Social Startups

News Deeply builds topic-driven digital communities and platforms centered on high-quality information and stakeholder engagement, and partners with companies and foundations to design tailored digital convening strategies. It operates in the media and community-platform space, focusing on issue-driven journalism and audience connection.

1 investor

Niche is an online space for people to connect with friends and discover shared interests. The company offers a newsletter for updates and early access to its platform.

1 investor

Nikahsatu is a Malaysian wedding-planning marketplace that lets couples browse and book complete packages at popular wedding venues, combining vendors and designs into ready-made offerings. It targets couples planning weddings across Malaysian cities.

1 investor

Noii organizes offline events for single people — such as afterwork drinks, sports, run clubs, pub quizzes, comedy, and parties — combined with an app that offers icebreaker games and post-event contact features to help attendees meet in person. The service targets singles looking to socialize and date through everyday leisure activities.

1 investor

NOMO is a mobile app that helps people reduce time spent scrolling on social media by rewarding milestones with "Moments" that can be redeemed for perks like sports tickets, merchandise, concerts, and cash-back. It uses social features such as friend challenges, leaderboards, and in-person phone-bumping to lock social apps and encourage real-life connection.

1 investor

Noon is a social e-learning platform that connects students with teachers in group settings, offering interactive lessons and live Q&A through its mobile and web apps. It serves students studying alongside their peers.

1 investor

O-net (Onet) operates a marriage matchmaking and dating service in Japan, connecting members seeking life partners and marriage. The company runs matchmaking agencies with services such as Superior and O-plus and maintains physical branches across Japan.

1 investor

O3 operates themed study cafés where students get three hours of free weekly access and can pay a membership (around $10/week) for 24/7 entry, coffee, and gamified study rewards. It runs a companion app for scanning into cafés and earning rewards, with locations in Australia and New Zealand.

1 investor

Octopus Community offers an SDK and platform that lets brands embed a fully managed, customizable community into their apps, with AI-plus-human moderation, gamification, real-time translation, and analytics. It targets companies wanting to build user engagement and convert conversations into first-party data and revenue, handling moderation and support on the customer's behalf.

1 investor

OffChain Global is a Web3 professional community with chapters in seventy cities, hosting virtual and in-person events such as meetups, panels, and conferences. It serves blockchain industry professionals and newcomers seeking to build their network, find jobs, or learn about the space.

1 investor

Offline is a membership community for founders, offering curated monthly peer "pod" sessions facilitated by executive coaches, talks and workshops with invited speakers, social events, a digital community, and brand perks. It targets entrepreneurs who define success on their own terms and want peer support outside traditional business networks.

1 investor

Odnoklassniki (OK.ru) is a social networking service where users connect with friends, share posts, and access media and entertainment content. It is part of the VK group of services and offers features such as messaging, media sharing, and TV programming, primarily for Russian-speaking users.

1 investor

Onedio is a Turkish-language digital media and content platform publishing news, lifestyle, entertainment, and quizzes across topics such as magazine, education, sports, and general culture. It serves a general Turkish-speaking audience with viral articles, tests, and user-oriented content.

1 investor

OpenWater is a membership-based network for accomplished professionals who want to continue doing meaningful work while maintaining access to peer expertise, mentorship, and professional opportunities. The platform facilitates connections, advisory roles, and collaborations among its members through a "Give & Get" economy and in-person gatherings.

1 investor

Oriole Insights is a crypto price-prediction platform in a gamified format where users vote on expected token price movements and earn its native ORI token for daily predictions and social activity. It aggregates community sentiment about crypto projects, providing analytical dashboards, prediction accuracy tracking, and rankings of top predictors.

1 investor

OSIRO (operated by Oshiro, Ltd.) is a subscription-based platform for building and running paid online communities, letting creators and brands host branded community spaces with blogs, events, chat, groups, cartless commerce, member analytics and AI features. It targets creators, brands and companies in Japan who want to monetize and engage their core fans, and includes hands-on support from community producers.

1 investor

OurCal is a shared calendar app organized around chat, where each event has its own thread for photos, notes, and messages, and changes post automatically to keep groups coordinated. Aimed at families, couples, friends, and teams, it syncs Google, Apple, and Outlook calendars and protects all data with ANSSI-certified end-to-end encryption.

1 investor

OutAt Inc produces inclusive community events, entertainment programming, and creative experiences celebrating LGBTQ+ culture and diversity. The company operates events like Out at the Fair®, which has reached over 500,000 attendees at major county and state fairs nationwide, alongside production ventures, food brands, and creative services.

1 investor

Outono is a community organization connecting Portuguese developers, entrepreneurs, and designers living and working abroad. It organizes dinners, meetups, and local groups and newsletters, and plans to open hubs in key cities to help members enter new markets and integrate professionally outside Portugal.

1 investor

ovice operates a virtual space platform designed for remote and hybrid teams, positioning itself around flexible work styles beyond work-from-home or return-to-office models. It offers tools intended to support next-generation ways of working.

1 investor

A platform for analyzing and measuring brand performance metrics across Facebook pages, used by major media and technology companies to track their social media presence.

1 investor

Paklaunch is an entrepreneurial community and platform connecting founders, investors, and professionals across emerging markets, offering startup funding opportunities, mentorship, events, and networking. Started as a WhatsApp group focused on Pakistan, it now spans 400K+ members across 30+ countries and runs flagship "UNConference" events.

1 investor

Palify is a social platform and creator network combining community posts, Q&A, clips, jobs, and a marketplace into one profile, letting creators build reputation and earn through Palify Points, tips, brand deals, and digital product sales. It targets creators in India, offering a storefront and payout system where users monetize their content and audience.

1 investor

Pankhuri is an India-focused online social community platform for women, offering expert-led classes in creative and skill-based fields such as makeup, baking, resin art, and mehendi. It combines online courses with a peer community aimed at helping women learn new skills and start businesses.

1 investor