Cosmos, an app where creative people save and organise images, raised a $15m Series A, announced on 20 January 2026. Shine Capital and Matrix co-led the round, according to the company's blog post and to Fenwick, the law firm that advised on it. GV, Accel, Plug and Play and Anthony Casalena, founder and chief executive of Squarespace, also took part.
Founder and chief executive Andy McCune wrote that the money is to build "what comes next". Ethan Daly of Shine Capital joined the board. No valuation was disclosed.
Fenwick's transaction team was led by corporate partner Dawn Belt. AlleyWatch listed the round in its daily funding report for 20 January 2026.
“Today, people save over 10 million images a month on Cosmos.”Andy McCune, Founder and CEO, Cosmos
What Cosmos does
Fenwick described Cosmos as a platform that helps creative professionals collect, organise and collaborate on visual inspiration using customisable clusters of content. AlleyWatch's funding report described it as a platform for creatives to discover, save and organise visual inspiration. Fast Company characterised it as an AI-powered moodboarding platform with a minimalist design.
AlleyWatch said McCune and Luca Marra founded the company in 2021. McCune wrote that Marra built Cosmos with him as a side project, and that the app launched publicly "last summer", meaning summer 2025. Fast Company, by contrast, wrote that Cosmos arrived in 2023, so the sources differ on the launch date.
Pulse 2.0 said the target users are designers, art directors, architects, photographers and other creatives. Images now save directly to a user's profile by default, with clusters optional, and a new following feed lets users browse collections from friends, artists, designers and other tastemakers.
Users and recognition
McCune said millions of people use Cosmos, with growth coming mainly by word of mouth, and that "Today, people save over 10 million images a month on Cosmos." Fast Company said creative teams at Nike, Apple and Amazon use it.
The post said Cosmos was named to Apple's 25 Apps for 2025 and reached number one in the App Store's Design category in 28 countries. None of the sources reviewed gave a headcount or a headquarters city.
What the money is for
McCune's post did not itemise how the money will be spent. Fenwick's summary said it would go toward developing the company's social graph for discovery and a system for restoring credit to images.
Fast Company reported that the company is considering ways to make money, ranging from its premium subscriptions to an upcoming e-commerce feature, and that creator portfolios are planned. It also reported that McCune was still working out how to add generative AI while addressing creators' ethical concerns and user resistance.
Pulse 2.0 described an attribution system that researches images across the web and generates captions identifying the creator, what the image shows, where and when it was published, and its broader lineage. It reported that the capital will fund the next phase of the platform, focused on improving how users find inspiration and return to it over time.
The funding so far
McCune wrote that Cosmos raised a $6m seed round from GV and Accel before the public launch. AlleyWatch put total reported equity funding at $21m, which matches the seed plus this round.
GV and Accel, the seed investors, took part again in the Series A, along with Plug and Play and Casalena.
Company website: cosmos.so