb: Benchmark, Mitch Lasky and 6 others have invested in rounds before YouWeb. There is 1 company where Benchmark has invested before YouWeb and 1 company where Mitch Lasky has invested before YouWeb.
- Top Co-investors of YouWeb: 2 investors entered a company along with YouWeb. These include investors like Tencent (1 company).
- Invested after YouWeb: A total of 14 investors have invested in YouWeb's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Sony (1 company) and Greylock Partners (1 company).
Recent News related to YouWeb
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Jason Citron lands $20m for Discord | GamesIndustry.bizGamesIndustry•Jan 26, 2016•Discord, Greylock Partners, Tencent, Benchmark and 1 other
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Euclid Analytics Raises $20M Series C To Track Consumer Behavior In Retail Stores – TechCrunchTechCrunch+•Jan 14, 2016•Euclid Analytics, Cox Enterprises, Benchmark, New Enterprise Associates and 7 others
