Somewhere Good is a social playground designed for intimate conversations. We're building a new web of information created by us from the very beginning. A digital home for the thoughts, feelings, ideas and knowledge that move and shape who we are and where we've been.
Are you coming?
Are you coming?
Location: United States, New York
Employees: 51-200
Total raised: $3.75M
Founded date: 2020
Investors 1
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Cleo Capit... | cleocap.co... |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 18.05.2021 | - | $3.75M | - |
Mentions in press and media 11
| Date | Title | Description |
| 18.05.2021 | Somewhere Good just raised $3.75M to make your somewhere good | Nearly every social media experience today is built on the same premise: Humans identify with individuality. Users create a profile, upload an avatar picture, write a short biography and can then scream into the ether to other users on beha... |
| 09.03.2021 | Tech leaders discuss how social media is broken and what we can do about it | Toxic culture, deadly conspiracies and organized hate have exploded online in recent years. At TechCrunch Sessions: Justice we talked with Color of Change’s Rashad Robinson, Accountable Tech’s Jesse Lehrich and Naj Austin, of Somewhere Good... |
| 16.02.2021 | Imagine a better future for social media at TechCrunch Sessions: Justice | Toxic culture, deadly conspiracies and organized hate have exploded online in recent years. We’ll discuss how much responsibility social networks have in the rise of these phenomena and how to build healthy online communities that make soci... |
| 12.02.2021 | 10 business leaders fighting to make the Black experience a permanent part of corporate America | From left: Naj Austin, Jeff Cherry, DeShuna Spencer, and Obi Omile. Mark Jones; Matter.vc; Naj Austin; Skye Gould/Insider This Black History Month, there’s a heightened call to dismantle systemic racism. Insider and the National Black Chamb... |
| 02.10.2020 | Human Capital: Coinbase and Clubhouse aside, Ethel’s Club founder wants to take us ‘Somewhere Good’ | Welcome back to Human Capital, a weekly digest about diversity, inclusion and the human labor that powers tech. This week, we’re looking at a number of topics because a lot went down. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong took a controversial stance... |
| 01.10.2020 | Ethel’s Club founder is launching Somewhere Good, a social platform that centers people of color | Naj Austin, founder and CEO of subscription-based physical and digital community Ethel’s Club, is building Somewhere Good to be a one-stop shop for people of color. Beyond being a place for people of color to connect, it’s also about creati... |
| - | The Social Media Apps Investors Are Watching as Twitter Writhes | It’s been just over a week since Elon Musk assumed control of Twitter. During that time, he’s fired the social media giant’s C-Suite, proposed laying off half the staff and suggested an idea for monetizing the verification system on Twitter... |
| - | LA Tech ‘Moves’: ABC Signature Gains New SVP | “Moves,” our roundup of job changes in L.A. tech, is presented by Interchange.LA, dot.LA's recruiting and career platform connecting Southern California's most exciting companies with top tech talent. Create a free Interchange.LA profile he... |
| - | This Week in ‘Raises’: Zest AI Snags $50M, Kingswood Capital Collects $500M | Online financial platform Zest AI raised fresh funding to continue expanding access to AI-automated credit underwriting for all lenders. While cybersecurity products developer MedCrypt landed more funding to scale its cryptography, behavior... |
| - | In a devastating year for people of color, founder Naj Austin built community across time and space | When Naj Austin opened the doors of Ethel’s Club, a social and wellness space designed for people of color, in November 2019, she intended the Brooklyn, New York, clubhouse to be a physical gathering place for professionals and creatives to... |
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