Nectar, AI-native social OS, raises $40M+ from Menlo, GV and True Ventures
testingcatalog · x · 2026-10-23
Nectar, founded in 2023 by sisters Misbah Uraizee (ex-News Feed/creator monetization product at Meta and X) and Farah Uraizee (scaled Facebook Groups past 1B users), has raised $40M+ from Menlo Ventures' Anthology Fund with Anthropic, GV and True Ventures. Its agent Ren handles first replies, DMs and community ops across Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Reddit and X, with a new MCP for Claude/ChatGPT/Gemini. Case data: response rate up from 34% to 81%, $184k community revenue in 30 days, 76% AI-assisted rate.
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