I don’t think Nearly Free Speech is VC-backed. They’re pretty cheap since they’re a DIY-friendly “pay for what you use” hosting provider and charge extra for tech support. I’ve been using them for years and never had a problem that wasn’t my own fault.
But they’ll host anything that’s legal under US law, no matter how offensive, while donating fees collected from sites promoting hateful ideologies to organizations opposing such ideologies. They call it “morons funding the fight against morons”.
If you’re not into that, what about leprd.space or Nekoweb? Also, doesn’t 32bit Cafe have it’s own thing: Marigold Town?