Social Startups

A platform where middle and high school students compete against peers in real-time academic competitions, answering questions across various subjects to test speed and knowledge.

1 investor

PAPAYA operates a technology platform that converts popular single-player casual games, such as solitaire, into multiplayer, skill-based competitions with matchmaking and large-scale tournaments. It serves mobile gamers in the competitive gaming market.

1 investor

Parallel Distribution manages organic social media content distribution at scale, primarily on TikTok, for brands seeking viral reach without paid advertising reliance. The company produces and publishes thousands of original pieces of content monthly using human creative direction combined with AI-enabled variations.

1 investor

Parenthoods operates a community platform where expecting and new parents can connect locally, exchange guidance, and offer mutual support through the challenges of early parenthood.

1 investor

Parentune is an India-based online platform and mobile app that connects parents with a community of other parents and trusted experts for advice on children's health, nutrition, and well-being. It offers content, community meetups, and personalized parenting support, and reports over 1 million Android app downloads.

1 investor

Pawmates is a mobile app for dog owners to create pup profiles, browse and match with other dogs and their owners, chat, and organize meet-ups. It also includes a map for finding local animal businesses such as vets, pet food stores, and dog walkers.

1 investor

PenPal Schools connects students across countries to develop communication and cross-cultural understanding through curriculum-based pen pal exchanges. The platform serves K-12 educators and students globally, operating in the educational technology sector.

1 investor

Peoople is a social recommendation app where users tag, rate and share what they watch, eat, read, play and where they travel across categories like movies, series, restaurants, books, music, games and travel destinations. Users follow people with similar tastes and organize favorites into themed lists, with content ranked by the community rather than algorithms.

1 investor

People & Pages curates and shares stories from around the world to foster cross-cultural understanding and connection. The platform bridges communities through storytelling and diverse perspectives.

1 investor

Periscope was a live video streaming service that let users broadcast and watch live video, connected to Twitter. The service has been discontinued, with past public broadcasts remaining available on the web.

1 investor

Persona Avatar offers AI avatars created together with real people, along with fictional characters in a space called "Personaland," that users can chat with via text, voice, or video in over 100 languages. The avatars remember past conversations, and the service is available through iOS, Android, and web apps for general consumers seeking advice, learning, or conversation.

1 investor

PG Studios is a creative production company offering animation, filmmaking, audio and music production, and game development from concept to final render. It serves organizations such as broadcasters, banks, government ministries, and NGOs with creative content.

1 investor

Photobucket, now operating as Groupsy by Photobucket, is a photo and video sharing platform that lets users store media in a personal library and share it within private, invite-only groups for friends and family. It offers compression-free storage, cross-device syncing, WhatsApp and Meta integrations, and on-device face matching, available on iOS, Android, and desktop via free and paid subscription plans.

1 investor

Picky is a community platform focused on Korean beauty (K-beauty) skincare, offering product reviews, discussion boards, ingredient analyses, curated collections, and product testing events. It serves skincare consumers and beauty content creators looking to discover and evaluate products.

1 investor

Picurio provides a web platform for organizing and sharing photographs online.

1 investor

Picwing provides photo sharing and printing services for families, including printed photo delivery via mail every two weeks and WiFi-connected digital frames that display images sent from phones or computers.

1 investor

Pirika develops litter collection and survey services, including a global litter-picking social app and tools for tracking cleanup activities and conducting microplastic surveys. Founded from a Kyoto University lab, it serves individuals, companies, municipalities, NPOs, and researchers working on environmental pollution from waste leaking into nature.

1 investor

Pixc builds a suite of Shopify apps that automate ecommerce tasks such as product photo editing, background removal, alt text optimization for SEO, AI-generated lifestyle imagery, and collection merchandising. It serves Shopify merchants and ecommerce brands looking to automate repetitive storefront work.

1 investor

PixelVerse is a social gaming platform built on Web3, offering a connected ecosystem of skill-based games where popular memecoin characters (such as Pudgy, Toshi, Brett, and MEW) are playable. It features tournaments, leaderboards, and prize pools in a win-to-earn model.

1 investor

Platogo is a technology company that develops games and social media applications, running backend services on Ruby and Elixir with Kubernetes-based infrastructure on AWS and multi-platform frontend stacks. Its teams cover backend, frontend, product, visual design, and organizational operations to build and maintain its player-facing apps.

1 investor

Plink is a rewards platform with a browser extension that converts a user's normal online activity and interests into points redeemable for value on E-swipe.com. It targets everyday consumers, with an invite-only waitlist model.

1 investor

Plink is a cross-platform application for gamers that provides in-game stats, matchmaking, voice/text chats, and smart push notifications, and lets users track friends' game progress and find opponents. It supports games such as PUBG and is available as a mobile application.

1 investor

Pluc is a creator-focused media ecosystem offering a book publishing platform, curated creative work opportunities, capacity-building programs, and original digital-first series for writers, storytellers, and brands. It operates a decentralized network of creators across Indian cities and multiple countries, including a research project on climate themes in Bollywood.

1 investor

Plura is an event discovery and community platform that helps people attend social events in their city and connect with other attendees before, during, and after events. The platform serves event organizers and event attendees seeking in-person social connections.

1 investor