Marketing operating system Nectar Social raises $30M Series A led by Menlo
Nectar Social, an AI-powered marketing platform, has raised $30 million in a Series A funding round led by Menlo Ventures. The company aims to streamline marketing efforts for brands by using autonomous AI agents to manage social activities and data from various platforms. Founded by sisters Misbah and Farah Uraizee, Nectar Social plans to use the new funding to expand its team and enhance its technology.
- ▪Nectar Social raised $30 million in a Series A funding round led by Menlo Ventures.
- ▪The platform uses autonomous AI agents to assist brands with social activity and data management.
- ▪Clients of Nectar Social include notable brands such as Liquid Death, Figma, and e.l.f Beauty.
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In Brief Posted: 12:26 PM PDT · May 16, 2026 Image Credits:Nectar Social Dominic-Madori Davis Marketing operating system Nectar Social raises $30M Series A led by Menlo AI-powered marketing platform Nectar Social announced Thursday that it raised a $30 million Series A round led by Menlo Ventures and its Anthology Fund, which was created alongside Anthropic. The company, which officially exited stealth last year, is an agentic operating system for marketers. It told TechCrunch that it uses autonomous AI agents to help brands run “social activity, moderation, creator workflows, competitive intelligence and commerce conversations end-to-end.” It also has data partnerships with companies like Meta and Reddit that allows the Nectar agent pull and pool data into one place from various…
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