friends and family
Your inner circle
Friends and family refers to people in one's close personal circle—those connected by blood, marriage, or genuine affection.
The phrase often appears in business contexts describing informal early-stage investment from personal connections rather than professional investors: We raised our seed round from friends and family.
It also labels discount programs or special access: a friends and family sale, friends and family pricing.
- loved onesCherished people in life
- blood relativesFamily by birth
- relativesThose connected by blood
- inner circleExclusive group of confidants
- companionsThose who accompany
kinship · bonds · gatherings · holiday gatherings · reunions · quality time · support · support system · loyalty · trust · belonging · circle · group chat · close · dear · clan · tribe · siblings
- business fundingbank loans, venture capital, angel investor, debt financing, seed funding
- fundingfunding, grant, loan, grants, venture capital
- employee perkscompany car, gym membership, free meals, company housing, parking space
- JordansJordan 1, retro, retros, OG, colorway
- soft launchessoft launches, limited release, beta test, beta, closed beta
- startup fundingseed round, venture capital, angel investment, angel investors, seed funding
friends and familystrangers
People unknown to you
complete strangers · outsiders · acquaintances · unknowns · passersby
friends and familystrangers
People unknown to you
enemies · foes · sworn enemies · adversaries · antagonists
friend, friends, friendly, friendliness, friendship, friendships, unfriendly, befriend, befriended