69 Best Consumer Social Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Consumer 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 2,543 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $23.7b. The average funding per company in this subset is $343.5m.

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$230.0m

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Humane develops and commercializes consumer hardware, software, and services.

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$168.2m

Money raised

BoAt is an India-based consumer electronics brand established in 2015 that markets earphones, headphones stereos, travel chargers, and premium rugged cables.

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$236.7m

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A genetic medicine company that build data platforms using synthetic biology, artificial intelligence and genetic medicine for the development of medical therapies.

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$3.8b

Money raised

Klarna is a financial technology company providing e-commerce payment solutions for merchants and shoppers.

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9

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$81.5m

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Kasisto is a company that develops conversational AI for financial institutions.

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$110.0m

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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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$8.5m

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CUJO AI is a network intelligence software company.

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$118.5m

Money raised

Juicero was a company founded in 2013 that produced and sold an expensive juicer called the Juicero Press, along with fresh produce packets. The company closed after it received extensive negative press regarding its simplistic machine in contrast with its high cost.

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$1.5m

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Aura Vision is an AI computer vision company for generating insights into shop floors. Aura Vision uses existing security cameras in stores to provide customer demographics and behavior data.

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$286.0m

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

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$254.3m

Money raised

Nanosys designs and manufactures nanotechnology materials to improve display color performance and batteries.

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$930.0m

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Tempus, a technology company advancing precision medicine through the practical application of artificial intelligence in healthcare.

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$83.0m

Money raised

Molecular Assemblies, Inc. is an enzymatic DNA synthesis technology founded in 2013 by Curt Becker, Bill Efcavitch and William Efcavitch.

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$1.0m

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Mophie is a California-based technology company founded by Ben Kaufman.

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$898.4m

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Wise, previously TransferWise, is a company that offers money transfers services founded by Kristo Käärmann and Taavet Hinrikus.

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$22.8m

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

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$16.7m

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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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9

Funding Rounds

$312.9m

Money raised

Prosper is an online peer-to-peer lending marketplace connecting people who want to borrow money with individuals and institutions who want to lend money.

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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

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

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$399.8m

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Human Longevity is a genomic-based, health intelligence company empowering proactive healthcare and enabling a life better lived.

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$100.0k

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Lazarus 3D provides medical training and surgery rehearsal services through their soft-tissue 3D printed models built using MRI or CT images of patient anatomy.

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$2.8m

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HackerNoon is a free online technology blog.

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$34.7m

Money raised

Investing tool and Public Benefit Corporation that emphasizes social responsibility.

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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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Funding Rounds

$1.3b

Money raised

Back Market is an online refurbished goods marketplace connecting consumers with sellers of electronic devices.

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Hylio is a technology company making drones for aerial crop spraying.

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$3.4b

Money raised

Magic Leap is an augmented reality company developing hardware and software for enhanced AR experience.

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$114.3m

Money raised

Geltor is a cellular agriculture company making essential proteins, such as collagen and gelatin, using microbes in their own bio-fermentation recombinant protein production facility.

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3

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$21.5m

Money raised

RoosterBio is a biotechnology company located in Frederick, Maryland, founded by Jon Rowley in 2013 providing standardized stem cell products for R&D, clinical, and commercial use in the regenerative medicine industry.

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$330.5m

Money raised

Casper is a memory-foam mattress retailer.

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8

Funding Rounds

$175.0m

Money raised

Viridos is applying synthetic biology to microalgae for the production of products that address climate change and sustainability. Viridos is focused on producing algal biofuels and other sustainable resources from algae.

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$8.1m

Money raised

Atoms makes shoes for everyday wear. Made with elastic laces, copper lining, breathable materials, and simple design.

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$30.6m

Money raised

Badoo is a dating-focused social networking service.

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6

Funding Rounds

$324.5m

Money raised

MoneyLion is a mobile banking platform for borrowing, saving, and investing.

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$26.4m

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Servify is a device lifecycle management platform, which integrates multiple OEM Brands and a sales and service ecosystem to deliver an after-sales service experience.

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$14.0m

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

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$1.0m

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Jaagodeal is an online shopping platform in Bangladesh that was founded in 2018. It sells a wide range of products, including fashion, home goods, electronics, and beauty products.

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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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5

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$3.4b

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OYO is a south East Asian hospitality company.

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3

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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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5

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$68.7m

Money raised

AOBiome Therapeutics is a therapeutics company, based in Newton, Massachusetts and founded in 2013, that developed strains of Ammonia Oxidizing Bacteria (AOB) to administer live in treatments that address inflammatory conditions.

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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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$12.1m

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Artificial Intelligence company and FCA authorized mortgage lender in the UK helping renters purchase their first homes.

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$117.5m

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Locus Biosciences is a biotechnology company developing CRISPR-Cas3-engineered precision antibacterial products.

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5

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$48.1m

Money raised

Spire is a company developing tags that provide health tracking including respiration, sleep, stress, activity, and pulse rate.

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5

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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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$50.0m

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Vyond is a video animation software company.

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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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$13.8m

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A biopharmaceutical company developing therapeutics to attack cancer stem cells.

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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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$204.2m

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Elvie is a London-based consumer electronics company making sexual health and pregnancy products for women.

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$50.0m

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Neighborly drives investment in world-positive infrastructure projects like broadband, solar microgrids, and libraries.

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$4.6m

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Nanomedicine company developing vaccines and therapies with cell-specific targeting.

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$192.0m

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Scipher Medicine is a precision immunology company that aims to match patients with their most effective therapy. Their proprietary platform, Spectra, combines AI and a network map of protein interactions in the human body to make predictions.

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$13.7m

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Petcube is a technology company designing and developing hardware and software products for pets.

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$62.5m

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Avegant is California-based company developing display techologies for augmented reality experiences.

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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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EpiBone is a biotechnology startup company developing bone reconstruction solutions using stem cells. Nina Tandon, Sarindr Bhumiratana, Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, and Sidney Eisig founded EpiBone in 2013 and the company is headquartered in New York City, New York.

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$459.7m

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Silicon Valley-based genetic engineering startup.

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$108.0m

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WayRay is a Moscow-based developer of holographic augmented reality technologies for the automotive industry.

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$12.0m

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CY Vision is California-based company developing computational holographic technology for cars.

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$36.0m

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WorkSpan is a company and business ecosystem platform designed to help technology companies grow revenue by co-selling with their partnered companies.

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$260.0m

Money raised

Ocrolus is a solution provider of automated document reviews in the financial services industry.

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$57.1m

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Metabolon is a company developing metabolomics analytical methods and software for biomarker discovery

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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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