Social Startups

Kiki (Kikihub) is a mobile app for location-based social chat, letting users join local chat rooms by country and city to message people nearby, post anonymously or publicly, and organize meetups. It supports finding friends, dating, networking, and community discussions, and is offered free without ads.

1 investor

Kikliko operates KLIPY, a service that lets digital platforms integrate a library of GIFs, memes, stickers, and clips with embedded programmatic ads to increase user engagement and generate ad revenue. It targets platform operators and app developers looking to monetize and enrich in-app content.

1 investor

KinCapsule builds a platform for preserving and sharing family stories, memories, and personal legacies. The product is framed around capturing family history before it is lost, motivated by the founders' own experiences with aging relatives.

1 investor

KinderThuisZorg provides pediatric nursing care services through 20 regional teams across the Netherlands, serving over 6,500 families annually in home-based and coordination settings. The organization collaborates with approximately 80 pediatric hospitals to deliver nursing care and support to children, adolescents, and their families.

1 investor

Kindship is a community and support platform for families navigating disability and the NDIS in Australia, offering plan management, webinars, and practical resources. The service connects thousands of families while providing tools and information to help parents advocate effectively for their children.

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Kinkofa is a digital family history platform designed to help Black families uncover, record, and preserve their genealogical stories. The platform partners with organizations to document and amplify narratives of African American people, places, and movements.

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Kinnect is a family membership platform featuring a digital storybook and community features with invite-only group settings. The service includes a hardcover gift offering for members.

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Kippt is a collaborative bookmarking tool that lets users save, organize, read, and share web content across devices. It is aimed at professional networks and teams for sharing knowledge among employees.

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Klassroom offers mobile and desktop apps that connect students' families, teachers, and schools, including a social communication app for parents and teachers and a dashboard for schools. It serves K-12 education, aiming to keep families involved in students' learning.

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Klotofy is a fashion discovery app where users customize a recommendation algorithm with their body measurements and style preferences to find people who look and dress like them. It includes an in-app currency called Koins for buying clothing and a feature that lets users flag whether posts come from real humans or AI.

1 investor

Knot.dating is an invite-only, AI-powered matchmaking service for high-earning professionals and graduates of top institutions in India, pairing an AI matchmaker with human match advisors to present verified, curated profiles. It positions itself as a premium matrimonial platform focused on serious commitment rather than casual dating.

1 investor

Known is a dating app that focuses on understanding users before matching them, positioning itself as a "pocket matchmaker" without the swipe-and-like mechanics of typical dating apps.

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Koko Cares partners with academic researchers to deploy evidence-based mental health interventions for young people across digital and clinical settings in the US. The organization collaborates with Northwestern University's Lab for Scalable Mental Health to deliver programs like Project YES through online platforms, clinics, schools, and health systems.

1 investor

Komodaa is a social marketplace for women in Iran to buy, sell, and discover secondhand and new fashion items at discounted prices. The platform takes a 15% commission on sales while connecting sellers with a network of two million users.

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Komoot is a platform that helps outdoor enthusiasts discover, plan, and navigate routes for activities like hiking and cycling, while sharing adventures with a global community. The service combines route discovery with advanced planning tools, offline navigation, and social features across web and mobile applications.

1 investor

Koreaboo is an entertainment news and media site covering K-Pop idols, Korean celebrities, and related pop culture, publishing articles on artist news, controversies, and events for global K-Pop fans.

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HERALBONY is a creative company that builds sustainable business models around artworks created by artists with disabilities, managing over 2,000 pieces and distributing fair royalties to creators. The company operates its own brand, facilitates collaborations with corporations, conducts training programs, and hosts an international art award.

1 investor

Kraven offers a mobile app for discovering and tracking food trucks, with real-time location updates, search, an AI feature for deals, and social features to see where friends are eating. It targets consumers looking to find nearby food trucks.

1 investor

Krishify offers an agriculture-focused CRM platform that helps agri businesses onboard and manage stakeholders such as farmers, field teams, and channel partners. It supports farmer digitization, AI-powered crop advisories, field activity tracking, marketing campaigns across SMS/IVR/WhatsApp, reporting, and integrations with ERP and payment systems.

1 investor

A mobile reading app that delivers novels through dialogue-based storytelling with interactive features like barrage comments and rewards, targeting young readers. The platform curates user-generated content through algorithmic recommendations and community engagement features.

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La Petite Academy provides early childhood education and care services, preparing children for elementary school through social and educational development programs in classroom settings.

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Hoama Group develops care and living communities for older adults, including specialized facilities for elderly deaf people using British Sign Language. The company secured funding to build a 70-bedroom care facility in Kent offering residential, nursing, dementia, and complex care services.

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Landmark is a civic engagement platform that surfaces upcoming local decisions affecting a user's neighborhood — such as zoning, construction, transit, sanitation, and local businesses — and lets residents see public discussion and submit their own input. It serves city residents seeking to stay informed about and participate in local government and community decisions.

1 investor

Last.fm tracks users' music listening across streaming services via its web client, app, or browser plugin, providing real-time stats, weekly reports, and listening history. It also recommends new music and events based on a user's listening history through personalized pages, playlists, and radio.

1 investor