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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
$164.8M
Avg Funding
$6.6M
Global Reach
8
countries

Top Cities for Social

New York
Atlanta
Miami
Helsinki
London
Los Angeles

Recently Funded Companies

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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

30,000+ verified contacts

Atlanta, United States

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

$2.0M raised
Nov 2021

Founder Contacts

30,000+ 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

30,000+ verified contacts

Miami, United States

Your AI. Your People.

$4.0M raised
Nov 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Helsinki, Finland

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

$15.5M raised
Nov 2021

Founder Contacts

30,000+ 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

30,000+ 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

30,000+ verified contacts

Oslo, Norway

Digital infrastructure for a Circular Economy

$554K raised
Nov 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Stockholm, Sweden

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

$10.4M raised
Nov 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ 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

30,000+ 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

30,000+ 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

30,000+ 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

30,000+ verified contacts

Miami, United States

Goody makes sending gifts as easy as sending a text.

$15.0M raised
Nov 2021

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

AI-powered SaaS platform for analysis of social media to extract signals and monitor trends for financial, corporate and government sectors.

Nov 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

Kcore Analytics uses AI & social network structure to infer opinions, track trends &identify influencers from massive real-time online data.

$275K raised
Nov 2023

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Huntington Beach, United States

Wishly is a digital community focused exclusively on making the world a better place.

$800K raised
Nov 2021

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Vancouver, Canada

Social Commerce Platform for the Metaverse

Nov 2021

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Dover, United States

Vlogmi is a social media platform that focuses on sharing genuine and authentic content.

$92K raised
Nov 2021

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Los Angeles, United States

AI powered SAAS tool allowing creators to understand their audience's real-time interests to create better content, getting more views!

$92K raised
Nov 2021

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Singapore, Singapore

Podium Society is a private community platform aimed at women navigating life and career transitions.

$15.0M raised
Nov 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

Baton Media helps media artists to maintain creative control and be properly credited and compensated for their work.

$4.2M raised
Nov 2023

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Vienna, Austria

LUZEDO enable blind & visually impaired people to work in retail, thereby creating equal opportunities.

$361K raised
Nov 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Conshohocken, United States

Rayze is a social media platform that offers a quick fix for fundraising, volunteer recruitment, and nonprofit involvement.

$500K raised
Nov 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Helsinki, Finland

Yahaha develops a platform where developers and game players can use the engine to develop their own games and publish it on the platform.

$40.0M raised
Nov 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Showing 1601 to 1625 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
$6.6M
Total Funding Tracked
$164.8M
Countries Represented
8

Distribution by Funding Stage

Other25 companies

Top Cities for Social

1.New York
5 companies$38.6M
2.Los Angeles
3 companies$6.1M
3.Miami
2 companies$19.0M
4.Helsinki
2 companies$55.5M
5.London
2 companies$1.8M

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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