Social Startups

Operates a live-streaming and broadcasting platform (branded Twitcast/TwitCasting) where users watch and host live streams across categories such as music, gaming, talk, and voice content. The service, oriented to a Japanese-language audience, includes subscriptions, live captions, and interactive features for streamers and viewers.

2 investors

Aill goen is an AI-assisted matchmaking and dating service that introduces single employees from different companies to each other, using AI navigation to suggest matches, assist conversations, and visualize a counterpart's interest level. It targets working singles seeking partners who share their lifestyle and career values, keeping usage private from their employers.

2 investors

Castee operates a platform for content creators offering influencer collaboration video marketing ("Castee Challenge", priced by video views) and a music monetization service ("Castee Music") where creators earn rewards by posting videos using licensed tracks on TikTok and Instagram. It serves creators and brands in social media entertainment marketing, with an initial overseas commerce operation in Indonesia via TikTok Shop.

2 investors

YOUPACE is a talent agency for live streamers (called "livers") that provides management, training, and support services to help content creators build sustainable streaming careers. The company serves aspiring and established streamers in Japan who broadcast primarily conversational content on the Pococha platform.

2 investors

Syoya (笑屋) produces reunions and alumni/OB gatherings for individuals, municipalities, and companies, and builds tools to activate alumni networks. Its offerings include a LINE app for organizing reunions, and platforms (CHIMER and Alumni Labs) for engaging graduate and alumni communities.

2 investors

Reppley (레플리) is an AI chat app that lets users create their own custom chatbot characters with configurable personas and teach them conversational style by importing chat history from social media. It offers immersive, emotionally expressive AI conversations tailored to each user's preferences.

1 investor

Lifet (라이펫) operates a Korean-language online community and content platform for dog owners, where caregivers share information and ask questions about pet health topics such as nutrition, medication, dental care, and everyday behavior. The platform offers care tips and user-generated posts to help pet guardians look after their animals.

1 investor

b.stage is a fan engagement platform operated by bemyfriends that lets artists and entertainment IPs build community websites with exclusive content, forums, live streaming, fan events, AMAs, and fandom data. It serves music, entertainment, and esports clients, with growth in the U.S. and Japan.

1 investor

Fractal operates LittleBuffett, a platform where users build custom stock indices by selecting securities and cash weightings, track daily returns, and compare and follow other users' indices. The company is also developing a security token (STO) platform that lets investment experts issue tokenized securities tied to their real brokerage accounts so investors can mirror their portfolios in real time.

1 investor

与我同行 is a mobile app (iOS) that lets travelers enter their flight details and travel times to find others on the same routes, connecting via Weibo account binding to view posts and exchange contact information. It targets air travelers in China looking to meet like-minded fellow passengers.

1 investor

Peoople is a social recommendation platform where users tag, rate, and share movies, series, restaurants, books, music, video games, and travel destinations across multiple categories in a single social network. It lets people follow others with similar tastes and discover recommendations from real users rather than algorithms or sponsored lists.

1 investor

3dot is a think-tank company that develops ideas, products, and services using new technologies for partner companies and their customers. It focuses on brainstorming and building new offerings for clients to bring to market.

1 investor

YouTube is a video-sharing and streaming platform where creators upload short-form and long-form videos and livestreams, and viewers watch content, live sports, and TV. It also offers tools for creators to monetize through shopping and affiliate programs, plus family, health, and youth-focused features.

1 investor

8club is an app for discovering and joining in-person social experiences and events, helping users meet like-minded people and build real-life friendships and community in their city. It focuses on urban India, offering curated hangouts and a live map of people, plans, and moments happening nearby.

1 investor

9Slides offers a cloud-hosted platform for video-based presentations, accessible on mobile devices. Employees can view presentations, take quizzes to check retention and assemble their own material to distribute. Employers receive reporting on how many people finished a presentation and how well they understood it.

1 investor

A mobile platform where users can ask questions on any topic and receive answers from verified professionals such as doctors, lawyers, and accountants. The service creates personalized feeds based on user interests and facilitates community discussion around expert knowledge.

1 investor

A Thinking Ape builds massively multiplayer mobile games with a social core designed to create online player communities. The company operates in the mobile gaming industry and is based in Vancouver, Canada.

1 investor

AARP Services is the commercial arm of AARP that connects companies with the 50+ population through brand licensing, marketing, audience data, and innovation services. It helps organizations develop and market products and services tailored to aging consumers while leveraging AARP's trusted brand and member insights.

1 investor

Abbeyfield Vlaanderen promotes and supports a cohousing model for people aged 55 and over in Flanders, Belgium, where residents have private apartments alongside shared spaces. The organization helps form resident groups, find and adapt suitable buildings, and set up a non-profit association (VZW) through which residents jointly manage their home.

1 investor

MomsRising is a grassroots advocacy network that organizes parents and supporters around family-focused policy issues such as affordable child care, health care, paid family leave, reproductive rights, and voter engagement in the United States. It runs campaigns, public comment drives, surveys, and volunteer outreach tools to mobilize members on these issues.

1 investor

AccessNow is a technology and community platform that helps people discover accessible places and opportunities while advancing cultural change toward inclusion. The company combines mapping, education, and grassroots outreach to break down accessibility barriers worldwide.

1 investor

Acción por la Música organizes music-based events and experiences, including festivals, concerts, and immersive choir activities for corporate and community audiences in Spain.

1 investor

AchieveMint is a web platform where users create, award, and track real-world "achievements" for events, communities, and conferences, each with requirements, credibility, and difficulty ratings.

1 investor

Astronomica is a game development studio that creates instant social games designed for chat superapps. The company is led by serial gaming entrepreneurs with experience building and scaling large gaming companies.

1 investor