Social Startups

D3 is a web3 profile and link-sharing tool where users connect a crypto wallet to build a personal profile with customizable, reorderable links. It offers token-gating, letting creators control link visibility based on a viewer's ETH balance.

1 investor

Dabble is an Australian company that provides a betting/wagering platform, offering support, careers, and business enquiry channels through its website.

1 investor

DADA is an online community where people communicate by making drawings, and where users can collect digital art using cryptocurrency. It operates as a social platform centered on visual art creation and crypto-based digital art collecting.

1 investor

Dahlia's Hope provides trauma-informed aftercare services delivered by licensed therapists to survivors of sex trafficking and sexual violence, addressing both immediate recovery needs and intergenerational trauma effects. The organization serves survivors and their families with holistic support including therapy, medical attention, education, and employment assistance to facilitate independent living.

1 investor

Daily is a daily game centered on internet culture, offering game modes such as collectible card packs, predictions, fast price up-or-down guessing games, and a competitive leaderboard. Built by Daily Active Users, it is currently in private early access with a waitlist for invites.

1 investor

DailyBooth was a photo-based social network where users shared pictures and status updates to follow friends and share real-time life updates.

1 investor

Dara is a community platform that provides channels, events, and member directories for groups of people working together across different countries. The platform emphasizes privacy, authentic communication through audio, text, and video, and supports community-building for change-makers and cultural organizations.

1 investor

Dash Social is a social media management platform that offers analytics, scheduling, and content management tools for marketing teams managing Facebook and other social channels. The platform provides visual reporting on campaign performance, multi-channel content scheduling, and AI-powered creative asset recommendations.

1 investor

DateMyAge is an online dating platform aimed at people over 45, offering identity-verified member profiles and communication tools such as chat, letters, calls, and photo and video sharing. It operates internationally with users across more than 150 countries.

1 investor

Dating Ring is a matchmaking service that uses human matchmakers to arrange group dates, letting members book dates on demand. The service operates in New York City and San Francisco, with planned launches in Boston and Los Angeles.

1 investor

DatingCafe is an online dating platform and singles marketplace where members create profiles, search for compatible partners, and connect through features like photo flirting, personality questionnaires, direct messaging, and video dates. It serves singles in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, with a focus on people aged 35 and older, and verifies profiles using ID checks, editorial review, and AI.

1 investor

DeGods is a global NFT community and brand centered on a digital collectible art project with its own token ($DEGOD). It offers members community features, branded merchandise, custom PFP creation, and a Discord-based holder community.

1 investor

Deluux is developing a service to relocate people's online identities to their own websites, letting them distribute personalized content across the web and drive traffic to those sites. The product has not yet launched.

1 investor

Demeanor.co was a Los Angeles media and advertising company, now part of thentwrk.com. It operated in the media/advertising space before being acquired.

1 investor

DemocracyOS is an online platform for deliberation and voting on political proposals, intended to support more open and participatory government decision-making. It aims to facilitate better-argued discussions and rulings among participants.

1 investor

Detecht develops a mobile app designed for motorcycle riders, offering features tailored to their riding experience and community.

1 investor

dev/color is a non-profit organization that supports Black software engineers through mentorship, goal setting, and community events to help them enter the tech industry and advance into leadership roles. It works with members across their careers, from college through professional practice.

1 investor

Dharmalife is a social impact organisation founded in 2009 that trains rural women in India as entrepreneurs (Dharma Life Entrepreneurs) to distribute socially impactful products and services to rural households. It operates through a not-for-profit, a foundation, and a for-profit last-mile distribution arm, focusing on livelihoods, behaviour change, and women's economic independence in rural India.

1 investor

Diana is a mobile app that lets people track the places they visit around their interests (such as bubble tea, climbing, or live music), build collections of favorite spots, and share exclusive deals from local shops through personal referral codes. It gamifies local discovery by letting users level up based on the activities and places they explore.

1 investor

Differ is an online platform with web, mobile, and desktop applications operated by EdTech Foundry AS that lets users create, post, and share content and messages with other users. The service is used for communication and content sharing within organizations and communities.

1 investor

Discourse is an open-source, customizable community platform used to build forums, support hubs, internal team chat, and product-feedback spaces, with options for self-hosting or managed hosting. It serves organizations and communities ranging from small teams to large enterprises, offering features like moderation tools, chat, knowledge bases, SSO, and themes/plugins.

1 investor

Diverting Hate is an applied research nonprofit working to counter online radicalization by detecting real-time trends that lead young men toward hostility and redirecting them to healthier communities and resources. It also measures behavioral change and advocates for structural reform to protect boys and men.

1 investor

Divvyshot is a photo-sharing platform that lets users share full-resolution photos with friends. The company was based in San Francisco and was acquired.

1 investor

Documented is a nonprofit news organization providing investigative journalism and actionable resources for immigrant communities in New York and the United States, with reporting available in English, Spanish, Chinese, and Haitian Creole. The organization combines award-winning journalism with community-driven storytelling to inform policy and support immigrant rights advocacy.

1 investor