67 Best Social Media Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Social Media Startups

We track 71,000+ companies and rank them dynamically using our Seedtable Score – a score that uses quantitative and qualitative data points to signal the momentum behind a company. We then monitor the list manually leveraging our expertise as founders and investors.

There are 760 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $9.4b. The average funding per company in this subset is $140.4m.

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$110.0m

Money raised

Clubhouse is a San Francisco-based social app offering a space for casual, drop-in audio conversations with friends and other interesting people.

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$286.0m

Money raised

Quora is a question-and-answer website founded in 2010 by Adam D'Angelo and Charlie Cheever.

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$22.8m

Money raised

Distil Networks was an American cybersecurity company founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, California.

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$16.7m

Money raised

About.me is a company that has developed a platform for users to make personal and professional websites.

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$638.8m

Money raised

TradingView is a platform which provides instruments for publication and the viewing of trading ideas.

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$370.0m

Money raised

IRL was a social media company with the purpose of connecting users in real life, or "IRL," through in-person events.

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$11.2m

Money raised

Misterb&b offers a property rental marketplace used to connect travelers and hosts in the LGBTQ+ community.

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$1.2b

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Scopely - leading mobile game development company.

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$30.4m

Money raised

Moz is a company developing and providing inbound marketing analytics software.

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$2.8m

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HackerNoon is a free online technology blog.

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$95.2m

Money raised

VRChat is a virtual reality communications platform. It was founded in 2014 and is located in San Francisco, California.

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$30.6m

Money raised

Badoo is a dating-focused social networking service.

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$14.0m

Money raised

Lenddo EFL offers loans underwritten by social media data to borrowers without established or robust credit histories.

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$1.5b

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Dataminr is a company providing a real-time AI platform delivering information on high-impact events and breaking news.

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$400.0k

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Buffer is a company founded by Joel Gascoigne, Leo Widrich and Tom Moor.

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$2.3m

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An app that aggregates social media data to produce a real-time map of sickness.

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$373.0m

Money raised

Gupshup is an AI-powered messaging platform that integrates with communication software and protocols for commerce, marketing, and support applications.

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$528.0m

Money raised

Zomato is a company providing a search engine application that offers information on restaurants and online food delivery.

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$59.5m

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Calaxy Inc., is a US company developing the Calaxy app, an open social marketplace for creators.

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$48.0m

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Hearsay Systems (formerly Hearsay Social) is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) digital marketing platform for financial services that uses predictive analytics to help financial advisors automate marketing tasks.

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$55.5m

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StartEngine is an equity crowdfunding platform. StartEngine allows non accredited investors invest online, own shares in startups and early growth companies. Over 150 Startups and entrepreneurs have been funded on StartEngine.

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$598.0m

Money raised

Degreed is a San Francisco-based company founded by David Blake.

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$4.0m

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Cryptocurrency company/ The Block is the first and final word in digital assets.

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$35.3m

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NewsWhip is a predictive media monitoring tool founded in 2011 by Paul Quigley.

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$208.3m

Money raised

SoundCloud is an entertainment company providing an online audio distribution platform for listening to music and podcasts.

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$30.0m

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BeReal is social media platform that prompts users to take one photo each day at a random time.

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11

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$84.4m

Money raised

Viadeo is a social networking service founded in 2004 by Dan Serfaty.

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$1.2m

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Secret was an anonymous social media app.

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$1.0m

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An artificial intelligence company that has created software to combat astroturfing, harmful social media manipulation campaigns. It was founded in 2018 and has offices in London, England and San Francisco, California.

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$49.1m

Money raised

An educational technology company with a platform where people can start infant and toddler programs and preschools out of their homes.

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5

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$383.0m

Money raised

OpenWeb, previously known as Spot.IM, is a conversation platform intended for publishers to start meaningful user discussions.

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$59.0m

Money raised

A company offering live streaming and on-demand fitness classes for users in their homes that is headquartered in New York City.

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PopBase is a California-based SaaS platform that offers a wellness focused, subscription-based, interactive education experience for children and their caretakers.

