Social networking company.
Wikipedia-confirmed identity. Matched to Wikidata Q355 ↗ with a Wikipedia article ↗. Checked 2026-10-02.
Identity maintained in Devreal’s canonical record for Facebook ↗.
Social networking company.
Funding events
Financing records can exist before investors are identified. Source reports retain their date basis, amount scope, and review status.
Facebook ↗
Facebook · Financing · 2006
- Announcement date
- Financing
- Type not specified
- Closing status
- Announced
- Round total
- USD 25,000,000
Source context: The $25 million is the whole financing, not this investor’s check. The company announcement names the lead and participants but does not name a series or financing instrument.
The round total covers all investors; it is not an individual investor’s contribution.
Event reference:
funding:facebook:2006-04-19Facebook ↗
Facebook · Financing
- Date · basis unspecified
- Date not recorded
- Financing
- Type not specified
- Closing status
- Not specified
Source context: The biography verifies the first outside investment but supplies no date, amount, stage, instrument, or round lead designation.
No amount recorded in this event’s evidence.
Event reference:
funding:facebook:first-outside-investment- Peter Thiel biography ↗Founders Fund
Organizations and connections
Affiliations retain their dates and sources. Roles may be historical; a missing end date does not establish a current role. Machine classifications need review; a co-mention alone does not establish a relationship.
Participated in the $25 million round
- Investor role
- Participating investor
- Financing
- Type not specified
- Announced
- Closing status
- Announced
- Round total
- USD 25,000,000
Source context: The $25 million is the whole financing, not this investor’s check. The company announcement names the lead and participants but does not name a series or financing instrument.
The round total covers all investors. Individual contributions are recorded separately when disclosed.
Event reference:
funding:facebook:2006-04-19Co-founded
Co-founded
Co-founded
Acquired
- Instagram investment history ↗Sequoia Capital
Acquired
- WhatsApp investment history ↗Sequoia Capital
Led the $25 million round
- Investor role
- Lead investor
- Financing
- Type not specified
- Announced
- Closing status
- Announced
- Round total
- USD 25,000,000
Source context: The $25 million is the whole financing, not this investor’s check. The company announcement names the lead and participants but does not name a series or financing instrument.
The round total covers all investors. Individual contributions are recorded separately when disclosed.
Event reference:
funding:facebook:2006-04-19Co-founded
Participated in the $25 million round
- Investor role
- Participating investor
- Financing
- Type not specified
- Announced
- Closing status
- Announced
- Round total
- USD 25,000,000
Source context: The $25 million is the whole financing, not this investor’s check. The company announcement names the lead and participants but does not name a series or financing instrument.
The round total covers all investors. Individual contributions are recorded separately when disclosed.
Event reference:
funding:facebook:2006-04-19Participated in the $25 million round
- Investor role
- Participating investor
- Financing
- Type not specified
- Announced
- Closing status
- Announced
- Round total
- USD 25,000,000
Source context: The $25 million is the whole financing, not this investor’s check. The company announcement names the lead and participants but does not name a series or financing instrument.
The round total covers all investors. Individual contributions are recorded separately when disclosed.
Event reference:
funding:facebook:2006-04-19First outside investor
- Investor role
- Investor role not specified
- Financing
- Type not specified
- Closing status
- Not specified
Source context: The biography verifies the first outside investment but supplies no date, amount, stage, instrument, or round lead designation.
No amount recorded in this relationship’s evidence.
Event reference:
funding:facebook:first-outside-investment- Peter Thiel biography ↗Founders Fund
Works or worked for
- Wikidata: Fidji Simo ↗Wikidata · P108 · Statement Q64853019$d62fac73-4f11-fb10-50bc-c0a7fcd65a101 reference record retained in the source statement
- Wikidata: Fidji Simo ↗Wikidata
Works or worked for
- Wikidata: Frances Haugen ↗Wikidata · P108 · Statement Q108793477$35D8FF68-7753-46E0-AF24-761265DF42882 reference records retained in the source statement
- Wikidata: Frances Haugen ↗Wikidata
Founded
- Wikidata: Facebook ↗Wikidata · P112 · Statement Q355$e954c537-439a-4ed6-a53c-2ac319ab99c5No external reference recorded in this Wikidata statement
- Wikidata: Facebook ↗Wikidata
Founded
- Wikidata: Facebook ↗Wikidata · P112 · Statement Q355$0c2bbabd-45f4-5564-f5f8-b420ecf07ede1 reference record retained in the source statement
- Wikidata: Facebook ↗Wikidata
Works or worked for
- Wikidata: Ifeoma Ozoma ↗Wikidata · P108 · Statement Q104255489$f962f8ac-45d7-a1b5-2c04-519cf16072e91 reference record retained in the source statement
- Wikidata: Ifeoma Ozoma ↗Wikidata
Works or worked for
- Wikidata: Sheryl Sandberg ↗Wikidata · P108 · Statement Q234653$5da7b0fc-0d5a-411e-82b5-2a31e363e9a31 reference record retained in the source statement
- Wikidata: Sheryl Sandberg ↗Wikidata
Founded
- Wikidata: Facebook ↗Wikidata · P112 · Statement Q355$0f93ecb7-4008-926d-80a2-2222f4d699ab1 reference record retained in the source statement
- Wikidata: Facebook ↗Wikidata
Works or worked for
- Wikidata: Mike Schroepfer ↗Wikidata · P108 · Statement Q6848733$A9EE07B1-B8FE-4D5A-8282-02615DAE0A091 reference record retained in the source statement
- Wikidata: Mike Schroepfer ↗Wikidata
Works or worked for
- Wikidata: Chamath Palihapitiya ↗Wikidata · P108 · Statement Q16734050$D58F308F-AA98-4354-BB2C-E7B8817D7E171 reference record retained in the source statement
- Wikidata: Chamath Palihapitiya ↗Wikidata
Founded
- Wikidata: Facebook ↗Wikidata · P112 · Statement Q355$d5c94cf6-4edb-0858-5e00-833c47df60041 reference record retained in the source statement
- Wikidata: Facebook ↗Wikidata
Works or worked for
- Wikidata: Nick Clegg ↗Wikidata · P108 · Statement Q189947$dc6812e9-4adc-48c5-3ca0-6810636547b61 reference record retained in the source statement
- Wikidata: Nick Clegg ↗Wikidata
Works or worked for
- Wikidata: Owen Van Natta ↗Wikidata · P108 · Statement Q16207465$468F0440-D56A-496E-A7F3-FD68196BF2451 reference record retained in the source statement
- Wikidata: Owen Van Natta ↗Wikidata