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Overview
Pace creates online talk groups with live video for adults seeking authentic, meaningful conversations. Members join talk groups through a subscription, gaining access to live video sessions and a mature, community-driven space, with advertising generating additional revenue from data-driven targeting. What sets Pace apart is its focus on genuine, candid conversations in an 18+ environment rather than broad, impersonal social feeds. The goal is to provide a space for real conversations online while building a sustainable business from subscriptions and targeted advertising.
About Pace
Industries
Data & Analytics
Consumer Software
Social Impact
Company Size
11-50
Company Stage
Seed
Total Funding
$18M
Headquarters
California City, California
Founded
2020
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- January 2026 funding from Bryan Schreier extends runway and validates investor interest.
- Founders and parents groups create repeat weekly usage, strengthening retention and subscription economics.
- Mental fitness demand stays strong as loneliness rises, supporting paid social-wellness products.
What critics are saying
- Pace’s 2024 shutdown report signals product-market fit failure and existential platform risk.
- Mental-health trust failures trigger fast churn, especially if sessions feel shallow or unsafe.
- Competing therapy-adjacent communities like BetterHelp and Calmify can outspend Pace on acquisition.
What makes Pace unique
- Pace’s weekly small-group video format targets emotional connection, not feed-based social networking.
- Licensed psychologists and facilitators embed structured support into peer conversations, not generic chat.
- Founders from Pinterest and Affirm bring consumer-product instincts to a vulnerable category.
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Funding
Total Funding
$18M
Meets
Industry Average
Funded Over
2 Rounds
BoxGroupIndustry standards
Growth & Insights and Company News
6 month growth
↓ -4%1 year growth
↑ 0%2 year growth
↓ -8%Pace, a San Francisco, CA-based modern support network that helps people connect with custom-matched strangers in groups moderated by world-class facilitators, closed a $13m Series A funding round
But support networks are critical for getting through difficult circumstances, and Pace Groups, a San Francisco startup that provides virtual peer-to-peer support groups as an alternative to therapy, has raised $18 million, including a $13 million Series A led by Pace Capital, Sequoia and BoxGroup.
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About Pace
Industries
Data & Analytics
Consumer Software
Social Impact
Company Size
11-50
Company Stage
Seed
Total Funding
$18M
Headquarters
California City, California
Founded
2020
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