59 Best Social Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Social 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 59 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $4.0b. The average funding per company in this subset is $67.2m.

Last update to the database: Feb 18, 2025. See changelog.

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$34.7m

Money raised

Investing tool and Public Benefit Corporation that emphasizes social responsibility.

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$76.0m

Money raised

Gather is a video-calling platform that combines video conferencing with a two-dimensional video game-like world.

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4

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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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$10.9m

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500Friends was a company developing loyalty marketing programs for brands and retailers. The company was acquired by Merkle in 2014.

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$51.5m

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Thismoment is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2008 by Vince Broady, Scott Bedard and Ankarino Lara.

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$10.0m

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A recommendation and search software company. It is located in New York City, New York and was founded in 2016.

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$19.5m

Money raised

Context lets you see what's happening on Web3

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$71.7m

Money raised

DataSift is a Reading, Berkshire-based company founded in 2010 by Nicholas Halstead.

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$1.2b

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

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$16.0m

Money raised

Jellysmack is the global creator company that detects and develops the world’s most talented video creators.

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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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5

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$70.5m

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Healthify is a company founded in 2013 by Manik Bhat, Eric Allen Conner, Daniel Levenson and Alex Villa.

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$83.3m

Money raised

Short-term home rental marketplace platform company based in Barcelona.

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$1.0m

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Wrike is a project management application service provider founded in 2006 by Andrew Filev.

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$36.6m

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Brandlive is a Portland, Oregon-based company founded in 2010 by Fritz Brumder.

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$23.5m

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StudyBlue is a company that provides online flashcards and class notes.

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$1.2m

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Social media management platform with a set of tools to manage multiple social media accounts, create marketing content, schedule it in advance and analyze results of efforts in one place

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$896.4m

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Hopin is a online events platform where people can create engaging online events that connect people around the globe.

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$1.6m

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AvePoint is a Jersey City, New Jersey-based technology company providing infrastructure management software solutions for Microsoft SharePoint.

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$14.4m

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Wayin is a company founded in 2010.

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$22.6m

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Couchsurfing International is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2004 by Daniel Hoffer.

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$8.8m

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Zmags is a Boston-based company founded in 2006.

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$42.0m

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RealSelf is a Seattle-based company founded in 2006 by Tom Seery.

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$12.0m

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Ascendify is a company founded in 2012 by Lauren Smith, Matt Hendrickson and Jason Ball.

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$26.4m

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PayKey enables banks to offer their customers access to financial services, including P2P payments, from within any mobile application.

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$44.7m

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Grockit is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2006 by Farbood Nivi.

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$5.0m

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3

Funding Rounds

$115.0m

Money raised

The Wing is a company founded in 2016 by Lauren Kassan.

2

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$21.6m

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Threadflip is a San Francisco-based company founded by Jeff Shiau.

5

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$217.0k

Money raised

KyePot is a Mumbai-based mobile platform offering users social financial services, including community-based saving, lending, and borrowing facilities.

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$200.0k

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CashBet is a cryptocurrency iGaming platform.

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$10.5m

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Classting is a company founded in 2012 by Hyungu (Dave) Cho.

3

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$51.8m

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Janrain is a Portland, Oregon-based company founded in 1998 by Larry Drebes.

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$102.0m

Money raised

LumApps is a single platform to manage both internal communications and external social communications. A social collaborative intranet and employee social advocacy

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$1.5m

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FunnelAI is a San Antonio, Texas-based customer relationship management, lead generation, and lead management company.

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$5.0m

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$33.0m

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LoveCrafts is a London-based company that builds marketplaces for the crafts sector.

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$5.0m

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Developer of content creators platform designed to allow creators to monetize their expertise and connect with their audience. The company's tool allows creators to connect with their audiences and deliver one on one help at scale and earn real money and interact with the fans, enabling users to interact with the creators easily.

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1

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$500.0k

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INF Robotics Inc. is a technology company focused on artificial intelligence.

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$2.3m

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Tapiture is a Santa Monica, California-based company founded in 2012.

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threedots is where early traders and experienced investors meet and mint together.

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$7.0m

Money raised

Spreecast is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2011.

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$1.5m

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Bitmo is a Carlsbad, California-based company founded in 2017.

2

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$10.0m

Money raised

ShapeUp is a Providence, Rhode Island-based company founded in 2006 by Brad Weinberg.

1

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$4.0m

Money raised

Dispo is a Los Angeles-based company founded by Daniel Liss.

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1

Funding Rounds

$10.5m

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Collective Bias® is the only shopper social media company reimagining shopper marketing through organic social content.

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$2.2m

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GAMEE is a Prague-based company founded in 2015.

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2

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$4.8m

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CommercialTribe is a Denver-based company founded in 2014.

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5

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$500.0m

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Maimai is a company offering a social networking platform founded in 2013.

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$17.0m

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21Buttons is the ultimate fashion social and shopping network; it provides the tools everyone who loves fashion is looking for and allows to buy everything that friends and favtheirite influencers have shared with just a click

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$12.5m

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1

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$3.2m

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Fiit is a fitness company that offers workout training videos and classes, athleisure wear, and more.

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2

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$6.4m

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Goxip is an Hong Kong-based company founded in 2016.

2

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$3.0m

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Eversound is a Boston-based company founded by Jacob Reisch, Matt Reiners, Devin Jameson and Jake Reisch.

1

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$3.0m

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IMGN is a tech-media company building content brands for multicultural and niche audiences.

1

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$75.0k

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SameGrain is a company founded in 2011 by Anne Balduzzi, Eric Eller and Ron Diegelman.

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2

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$12.4m

Money raised

Amava is a Menlo Park, California-based company founded in 2016.

2

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$13.0m

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Clozette.co is a Singapore-based company.

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$15.0m

Money raised

Shoutlet is a company founded in 2010.

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