Social Startups

Blue Social is a mobile app and smart business card that uses Bluetooth, NFC, and QR codes to help people discover and connect with others nearby in real-time. The platform aims to encourage in-person interactions and replace traditional printed business cards.

2 investors

Breaker is a social media branding agency headquartered in Tokyo. It works with brands and organizations on content and social campaigns that present Japanese products and culture to international audiences.

2 investors

Burpple is a dining discovery app that helps users find restaurants, access deals, and share reviews. The platform serves diners through community recommendations, editorial content, and deal offerings for members.

2 investors

CallApp is a free caller ID and call blocker mobile app that identifies unknown numbers, blocks unwanted calls and messages, records calls, and blacklists spam numbers. It draws on a database of over 8 billion phone numbers and enriches contacts with information from social media platforms.

2 investors

Campfire is a mobile app (iOS and Android) that lets podcast fans join communities around their favorite shows, interact with other fans and hosts, and access exclusive bonus content. It targets podcast listeners and hosts in the German-speaking market.

2 investors

CHAI operates a consumer platform where users create their own AI characters and stories, powered by hundreds of in-house trained large language models running on a 1.4 exaflop GPU cluster. It serves a B2C market for social and entertainment-focused AI.

2 investors

Changba is a mobile karaoke (K-song) app offering a large library of high-quality backing tracks and a social community where users can sing, share recordings, and join local interest groups. It provides features such as membership, original music uploads, and music competitions, available on iPhone, Android, and iPad.

2 investors

Charity Navigator provides a trust indicator platform that helps nonprofits be discovered by donors, raise funds, and build trust through published ratings and organizational impact metrics. The platform serves nonprofit organizations seeking to connect with supporters aligned with their missions.

2 investors

Chat3 is a decentralized, video-first platform for hosting real-time events with up to 100,000 participants, built on multi-chain technology and AI. It targets creators, offering tools to engage audiences, personalize experiences, and monetize content.

2 investors

Chillabit operates a live social feed where students share thoughts, questions, and stories. The service is positioned as a casual social app for college/student communities.

2 investors

UniMastery is a messaging application designed specifically for students and teachers to organize class communication by subject and access academic support. The platform facilitates homework collaboration and provides connections to private tutors across various school subjects.

2 investors

Classlist is a private online community app that connects parents at the same school, offering schools a moderated social network as an alternative to WhatsApp and Facebook groups. It provides PTAs and parent associations with tools to run fundraising events and communicate with school communities, serving schools internationally with a base in the UK.

2 investors

Luvi offers a memberships product that lets creators sell monthly subscriptions with tiered pricing, giving fans exclusive access to content and perks while creators earn recurring revenue. It targets content creators looking to build loyal fan communities and includes automated subscription billing.

2 investors

Co-Museum is a platform for collective art curation and ownership that aims to democratize access to art by enabling community-driven collection and shared cultural legacy creation.

2 investors

Colley operates a community platform and marketplace for fans of collectible and character goods ("덕질" culture), where users share trends, collecting news, and buy or sell items. It centers on a fan/collector market feed for enthusiasts in Korea.

2 investors

Comm is an encrypted messaging platform for communities that combines Signal's end-to-end encryption model with personal servers to support community features like channels, roles, and threads. It allows users to own their encrypted data through keyservers while maintaining privacy levels comparable to traditional E2E applications.

2 investors

Commaful is an online platform where users publish and read short stories, poetry, fanfiction, and posts, with content organized by topics and community reactions. It functions as a community-driven storytelling and reading site for amateur writers and readers.

2 investors

Comunix is a social gaming company that builds mobile games integrating live group video chat for real-time social play. Its main product, Pokerface, is a Texas hold 'em poker game that lets casual players compete with friends and strangers over live group video chat.

2 investors

Convo is a decentralized conversation layer and API for adding comment and messaging threads to any web application, storing conversational data on IPFS-based decentralized storage linked to a user's decentralized identity. It is aimed at developers building social features into their apps.

2 investors

Copper is a book publishing company that supports authors through the full publishing process, offering services such as marketing and PR, podcast launches, a social app, retreats, and in-person events. It positions itself as a modern alternative to traditional publishing, helping authors write, publish, and sell books.

2 investors

Coub is a short looped video service that lets users create audio-backed video loops online, often sourced from YouTube clips. It operates as a consumer media platform centered on shareable looping videos.

2 investors

Couchsurfing operates a mobile app and platform connecting travelers with local hosts who offer accommodation, along with city pages, local events, and member references. It serves travelers and hosts worldwide looking to meet and stay with locals.

2 investors

Cupist is a Korean "love-tech" company that builds dating and social connection products, including the dating app Glam, the app Kemit (enfpy), and AlphaState, and is developing AI- and robot-based companionship experiences. It aims to connect people with each other and with AI.

2 investors

daily.dev is a personalized feed and community platform for developers to discover relevant technical content and connect with other engineers. The product combines curated technical sources, community features called "squads", and native apps, and is supported by an ad-respectful model that prioritizes developer experience over monetization.

2 investors