Social Startups

Pocket Worlds builds a platform for developers and amateur creators to make games, experiences, and virtual worlds. It is the maker of Highrise, a virtual-world social app with 50 million users.

3 investors

Podcorn operates a self-service marketplace that links podcast hosts with brands looking to sponsor episodes. Advertisers and creators arrange sponsorship deals directly through the platform rather than through an ad agency or network.

3 investors

Polarsteps is an app that helps travelers plan, track, and share their journeys on a world map, serving explorers and adventure seekers worldwide.

3 investors

Poly Platform is an app that helps employees connect with like-minded colleagues within their organization through real-time sponsored activities and events. The platform supports discovery and creation of community activities across desktop, tablet, and mobile devices.

3 investors

Polystream builds a metaverse platform with interoperable virtual worlds that users can navigate seamlessly, enabling immersive games, interactive applications, and social experiences delivered instantly to communities globally.

3 investors

Pop Up Archive makes audio searchable by processing recordings into timestamped transcripts with extracted keywords. The resulting index lets users search spoken words and jump to the corresponding point in the audio. It is used by radio producers, podcasters, archives, and others managing large collections of sound.

3 investors

Praxis is an online community and membership organization working to establish a new city described as a digital nation. Members join to meet others online, attend events, and contribute to projects, with select members invited to relocate to the city.

3 investors

Precious is an iPhone app that uses AI to automatically identify the best baby photos on a user's phone and assemble them into photo stories. It targets families who want to preserve, enjoy, and share their children's growing-up memories.

3 investors

Publishizer is a crowdpublishing platform that helps authors validate their book ideas, build reader lists, and secure publishing deals through pre-sales campaigns. The platform serves independent and aspiring authors seeking to launch their books with publisher backing or self-publish with audience support.

3 investors

Pure is a platform for hosting private poker games with friends, providing social features, player verification, payment management, and compliance tools. It offers infrastructure for creating private tables, inviting verified players, and keeping sessions organized within trusted communities.

3 investors

Ranker operates a consumer website where users vote on and rank crowdsourced lists across topics like pop culture, entertainment, gaming, history, food, and sports. The platform aggregates user votes to produce ranked lists and content for a general audience.

3 investors

Rapchat is a mobile-first music creation platform where artists record songs, discover beats, collaborate with other creators, and share music. The platform serves musicians and producers globally across 150+ countries.

3 investors

Red Tricycle, based in the United States, runs an online publication and community for parents looking for activities to do with their children. Its content covers local attractions and outing ideas, filterable by location and audience characteristics such as child age. Readers use it as a guide to family-friendly places and events near them.

3 investors

Relationship Hero offers on-demand dating and relationship coaching sessions, connecting individuals and couples with certified relationship experts for advice on dating, communication, breakups, and rebuilding trust. It serves consumers seeking guidance on personal relationships.

3 investors

Respondology provides social media comment moderation software designed for sports teams and leagues to protect their brand reputation, revenue, and community standards. The platform uses customizable moderation to hide toxic comments, illegal streaming links, spam, and scams across multiple social channels.

3 investors

Retty is a Japanese restaurant discovery and review platform where users, including certified "TOP USER" food experts, share recommendations and detailed reviews to help people find places to eat. It lets users search restaurants by cuisine genre, occasion, and location across Japan.

3 investors

REVER is a mobile app that allows motorcycle riders to discover, plan, navigate, record, and share their rides with a community of enthusiasts. The platform serves passionate motorcycle riders seeking to explore routes and connect with other riders worldwide.

3 investors

Scener is a Chrome extension that enables synchronized group viewing of movies and shows from major streaming services, with integrated video, audio, and text chat for real-time interaction among watch party participants.

3 investors

Seated provides a ticketing platform for live events and concerts, offering exclusive presale access to shows.

3 investors

Shapes builds general-purpose social AI agents ("shapes") that users can steer for any use case and embed into existing social settings for natural, everyday interactions. It positions its technology around social interactions with AGI within the AI/consumer space.

3 investors

Shuru is a location-based platform that enables local communities and businesses in India to connect, engage, and collaborate. The platform aims to digitize neighborhoods and help citizens support local businesses while addressing civic issues.

3 investors

Sign-Speak uses AI to translate communication into sign language, making information and content accessible to deaf and hard of hearing communities globally.

3 investors

Soul is a Chinese AI-powered immersive social platform where users interact through customizable avatars rather than real identities, matched by interest graphs and AI-driven recommendations. The platform targets young users seeking social connection based on shared interests, personality, and lifestyle through features like interest matching, AI-assisted conversation tools, and emotional value-focused content.

3 investors

Spill is a social platform for community-driven conversations, content sharing, and group discovery with integrated features for live audio/video chat, daily games, and user-created communities.

3 investors