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Stocktwits

U.S. retail-investor social media (market-focused, non-ideological)

Owned byPrivately held, venture-capital-backed company co-founded in 2008 by Howard Lindzon and Soren Macbeth. Investors include Foundry Group, True Ventures, ff Venture Capital, Times Bridge and Alameda Research (the last three took part in its 2021 Series B). No single owner is reported to control it.
FundingVenture capital, with about $43 million raised over roughly nine rounds, the latest a $30 million Series B in December 2021. It earns revenue from advertising, sponsored content, data and media products, and events such as its Cashtag Awards. One database estimates annual revenue at $50–100 million; that figure is an estimate, not a company disclosure.
On the administrationmostly neutral

Background

Howard Lindzon and Soren Macbeth founded Stocktwits in 2008 as a feed where users tag stocks with "cashtags" (such as $AAPL) and share short posts. It grew into one of the best-known online communities for retail traders. It raised venture funding over the years, including a CEO change and new funding in 2016 and a $30 million Series B in December 2021. Investor Alameda Research later collapsed along with FTX, though that was an investor's failure, not a failure of Stocktwits itself. Beyond the social feed, it now runs a news operation, whose articles often rely on sentiment data from its own users (for example, 'retail sentiment' on a stock). That makes its coverage a reflection of retail-trader mood and sometimes promotional toward trending, speculative names, and it is not independent financial analysis. In its coverage of the second Trump administration it has mainly reported on market and corporate events, such as Trump Media's stock, planned merger with TAE Technologies, and abandoned Truth Social spin-off, in a mostly factual tone without a clear editorial line on policy. It also hosts sponsored events, such as the 2026 Cashtag Awards presented by Polymarket, so its commercial ties to the trading and prediction-market industries are worth noting. User posts are unmoderated opinion and can include hype or misinformation, so they should not be read as the outlet's own views.

Sources

  1. Stocktwits 2026 Company Profile: Valuation, Funding & Investors (PitchBook)
  2. Stocktwits Valuation & Funding History (Caplight)
  3. StockTwits raises funding, gets new CEO (TechCrunch)
  4. Stocktwits - Crunchbase Company Profile & Funding
  5. Truth Social Spin-Off Plans Scrapped (Stocktwits)

Profile compiled 2026-10-16; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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