Social Startups

Glassmap offered a location-sharing mobile app for iOS and Android that let people show friends their whereabouts, coordinate meetups, and discover who and what is nearby. The company was acquired by Groupon in January 2013.

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Glider is a Colorado-based nonprofit organization that produces and hosts community events including TEDxBoulder, Ignite Boulder, and Boulder Startup Week. The organization focuses on fostering meaningful connections and inclusive community experiences that educate and inspire participants across the Boulder ecosystem.

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Glimpse operates a platform for group video conversations that pairs participants for one-on-one chats, supporting groups ranging from small to very large. The service includes features like sequential matching, game functionality, and photo capture.

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Goosebump was a chatbot that helped users discover live electronic music events through messaging. It served music fans looking to find concerts and shows online.

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GraffitiGeo is a location-based service for leaving short reviews, thumbs up/down votes, and check-ins at restaurants via its website and iPhone app. It adds game mechanics, letting users earn points, form "mobs" with friends, and claim city-block territory.

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Gram Vaani builds participatory voice-based media platforms that let people in underserved and rural communities, primarily in India, share opinions, raise local issues, and access awareness and grievance-redressal programmes. It also offers analytics, community research, and advertising/lead generation services aimed at reaching rural audiences.

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Grape is on-chain infrastructure built on Solana that provides communities and DAOs with identity, reputation, access control, rewards, and governance tooling. It offers reputation spaces, verification primitives, token- and credential-gated access, Discord bots, and a multi-chain wallet for verifying members, mapping contributor reputation, and executing DAO decisions.

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Graphiq is a Norwegian company that runs a marketplace for graphic design work. Businesses post creative projects such as websites, presentations, logos, marketing collateral or animations and are matched with vetted freelance designers. The platform handles the connection between clients and independent designers for project-based work.

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Grindr operates a location-based social networking and dating mobile app for gay, bi, trans, and queer people. The app connects users globally through a mobile platform.

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Grintafy is a mobile app for football players that lets users find and create games, connect with nearby players through in-app messaging, and pay game fees online or via in-app G coins. It also serves as a talent discovery platform where amateur and professional players can build football CVs, with a stated focus on the Middle East.

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Geocaching HQ (Groundspeak) operates the global game of geocaching, an outdoor treasure-hunting activity, and supports its worldwide player community. Founded in 2000, the company builds the platforms and community tools that enable outdoor adventure, exploration, and location-based play.

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Grouper is a social club that arranges group drinks between two groups of friends, typically three men and three women, to facilitate in-person meetups. It operates across major US cities and began in New York in 2011.

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Guggy built communication and creation products, including a contextual messaging API that analyzed text messages and automatically generated matching GIF responses, and Bits, a short-form video app for comedic scene creation. Its messaging engine was integrated into platforms such as Facebook Messenger, Viber, Kik, Telegram, and Slack, serving creators and messaging-app users.

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GUURU builds a commerce platform where buying decisions are informed by real human perspectives and experiences rather than product specifications alone. The company enables peer-to-peer commerce through authentic human interaction and shared context.

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Gymerz is a community marketplace for fitness and health enthusiasts in Saudi Arabia that connects sports and wellness service providers with users through gamified experiences and rewards. The platform combines community features, product marketplace, challenges, and branded partnerships to support fitness journeys.

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Habit Labs is a social health software company building Budge, a platform designed to help people change their behavior by motivating one another toward health goals. The company was formed in 2011 through the merger of Contagion Health and Health Month.

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Hana Reunion is a campaign that enables users to participate in various DeFi protocol engagements and discover new protocols.

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HauteDay runs a community-driven shopping experience where members curate daily, theme-based fashion collections for women. It highlights emerging and independent fashion brands, combining game-like community curation with e-commerce.

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HBCUMADE is a mobile app that provides an alumni network for Historically Black Colleges and Universities, focused on connecting people around HBCU legacy, culture, and community.

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HealthUnlocked is a social network for health where users connect with others managing similar health conditions and access support resources, e-learning, and expert guidance across over 300 health conditions and wellness interests.

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Healthy Cities for Adolescents (Cities4Adolescents) is a knowledge-sharing platform for practitioners, policy-makers, NGOs, researchers and youth organizations working on development initiatives for adolescents aged 10-19. It combines an online Knowledge Centre of resources on adolescent wellbeing with a Community of Practice and youth-led spaces focused on healthy, liveable and sustainable urban environments.

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Hedge is a US investing platform where people can invest on their own or form groups with family and friends to vote on investment decisions together, trading US exchange-listed equities and ETFs. It targets everyday and "unbrokered" retail investors with no accreditation required and starting amounts as low as $25 per person.

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Heli is a marketplace platform that connects adventure seekers with adventure providers, offering curated outdoor experiences ranging from heliskiing to other extreme and remote activities. The company serves independent travelers and adventure enthusiasts looking to book unique outdoor adventures.

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Hellodì is a marketing and social media communication company that created two structured business units: Bloomind, focused on creative services, and RedFir, an internal production house.

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