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Social Startups

Updated August 2026

Companies in the social sector developing innovative solutions and technologies.

Explore 1,691 recently funded social companies with verified founder contact information and fundraising data.

Total Companies
1,691
Total Funding
$87.7M
Avg Funding
$3.5M
Global Reach
10
countries

Top Cities for Social

Chicago
New York
Palo Alto
Daejeon
Fornebu
London

Recently Funded Companies

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Chicago, United States

Community building SAAS

$400K raised
Jan 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

Nicotine without the noise.

$7.0M raised
Jan 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Palo Alto, United States

Palo AI is a digital platform for social media creators that provides personal AI assistance to amplify creativity.

$3.8M raised
Nov 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Daejeon, South Korea

Dream Appeal is a career growth platform that helps in management of career oriented goals and connect with peers with similar interest.

$1.4M raised
Nov 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Fornebu, Norway

Watch Vault is the world´s first social marketplace for watches and collectors

$515K raised
Nov 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

TradingView provides traders and investors with charts, tools, and social networking.

$50.0M raised
Jan 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

Wepress is a company, formed by marketers, designers, writers, and developers, shaped by tech. Working with 50+ brands in seven continents.

$2.2M raised
Jan 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Austin, United States

AI-powered autonomous social media marketing platform for TikTok Shop, trained on $25B+ in first-party sales data.

$1.0M raised
Jan 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Los Angeles, United States

Consumer, Social, Hardware

Jan 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

Shiphaly is a social media platform and mobile app where shoppers can buy items from around the world.

Jan 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

Fr. App is a filter-free social media platform designed for best friends.

$5.0M raised
Jan 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Wellington, New Zealand

Trackgood is a supply chain visibility software designed to empower transparency and sustainability.

$199K raised
Jan 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Manhattan, United States

Teleport is a social networking company that offers an AI matchmaking platform to test compatibility.

Jan 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

Momento NFT is a direct-to-fan non-fungible-token that allows fans and collectors to own the best moments from content creators.

$145K raised
Nov 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Curitiba, Brazil

Z1 was created to scan and automate the way decision-making for innovation investments is made.

$10.0M raised
Nov 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Callin is a social podcasting app designed to facilitate the creation, discovery, and enjoyment of both live and recorded content.

Jan 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Paris, France

Refer enables startups and investors to leverage their networks through intros.

$749K raised
Jan 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Paris, France

Le média positif de la proximité et des territoires

$2.1M raised
Jan 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Perth, Australia

Envited is a web-based event management platform that hosts and organizes events with people from various social media platforms.

Jan 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Brasil, Brazil

Chiligum Creatives automates the production of afinal arts, to make the advertising production processes more agile and efficient.

Jan 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Pyrmont, Australia

Catalyser specializes in bringing all corporate social responsibility and community activities onto a single platform by cloud software.

Jan 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Cent creates tools to address the most pressing issues for creatives of all types: audience aggregation, distribution management.

Jan 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Los Angeles, United States

Whym is an end-to-end ecom, payments & first-party data software suite for social selling.

Jan 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Singapore, Singapore

NOTA is a social gaming platform that matches gamers together with their favorite gaming streamers in a digital casting studio.

$2.0M raised
Jan 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Frankfurt, Germany

READO is a community-first platform creating defensible, network-effect-driven business models for readers.

$1.2M raised
Jan 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Showing 1451 to 1475 of 1,691 companies

About the Social Startup Ecosystem

The social sector is an active area of startup innovation and venture capital investment. Companies in this space are developing new technologies, platforms, and services that address evolving market needs and create new business opportunities.

Funding Trends in Social

Social companies raise capital across various funding stages, from early seed rounds to late-stage growth financing. Investor interest in this sector is driven by the size of the addressable market, the pace of technology adoption, and the potential for scalable business models.

Growth Outlook

The social sector is expected to continue evolving as technology advances, market dynamics shift, and new opportunities emerge. Companies that demonstrate strong product-market fit, efficient growth, and clear competitive advantages are well-positioned to attract continued investment.

Social Funding Breakdown

Here is how funding is distributed among the 1,691 social companies tracked in the VCBacked database.

Average Funding
$3.5M
Total Funding Tracked
$87.7M
Countries Represented
10

Distribution by Funding Stage

Other25 companies

Top Cities for Social

1.London
4 companies$57.2M
2.New York
2 companies$7.1M
3.Los Angeles
2 companiesUndisclosed
4.San Francisco
2 companiesUndisclosed
5.Paris
2 companies$2.9M

Related Industries

Companies in the social sector often overlap with or complement businesses in adjacent industries. Exploring related verticals can help you discover additional companies, identify partnership opportunities, and understand the broader competitive landscape.

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