The locally-focused social media platform, which counts GV and Comcast Ventures as backers, has secured funding from unnamed investors.

Nextdoor, the US-based geographical social media platform backed by internet technology group Alphabet and mass media company Comcast, has raised $75m in funding from undisclosed investors, The Information reported yesterday.

The funding was secured at a higher valuation than in Nextdoor’s last round in 2015, which valued it at $1.1bn according to two people close to the situation. A Delaware filing cited by The Information suggests the company raised the cash at a valuation of about $1.5bn.

Nextdoor has built…