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Social Startups

Updated October 2026

Companies in the social sector developing innovative solutions and technologies.

Explore 1,703 recently funded social companies with verified founder contact information and fundraising data.

Total Companies
1,703
Total Funding
$117.5M
Avg Funding
$4.7M
Global Reach
11
countries

Top Cities for Social

Kyiv
Cambridge
Singapore
Atlanta
Minato
San Francisco

Recently Funded Companies

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Kyiv, Ukraine

Subsocial is a set of Substrate pallets that allows anyone to launch their own decentralized censorship-resistant social network.

$300K raised
Jan 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Cambridge, United States

Outdoor media for digital marketers big and small.

Jan 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Singapore, Singapore

DeepTech SaaS That Makes Your Ads 40% More Cost-Efficient in 40% Less Time

$500K raised
Jan 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Atlanta, United States

Stashlete is revolutionizing how nonprofits, organizations, and communities connect, fundraise, and grow.

Nov 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Minato, Japan

HelloBoss is an AI-based recruitment platform that promotes the mobility of human resources services for job seekers through an application.

Nov 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Bluma is an AI-native platform that automatically creates viral short-form ads for your business using our library of templates.

Nov 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Tallinn, Estonia

Influencer Marketing Agency

$320K raised
Nov 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Mateo, United States

Software for Senior Care

$1.7M raised
Nov 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Lausanne, Switzerland

Amplify is an online platform that offers digital advertising and marketing services using AI.

$1.2M raised
Nov 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Singapore, Singapore

Wizzwoods offers a pixel game on social media that uses blockchain and a token, letting players farm, upgrade, and learn Web3 through play.

$10.0M raised
Nov 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

We offer tours and unique travel experiences through local guides in 130 countries around the world.

Nov 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

Acara is a Web3 social network that helps users in building a digital identity with on-chain interactions.

$5.6M raised
Nov 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Atlanta, United States

Propel Center is a tech hub for historically black colleges and universities.

$2.0M raised
Nov 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

Anyword offers publishers and marketers an approach to content distribution and performance measurement.

$21.0M raised
Nov 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Miami, United States

Your AI. Your People.

$4.0M raised
Nov 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

Connecting a real community that bring out the best in each other, we at the fitness social club for relationships that realise more.

$1.8M raised
Nov 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Los Angeles, United States

Elude takes a users travel budget and dates they can travel and shows every city in the world they can afford to get to.

$3.0M raised
Nov 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Helsinki, Finland

HypeHype is a developer of mobile game creation and playing platform.

$15.5M raised
Nov 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Salt Lake City, United States

Goodera helps companies enable their employees to volunteer with thousands of nonprofits in 100+ countries.

$10.0M raised
Nov 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Stockholm, Sweden

Kudos is a reward platform for gamers with the mission to give back to the community.

$4.2M raised
Nov 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Oslo, Norway

Digital infrastructure for a Circular Economy

$554K raised
Nov 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Stockholm, Sweden

Adway specializes in recruitment marketing, employer branding, HR-tech and candidate journey solutions.

$10.4M raised
Nov 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

Tinybeans is a journaling and photo-sharing app that inspires parents to connect with their loved ones.

$7.5M raised
Nov 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Los Angeles, United States

Racket develops an audio recorder platform designed to share audio content on the internet.

$3.0M raised
Nov 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Miami, United States

Goody makes sending gifts as easy as sending a text.

$15.0M raised
Nov 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

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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 1,703 social companies tracked in the VCBacked database.

Average Funding
$4.7M
Total Funding Tracked
$117.5M
Countries Represented
11

Distribution by Funding Stage

Other25 companies

Top Cities for Social

1.New York
3 companies$34.1M
2.Singapore
2 companies$10.5M
3.Atlanta
2 companies$2.0M
4.Miami
2 companies$19.0M
5.Los Angeles
2 companies$6.0M

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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