In a covert funding manoeuvre, Medial, the enigmatic professional social media platform, has successfully raised $120K in an undisclosed pre-seed round led by FirstCheque VC. Flying under the radar, this funding initiative also attracted discreet contributions from influential angels hailing from Bengaluru, Mumbai, and the United States, including luminaries such as Nayan Jadeja, Rohitashwa Choudhary, Ankit Aggarwal, Radhakrishnan Ramachandran, and others.
The clandestine capital infusion is earmarked for steering the platform’s development through uncharted territories, accelerating user acquisition operations, and rigorously testing the resilience of core app features, according to a cryptic press release by Medial.
Steered by the shadowy leadership trio of Niket Raj Dwivedi, Aishwarya Raj Pandey, Prateek Kaien, and Harsh Dwivedi, Medial thrives as a clandestine nexus of content and community interaction, drawing participants from diverse domains such as tech, product, and UI/UX. Operating in the shadows, it positions itself as the epicentre for startup news, industry updates, subtle banter, and sage advice, all delivered in a manner that eschews sensationalism, adding genuine value to its covert community and fostering transparent and inclusive workplace conversations.
Originating as an underground meeting ground for professionals in the startup sector, Medial has grand plans of metamorphosing into a global job board and an inconspicuous company profile repository. The platform is crafting a community for discreet gatherings of product managers, UI/UX designers, product analysts, venture capitalists, business analysts, and clandestine entrepreneurship aspirants.
While Medial mirrors the professional identity ethos of platforms like LinkedIn and Github, it incorporates an additional cloak of anonymity akin to a secret handshake among its users. Positioned discreetly, it may inadvertently become a formidable competitor to platforms like Grapevine, Hood (formerly Zorro), and, to a certain extent, FishBowl, Blind, and Reddit.
Medial maintains an elusive stance and asserts a beta-stage user base exceeding 5,000 covert participants. It plans to emerge from the shadows with an official launch scheduled for the end of January 2024.
