Social Startups

Common Ground is an open-source, self-hostable community platform positioned as an alternative to Discord, offering chat, live streams, events, and an application model for building, publishing, and monetizing apps and games within communities. It integrates wallets, tokens, and digital identities across multiple blockchains and is governed via a DAO with a $CG governance token.

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Compath Me ran KiDDY, a smartphone app for families to easily post diaries and photos and share them privately, along with photo-printing services such as photo books, New Year's cards, and wood-canvas photo prints. The company was acquired by the mixi group in 2017, after which KiDDY was merged into mixi's "Mitene" family photo-sharing app.

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Comradery offers a customizable, white-label community platform that companies use to build and run their own branded communities. It is sold as a B2B SaaS product.

1 investor

ConceptDrop offers Source, a platform that consolidates freelance hiring for creative, digital, and consulting work into a single contract, matching companies with vetted freelancers such as designers, writers, and animators through a dedicated account manager. It targets businesses looking to scale creative teams on demand and replace traditional procurement processes.

1 investor

Connexion3 is a software development and social media services company founded in 2005 that creates custom applications and digital solutions for companies and organizations seeking to promote their services online.

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Connected2.me offers a social chat application where users follow friends to see when they are online and available to chat.

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Connect Space is an event management platform and mobile app for hosting live, hybrid, and virtual events such as conferences, summits, and tradeshows. It offers B2B matchmaking, attendee networking, online registration and payment processing, in-app messaging, and 24/7 live event support.

1 investor

Contex.ai builds a multimodal AI content moderation system that analyzes text, images, and spoken chat in full conversational and visual context to detect toxic content, and provides explanations for its model decisions. It targets social media platforms and other companies seeking to automate toxicity detection.

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Convore is an online platform for real-time group communication, letting users join or create groups and post topics to hold conversations with others. It supports both public and private groups.

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CoPromote is a community platform where creators and founders promote each other's work through tracked shares and earn karma-based rankings. Members share projects across multiple channels and gain visibility by delivering verified clicks to others' content.

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Core Labs is building products focused on professional identity and connection for the digital economy, currently developing multiple experiments in the future-of-work space.

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CoTripper connects mothers through group travel experiences and community engagement. The platform facilitates organized trips and provides content for a community-focused audience.

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TenthBit Inc. makes Couple, a mobile app for iOS and Android that connects two partners' phones and gives them a private shared timeline for messaging and staying in touch. It is a consumer social app aimed at couples in long-distance or everyday relationships.

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Node App is a platform that connects brands with creators to produce social media content and reviews. Brands post products with content briefs, ship items to creators, and receive Instagram posts and product feedback within 7 days.

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Cabin built a distributed network of coliving properties in nature for remote workers and digital nomads, starting from a 28-acre Texas Hill Country property and growing to dozens of locations worldwide. It used an onchain token system and a DAO (Cabin DAO) for community self-governance before winding down its formal structure in 2025 and transitioning to a decentralized network.

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Creed Media offers copywriting and content production services, producing platform-optimised content and copy tailored to a client's target audience and objectives. It works with customers to align content with their brand values and audiences.

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Crisis Text Line provides free, confidential, 24/7 text-based mental health support and crisis intervention for people in the United States, Puerto Rico, and through international partnerships in the UK, Canada, and Ireland. The organization operates a volunteer-powered crisis counseling service accessible via text messaging.

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Crohnology operates an online symptom and health tracking network for patients with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, connecting over 27,000 patients. It also conducts research collaborations with universities, foundations, and pharmaceutical companies.

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SoCrowd is a social media management platform that has since partnered with Orlo. The page now serves mainly as a support and redirect notice for existing customers and directs new inquiries to partner services.

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Children's Service Society of Utah is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization that publishes financial records for transparency with families, donors, funders, and community partners.

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Snap Poker operates a real-money online poker app with a built-in social feed where players can share hands as interactive reels with voiceover and grow a following. It serves poker players and uses a game-style monetization model rather than charging rake.

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Cupla is a relationship management app that helps couples coordinate shared schedules, tasks, and events to prioritize quality time together. The platform targets busy couples seeking to reduce logistical friction and strengthen their relationships.

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CuriousCat is a question-and-answer platform where users ask and answer questions on various topics, with options for anonymous posting and community moderation.

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Cyphr is a music platform where users create, collaborate on, and share songs and beats, follow other creators, and track streams and earnings. It includes features for collaborative drafts, AI-assisted music creation, and monetization for artists and producers.

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