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$99.3m

Money raised

Hootsuite is a social network management platform created to interact, listen and analyze results.

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$5.1m

Money raised

EarBuds is an Austin, Texas-based developer of a real-time social music platform allowing users to share music and interact with paid Spotify and Apple Music users.

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$83.3m

Money raised

Flock is a real-time messaging and collaboration app for team communication.

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$43.3m

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Path is a social network founded in 2018 by Shawn Fanning.

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$44.0m

Money raised

ShareThis is a company founded in 2007.

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$800.0k

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Launchrock provides a platform for the creation of landing pages with built-in sharing tools and analytics.

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$448.6m

Money raised

Houzz is a company providing an online platform for home remodeling, architecture, interior design, decorating, landscaping and home improvement.

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5

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$56.4m

Money raised

Fishbrain is an AI-powered sports fishing app for anglers founded in 2023 by Johan Attby, Marcus Fransson, Jens Persson and Jakob Mattsson.

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$15.0m

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Developer and publisher of fulfilling free-to-play online games. Available across browsers, mobile and social networks. Learn more.

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$2.0m

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A marketing company that uses artificial intelligence to make a platform which allows brands to discover micro-influencers who could potentially market their goods or services. Its headquarters are located in Singapore and it was founded in 2017.

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$160.0k

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Her is a dating and social application for LGBTQ+ people founded in 2013.

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$1.2m

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Ocean is a company founded in 1996 by Huyen Le.

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$1.0m

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Soldsie is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2012.

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$4.0m

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Hinge is a company founded in 2002 by Justin McLeod.

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$8.5m

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Efficient Frontier is an advertising company founded by Anand Ranganathan.

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$13.0m

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Grip developed an AI platform that assists with networking events, founded by Brent Hoberman and Tim Groot

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$33.8m

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Academia.edu is a social networking website founded in 2008.

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$72.0m

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Giphy is an online database and search engine that allows users to search, share, and discover GIFs.

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$9.5m

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Talkwalker is a social media analytics and monitoring tool.

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$1.2m

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8tracks is an internet radio and social network that streams specific song playlists that contain at a minimum eight tracks

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$1.2b

Money raised

Meesho is an online reseller network in India founded in 2008 by Vidit Aatrey.

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$28.4m

Money raised

Wrapp is a company founded in 2011 by Hjalmar Winbladh, Carl Fritjofsson, Andreas Ehn, Magnus Hultman, Aurore Belfrage, Aage Reerslev and Leo Giertz.

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BEAMSTART is a Startup Accelerator and online platform for Startup News, Business Networking, and Entrepreneurial Resources founded in 2016 by Kenneth Ho, Wallace Ho, and Benjamin Tan.

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$5.9m

Money raised

ShareRoot Inc is a company founded in 2013 by Marc Angelone.

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$14.2m

Money raised

Tubular Labs is a company founded in 2012 by Rob Gabel.

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$40.0m

Money raised

Klout is a company founded in 2019 by Joe Fernandez, Joe Fernandez and Binh Tran.

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$1.7m

Money raised

Nuzzel is a company founded in 2012 by Jonathan Abrams.

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5

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$219.8m

Money raised

StockTwits is a company founded in 2008 by Howard Lindzon.

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Funding Rounds

$400.0k

Money raised

Meet is an Orlando, Florida-based company founded in 2009 by Ian Jones.

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$19.3m

Money raised

Houseparty is a San Francisco-based developer of a group video chat application for face-to-face social media and connection.

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$1.5m

Money raised

Pixlee is a company founded in 2012 by Kyle Wong, Miraj Mohsin, Jeff Zhifan Chen and Awad Sayeed.

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5

Funding Rounds

$153.5m

Money raised

ZeroFOX is a digital Risk Protection Platform founded in 2013 by James Foster, Robert Francis, Evan Blair, Chris Cullison and Hillary Herlehy.

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Funding Rounds

$5.2m

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MediaSpike is a company founded in 2012 by John McCrea, Blake Commagere and Daniel Dodd.

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Video sharing service

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