Social Startups

Nonce is a community and co-living/co-working space oriented toward blockchain and crypto enthusiasts, offering community activities and shared spaces. The page is in Korean and provides community, space, and membership information.

1 investor

Noon is a social e-learning platform that connects students with teachers in group settings, offering interactive lessons and live Q&A through its mobile and web apps. It serves students studying alongside their peers.

1 investor

NOWHERE is a video chat platform designed for moving fluidly between conversations, activities, and live events, including online venues for performances such as comedy shows. Its services are operated by NWR Corp.

1 investor

NuCom Group bundles the investment activities of ProSiebenSat.1, holding majority stakes in consumer-facing commerce platforms and dating services (the "Commerce & Dating" segment) and minority stakes through its SevenVentures arm. It backs consumer-oriented digital brands via equity investments, media-for-equity deals, and convertible loans, with a focus on the German-speaking region.

1 investor

O-net (Onet) operates a marriage matchmaking and dating service in Japan, connecting members seeking life partners and marriage. The company runs matchmaking agencies with services such as Superior and O-plus and maintains physical branches across Japan.

1 investor

O3 operates themed study cafés where students get three hours of free weekly access and can pay a membership (around $10/week) for 24/7 entry, coffee, and gamified study rewards. It runs a companion app for scanning into cafés and earning rewards, with locations in Australia and New Zealand.

1 investor

Octopus Community offers an SDK and platform that lets brands embed a fully managed, customizable community into their apps, with AI-plus-human moderation, gamification, real-time translation, and analytics. It targets companies wanting to build user engagement and convert conversations into first-party data and revenue, handling moderation and support on the customer's behalf.

1 investor

OffChain Global is a Web3 professional community with chapters in seventy cities, hosting virtual and in-person events such as meetups, panels, and conferences. It serves blockchain industry professionals and newcomers seeking to build their network, find jobs, or learn about the space.

1 investor

Odnoklassniki (OK.ru) is a social networking service where users connect with friends, share posts, and access media and entertainment content. It is part of the VK group of services and offers features such as messaging, media sharing, and TV programming, primarily for Russian-speaking users.

1 investor

Once is a social app that gives users a daily match recommendation based on their "vibes," connects them with like-minded communities, and uses an in-app currency called sparks for chats and gifts.

1 investor

Onedio is a Turkish-language digital media and content platform publishing news, lifestyle, entertainment, and quizzes across topics such as magazine, education, sports, and general culture. It serves a general Turkish-speaking audience with viral articles, tests, and user-oriented content.

1 investor

OneTrueFan is a browser and website add-on that surfaces the communities of visitors at websites, letting users "show up" across the sites they visit and site owners see their fans. It aggregates social data from services such as Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Posterous, Digg, and Delicious, and awards fan levels and badges.

1 investor

OpenWater is a membership-based network for accomplished professionals who want to continue doing meaningful work while maintaining access to peer expertise, mentorship, and professional opportunities. The platform facilitates connections, advisory roles, and collaborations among its members through a "Give & Get" economy and in-person gatherings.

1 investor

Opez operates a platform for discovering and reviewing service professionals, functioning as a directory where consumers can find highly rated service providers. It positions itself as a "Yelp for service pros."

1 investor

opinions.fun is a Solana-based platform where users create and trade opinion markets, letting people launch markets around questions, trending topics, and viral opinions. It operates in the crypto/prediction-market space with features for profiles and rewards.

1 investor

Orb is a web3 social mobile app for discovering and engaging with web3 content and communities. It is available on iOS and Android.

1 investor

Oriole Insights is a crypto price-prediction platform in a gamified format where users vote on expected token price movements and earn its native ORI token for daily predictions and social activity. It aggregates community sentiment about crypto projects, providing analytical dashboards, prediction accuracy tracking, and rankings of top predictors.

1 investor

OSIRO (operated by Oshiro, Ltd.) is a subscription-based platform for building and running paid online communities, letting creators and brands host branded community spaces with blogs, events, chat, groups, cartless commerce, member analytics and AI features. It targets creators, brands and companies in Japan who want to monetize and engage their core fans, and includes hands-on support from community producers.

1 investor

OurCal is a calendar management platform that enables users to organize and view schedules for multiple groups, such as family segments or social circles, within a single interface.

1 investor

OutAt Inc produces inclusive community events, entertainment programming, and creative experiences celebrating LGBTQ+ culture and diversity. The company operates events like Out at the Fair®, which has reached over 500,000 attendees at major county and state fairs nationwide, alongside production ventures, food brands, and creative services.

1 investor

Outono is a community organization connecting Portuguese developers, entrepreneurs, and designers living and working abroad. It organizes dinners, meetups, and local groups and newsletters, and plans to open hubs in key cities to help members enter new markets and integrate professionally outside Portugal.

1 investor

Overtone Studios is building a matchmaking service, created by the founder of Hinge, currently pre-launch.

1 investor

P00LS is a Web3 platform that lets creators launch their own ERC20 token to reward their community across NFTs and social platforms, functioning like a blockchain-based loyalty program. It also provides an on-chain social graph with analytics on token holders, their identities, and wallet activity.

1 investor

PageLever is an analytics platform for measuring a brand's presence and performance on Facebook. It served major brands and large Facebook pages; it was acquired by Unified Social in January 2013.

1 investor