Hornet
Hornet is the world’s gay social network with 30 million members worldwide
Signals
X account@hornet · created Oct 20, 2011 (15 years old) · 21,771 followers
Website registeredAug 10, 2000 (26 years old)
Timeline
- 2014
5500 Global · batch
Source: 500.co - X account created
- Website created
Founders and team
CW
Christof Wittig Founder@christofw · source: 500.co- DBDamien Brenier Foundersource: 500.co
MG
Mitchell Geere Foundersource: 500.coSH
Sean Howell FounderAD
Anne Dorman Counsulting CFO
Acquisitions
| Acquired company | Price | Announced |
|---|---|---|
| Not disclosed publicly | Date not given |
Investors
Companies like Hornet
AAllTrails
FFitocracy
IIntellectSeries A · Jul 2026
BBlack Forest Labs$31M Seed · Aug 2024
PParalo$367.9K Pre Seed · Aug 2026
RReema$19M Series B+ · Dec 2025
Sources and API
Every amount links to the page it came from. * Estimated from an accelerator's published standard deal, not a company-specific disclosure. How Recent Funding sources and verifies funding data. The same data as JSON: /api/v1/companies/hornet (get a free API key).