Social Startups

Vurb is a mobile search app that lets people find, save, and act on recommendations for things like travel, entertainment, and dining by combining community suggestions, content, and services in one app. It also allows users to share plans with friends and save ideas for later.

3 investors

Workweek operates a media network built around individual creators who produce newsletters and shows for professional audiences, including ecommerce, HR and people, healthcare, banking and fintech, and marketing leaders.

3 investors

WeSchool is an education company operating in Europe that provides training and learning programs to teachers and students across schools. The platform focuses on skill-based, inclusive, and collaborative learning for the challenges of the 21st century.

3 investors

Wishlink is a platform that lets social media creators share shoppable product recommendations from their fashion, beauty, and lifestyle content and monetize it, while helping their audiences shop items seen in creator videos. It connects consumers with creators' product links across platforms like Instagram and YouTube.

3 investors

YesGraph provides referral and invite optimization for apps and websites, recommending which contacts a user should invite. It uses machine learning and social graph analysis to improve the performance of invite and referral flows.

3 investors

AgeWellJapan creates services and spaces that connect seniors with younger generations and bridge communities of residents, researchers, and business stakeholders around the concept of aging positively through challenge and discovery. The company positions itself as a "life companion" for elderly people, supporting active lifestyles and social engagement in Japan's super-aging society.

3 investors

Natee is a Japanese company operating an SNS (social media) marketing business, working with creators to run creator-driven social media marketing campaigns, plus related ventures such as a creator agency, VTuber/avatar live-streaming, affiliate services, and generative AI development. It serves brands and advertising agencies and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

3 investors

Utoniq operates "UDom," a fandom platform that lets artists, athletes, and entertainment brands run paid fan communities and issue "digital-real" trading cards and member-only content and online lotteries. It serves creators and rights holders such as musicians, VTubers, and theme parks in the Japanese entertainment and fan-engagement market.

3 investors

A platform where users create and share AI-powered tools, games, chatbots, and interactive experiences with others in their social network.

2 investors

Acqustic is a music community platform connecting independent musicians, industry companies, brands, and fans, offering new releases, concerts, videos, and playlists. It focuses on the independent music scene across Spain, Europe, and Latin America.

2 investors

Agorapulse offers social media monitoring and listening tools that track brand mentions, sentiment, competitor activity, and industry trends across social networks and online publications. The platform serves marketing and social media teams managing brand perception, reputation, and strategic engagement.

2 investors

Airbuds is an iPhone widget app that lets friends share and see each other's real-time music listening activity on their home screens, with the ability to react to songs, play music, start conversations, and get a weekly music recap. It connects to streaming services including Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, SoundCloud, Audiomack, and Deezer.

2 investors

Aisle operates a dating app that positions itself toward intentional, serious relationships rather than casual matching, and features user success stories from couples who met through the service.

2 investors

Tangelo Games develops free-to-play cross-platform social mobile games played by millions of people across multiple languages, with a portfolio that supports solo and multiplayer play. The company, based in Barcelona, is expanding into real-money gameplay with a new app.

2 investors

Ark operates a people search engine that indexes over a billion social network profiles, letting users find individuals such as old classmates, business contacts, and friends. It aggregates and organizes social information to make people discoverable online.

2 investors

Astrotalk is an online platform connecting users with Vedic astrologers, tarot readers, numerologists, and vastu experts for astrological consultations via call and chat. The platform provides predictions, kundli matching, horoscopes, and spiritual guidance to customers seeking life direction and wellness advice.

2 investors

Baihe is a Chinese online dating and matchmaking platform that connects members seeking relationships and marriage, using identity verification and compatibility matching. It offers verified-profile matchmaking with over 120 million members and operates physical storefronts.

2 investors

Bark Social operates a dog park and social venue combining an off-leash dog park with grooming, daycare, boarding, and a bar and restaurant for dog owners. It sells day passes and monthly or annual memberships, with a stated focus on the Mid-Atlantic region.

2 investors

BattleXO is an online platform for hosting esports tournaments and scrims across popular mobile games such as BGMI, Free Fire Max, Pokemon Unite, and CODM. Players sign up to create profiles, join tournaments, form teams and communities, and win redeemable rewards.

2 investors

Beemi provides interactive mobile livestreaming tools that let viewers play along rather than passively watch, adding games and interactivity to live streams for creators.

2 investors

Benable is a platform where people share personal recommendations for products, places, and services in one place, and earn affiliate commission when others buy through their links. It partners with over 35,000 retail sites and is open to any invited creator regardless of follower count.

2 investors

Bindery is a publishing startup that combines book publishing with technology, working with tastemakers and creators to develop, produce, and market books. It draws on expertise from traditional publishing and creator-economy platforms to publish and grow book titles.

2 investors

The company develops mobile messaging software, with work centered on iOS engineering. The available page content only describes team members' backgrounds rather than a clearly defined product or market.

2 investors

Blacktag operates a global platform and exclusive network connecting Black creators — including artists, photographers, designers, and musicians — with brand partners, and produces original content. It also runs creator grants and brand collaboration programs.

2 investors