Social Startups

Afropolitan is building a network connecting people across Africa and the diaspora spanning art, finance, tech, health, energy, sports, and media, with a focus on tech and crypto value creation. It onboards members into a community centered on the mission of enabling Africans to live abundant lives.

4 investors

AfterHour is a community-based social trading platform that connects retail stock market traders, allowing them to share verified positions and research with live alerts, charts, and ticker-specific chat rooms. The app integrates with 1000+ brokerages and targets retail investors seeking transparent, collaborative financial decision-making.

4 investors

BeReal is a social media platform where users share unfiltered photos using a front-and-back camera format during daily two-minute windows. The app focuses on authentic peer-to-peer social connection rather than curated content.

4 investors

Blavity is a digital media company producing news and content focused on Black culture, identity, and current events, serving Black millennials and Gen Z audiences. It publishes editorial coverage across topics such as politics, social issues, and entertainment.

4 investors

Boardy is an AI-powered networking agent that identifies relevant people for users to meet and facilitates introductions. It focuses on connecting individuals for purposes such as fundraising and building professional relationships.

4 investors

Cobu is a community building platform that helps residents of apartment buildings form genuine communities and combat loneliness. The platform serves apartment building owners seeking to differentiate and retain residents, and residents seeking belonging in their residential communities.

4 investors

Coffee Meets Bagel is a dating app that matches singles seeking serious relationships through curated daily batches of potential partners based on detailed profile information and stated preferences. The platform is designed for users prioritizing meaningful, long-term connections over casual dating.

4 investors

College Pulse operates a platform for collecting and sharing student opinion data across college campuses. The service provides students and administrators access to aggregated community perspectives on topics relevant to campus life, replacing reliance on social media for understanding campus sentiment.

4 investors

Diem is a search engine designed as a social platform where users can ask questions and engage with a community, resembling an intimate conversational space similar to Reddit.

4 investors

GroundGame.Health operates a technology platform and hyperlocal operating model that connects health plans, providers, employers, and community-based organizations to address barriers to care and social determinants of health. It coordinates personalized, culturally tailored outreach and leverages a national network of community-based organizations to support individuals in accessing healthcare.

4 investors

Hinge is a dating app that helps people find relationships by having users build detailed profiles and answer prompts to spark conversations and matches. It focuses on facilitating real dates rather than maximizing app engagement.

4 investors

Horao Group (HGL) offers ENGAGE, a subscription, membership and rewards platform with a built-in social network, e-commerce, gamification and AI tools for sports organizations, brands and creators to build communities and generate new revenue and audience data. Its clients include projects for motorcycle riders (FIM), resto-mod car clubs, medical cannabis/CBD buyers, and the Pride movement.

4 investors

Kik is a messaging and community platform that enables users to discover public groups, watch live streams, and make one-to-one connections. The service caters to people seeking to find and build communities online.

4 investors

Kosh provides digital lending to blue-collar workers in India through a joint liability model that uses social networks to assess creditworthiness and reduce costs. The platform targets credit access for a 150-million-person segment previously considered underserved.

4 investors

Lapse is an iOS app that turns an iPhone into a disposable camera with a film aesthetic, connected to a friends-only photo journal. It is a consumer social photo-sharing app focused on private sharing among friends rather than public follower metrics.

4 investors

Orb is a web3 social application built on the Lens Protocol for social networking and content sharing on blockchain infrastructure.

4 investors

Palmu is a live streaming application that enables real-time connection between broadcasters and viewers through comments and gift-based communication.

4 investors

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Mask Network is a browser extension that adds Web3 features to social media platforms such as X, Facebook, Instagram, Minds, and Mirror, including encrypted messaging, decentralized profiles, and identity aggregation. It also provides an open-source multi-chain wallet supporting EVM chains for asset management, swaps, and decentralized identity verification.

4 investors

A blog publishing tips, tutorials, news, and song recommendations related to the Musical.ly (musically) short-video app, aimed at fans and creators of the platform. Content covers transitions, popular users, and app downloads.

4 investors

NationBuilder provides software infrastructure that enables individuals and organizations to mobilize and lead their communities toward action. The platform serves a diverse base of customers ranging from first-time community leaders to political parties, major charities, and Fortune 500 companies across 110+ countries.

4 investors

Pacemaker is a DJ app for iPhone and iPad that lets users mix and mash tracks from a library of millions of songs, with an AI DJ feature that suggests matching tracks and transitions. It originated as the world's first portable DJ device in 2007 before evolving into a mobile app.

4 investors

Paperless Post is an online platform for creating, sending, and managing digital invitations, cards, and shareable event pages, with tools for RSVP tracking, guest messaging, and event planning. It serves consumers organizing personal and social events such as weddings and parties, and also offers printed invitations through a partnership with Paper Source.

4 investors

Popshoplive runs a live shopping platform where creators and sellers sell products through live-streamed video. The page recruits creators to join as sponsored sellers.

4 investors