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Social Startups

Updated July 2026

Companies in the social sector developing innovative solutions and technologies.

Explore 1,767 recently funded social companies with verified founder contact information and fundraising data.

Total Companies
1,767
Total Funding
$142.0M
Avg Funding
$5.7M
Global Reach
10
countries

Top Cities for Social

Taipei
San Francisco
Berlin
London
Chicago
Burbank

Recently Funded Companies

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Taipei, Taiwan

CreatorDB is an influencer discovery platform and marketing agency.

$4.7M raised
Sep 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Fortune Media builds fully automated, revenue-generating YouTube channels for investors, entrepreneurs, and creators worldwide.

$1.8M raised
Sep 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Berlin, Germany

Born builds AI characters that grow and evolve to connect with users in social applications.

$15.0M raised
Sep 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

The next-generation friendship platform for Gen Z — powered by neuroscience, rituals, and real-world momentum.

$14.0M raised
Sep 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

The Productive Social Network: Set goals, build routines (or copy someone else's) and track success.

$752K raised
Sep 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Chicago, United States

GigaStar is a developer of an online content creators marketplace.

$6.0M raised
Sep 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

RealRoots guarantees women meaningful new friendships in her city. Come join the magic!

$500K raised
Sep 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Burbank, United States

AbelCine is a motion pictures and Film company that offers film production equipment and technology.

$4.0M raised
Sep 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Biarritz, France

Contestio allows brands to create, customise and manage a community engagement tab that integrates directly into their website.

$820K raised
Sep 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Milan, Italy

Waveful is the gamified social platform for finding your communities and sharing your passions

$2.1M raised
Sep 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

The platform for high-value paid business introductions

$300K raised
Sep 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Vancouver, Canada

Creator.co is an ecosystem built to help SMEs and micro-influencers connect, collaborate, grow, and earn more revenue.

$500K raised
Jul 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Tokyo, Japan

Terass is a real estate agency that offers expert consultation and support services.

$13.5M raised
Jul 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Blind is an anonymous workplace network where verified professionals connect to discuss what matters most.

$468K raised
Jul 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Milano, Italy

IdentifAI specializes in designing and training (de)generative models for detecting deepfake and fakenews.

$5.9M raised
Jul 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Sydney, Australia

LeadStory is a personalized news streaming platform that provides video news tailored to individual user preferences.

$2.8M raised
Jul 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Boston, United States

Impala is an online platform for connecting nonprofit organizations, people, and information.

$1.3M raised
Jul 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

Lumeno AI provides AI-powered tutoring with personalized notes, practice questions, and key point extraction from documents.

$250K raised
Jul 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Miami, United States

MetaAll is building AGI Health-Wealth Protector, colliding AI & social media technologies, building a Affiliate system for AI

$3.0M raised
Jul 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Dallas, United States

Long Angle organizes an online community for financially successful investors and entrepreneurs.

$3.0M raised
Jun 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Stockholm, Sweden

Studio 555 operates as a tech company.

$4.6M raised
Jun 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Seattle, United States

Pallet is a social purpose corporation that builds equal opportunity access to housing and employment.

$9.6M raised
Jun 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Fermat Commerce develops an influencer-driven e-commerce platform.

$45.0M raised
Jun 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Munich, Germany

B2B2C Fintech, Social Impact, Increasing access to education through study now, pay later agreements.

$2.0M raised
Jun 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Milpitas, United States

Enable high-impact, low-cost, easy to adapt digital innovations for organizations

$200K raised
Jun 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Showing 951 to 975 of 1,767 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 1,767 social companies tracked in the VCBacked database.

Average Funding
$5.7M
Total Funding Tracked
$142.0M
Countries Represented
10

Distribution by Funding Stage

Other25 companies

Top Cities for Social

1.San Francisco
4 companies$47.7M
2.London
3 companies$15.1M
3.Taipei
1 companies$4.7M
4.Berlin
1 companies$15.0M
5.Chicago
1 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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