A startup building a map to help you make plans with friends has doubled its funding
Corner, a social mapping startup targeting Gen Z, has raised $7.5 million in total funding to help users discover and share local spots. The app competes with established platforms like Google Maps and Yelp by focusing on curated social recommendations.
Why it matters
The funding highlights the ongoing investor interest in niche social media platforms that attempt to disrupt traditional discovery and mapping services.
Corner's team is building a social mapping app for Gen Z. Sydney Bradley/BI Corner, a social mapping startup that helps people find local spots, has doubled its funding. The New York-based startup has raised $7.5 million, the company confirmed. It's one of many new social media startups trying to break through. Finding a really good restaurant or bar takes effort. Corner, a startup looking to make that process easier, has raised more capital to stake its claim in the map game. Corner, which was founded in 2022, is a social-mapping app targeting Gen Z users who want to meet up in real life. In the app, users can leave reviews, share photos, and curate lists. Locations are added to Corner's map only when a user saves it. The platform has more than 250,000 users — primarily in New York and Europe — across 425 cities, the company said.
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