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Top 37 Social Network Startups in 2024

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1) Brainly

Brainly

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Details of the startup:

  • Country: Poland
  • State: Malopolskie
  • City: Kraków
  • Started in: 2009
  • Founders: Lukasz Haluch, Michał Borkowski, Tomasz Kraus
  • Number of employees: 251-500
  • Funding: $148,500,000
  • Funding rounds: 6
  • Number of investors: 8 (General Catalyst, Prosus Ventures, Learn Capital, Point Nine, Runa Capital)

You can find their website here.

2) LumApps

LumApps

LumApps is a social, mobile, and intelligent intranet that connects and engages all employees in an one location.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: France
  • State: Ile-de-France
  • City: Paris
  • Started in: 2012
  • Founders: Elie Melois, Lionel Grivel, Olivier Chanoux, Sebastien Ricard
  • Number of employees: 101-250
  • Funding: $102,000,000
  • Funding rounds: 3
  • Number of investors: 5 (Bpifrance, Idinvest Partners, GS Growth, Iris Capital, Famillie C (Clarins Family))

You can find their website here.

3) Hmlet

Hmlet

Hmlet is a co-living organization that provides young working people with rooms and entire apartments.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: Singapore
  • State: Central Region
  • City: Singapore
  • Started in: 2016
  • Founders: Yoan Kamalski, Zenos Schmickrath
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: $48,000,000
  • Funding rounds: 3
  • Number of investors: 7 (Sequoia Capital India, Burda Principal Investments, Genesis Alternative Ventures, Reinventure, Mitsubishi Estate)

You can find their website here.

4) Yubo

Yubo

Yubo is a social media site where Generation Z connects with peers all around the world.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: France
  • State: Ile-de-France
  • City: Paris
  • Started in: 2015
  • Founders: Arthur Patora, Jérémie Aouate, Sacha Lazimi
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: $65,700,000
  • Funding rounds: 5
  • Number of investors: 11 (Village Global, Idinvest Partners, NUMA, Iris Capital, Alven)

You can find their website here.

5) Torum

Torum

Torum is the world's first DeFi + NFT social networking platform for cryptocurrency users all over the world.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: Malaysia
  • State: Perak
  • City: Kampar
  • Started in: 2018
  • Founders: Ah Go, Alwin Chang, Jayson Tan
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: $2,571,250
  • Funding rounds: 4
  • Number of investors: 13 (AU21 Capital, Momentum 6, Waterdrip Capital, Oasis Capital, IDC Ventures)

You can find their website here.

6) Poliglota

Poliglota

Poliglota is a social language education startup that brings together teachers and students in coffee shops all around the world.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: Chile
  • State: Region Metropolitana
  • City: Santiago
  • Started in: 2011
  • Founders: Carlos Aravena, José Sánchez, Nicolás Fuenzalida
  • Number of employees: 51-100
  • Funding: $2,871,098
  • Funding rounds: 6
  • Number of investors: 14 (Y Combinator, Liquid 2 Ventures, Wayra, Mountain Partners, Harvard Management Company)

You can find their website here.

7) Travello app

Travello app

Travello is a travel social network that is used in over 180 countries.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: Australia
  • State: Queensland
  • City: Brisbane
  • Started in: 2014
  • Founders: Mark Cantoni, Ryan Hanly
  • Number of employees: 1-10
  • Funding: $9,972,317
  • Funding rounds: 6
  • Number of investors: 5 (muru-D, RCL Accelerator, River City Labs, Andrew McEvoy, Phil Gunter)

You can find their website here.

8) Fishbrain

Fishbrain

Today and tomorrow, Fishbrain helps people catch more and bigger fish and become better fishermen.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: Sweden
  • State: Stockholms Lan
  • City: Stockholm
  • Started in: 2010
  • Founders: Jens Lindman, Johan Attby
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: $58,750,000
  • Funding rounds: 6
  • Number of investors: 20 (FJ Labs, Seedcamp, B Capital Group, Northzone, Almi Invest)

You can find their website here.

9) Hyperconnect

Hyperconnect

Hyperconnect is a video and AI-powered social platform firm with a global presence.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: South Korea
  • State: Seoul-t'ukpyolsi
  • City: Seoul
  • Started in: 2014
  • Founders: Eddie Yong, Kenneth Jung, Samuel Ahn
  • Number of employees: 251-500
  • Funding: $10,600,000
  • Funding rounds: 2
  • Number of investors: 2 (SoftBank, Altos Ventures)

You can find their website here.

10) Karrot Market

Karrot Market

Karrot is a secondhand marketplace app for hyperlocal communities.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: South Korea
  • State: Seoul-t'ukpyolsi
  • City: Seoul
  • Started in: 2015
  • Founders: Changhun Jeong, Jae-hyun Kim, Yong-hyun Kim
  • Number of employees: 101-250
  • Funding: $40,430,952
  • Funding rounds: 3
  • Number of investors: 6 (Goodwater Capital, Altos Ventures, Softbank Ventures Asia, Kakao Ventures, Strong Ventures)

You can find their website here.

11) TextNow

TextNow

We believe that communication is a right that everyone has. We work hard to ensure that people have access to free phone service.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: Canada
  • State: Ontario
  • City: Waterloo
  • Started in: 2009
  • Founders: Derek Ting, Gary Fung, Jon Lerner
  • Number of employees: 101-250
  • Funding: $1,000,000
  • Funding rounds: 1
  • Number of investors: 4 (Menlo Ventures, Freestyle Capital, Troy Carter, AFSquare)

You can find their website here.

12) Indorse

Indorse

Indorse is a skills validation platform that assists candidates in validating their technical skills while also assisting employers in finding better prospects.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: Singapore
  • State: Central Region
  • City: Singapore
  • Started in: 2017
  • Founders: Avadhoot Kulkarni, David Moskowitz, Gaurang Torvekar
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: $13,825,177
  • Funding rounds: 3
  • Number of investors: 2 (Coinsilium Group, Brand Capital)

You can find their website here.

13) Combyne

Combyne

combyne is a social platform for outfit creation. It's a mix of a game, a useful tool, and a social network.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: Germany
  • State: Bayern
  • City: Munich
  • Started in: 2014
  • Founders: Christian Dienst, Karolina Yunusova, Marek Mihok, Miguel Serrano, Philipp Seybold, Worathiti Manosroi
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: € 5,940,000
  • Funding rounds: 5

You can find their website here.

14) Webio

Webio

The Conversational Middleware Company(tm) is bringing conversational interfaces into the enterprise.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: Ireland
  • State: Dublin
  • City: Dublin
  • Started in: 2016
  • Founders: Cormac O'Neill
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: € 1,000,000
  • Funding rounds: 3
  • Number of investors: 3 (Enterprise Ireland, Finch Capital, Blackbox)

You can find their website here.

15) E-Poets Society

E-Poets Society

A digital publishing platform with a content development engine that works 24 hours a day, seven days a week, offering Arabic users with original literature e-books.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: Croatia
  • State: Grad Zagreb
  • City: Zagreb
  • Started in: 2020
  • Founders: Pamela Osman, Ralph Younes
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: € 200,000
  • Funding rounds: 2
  • Number of investors: 1 (Fil Rouge Capital (FRC))

You can find their website here.

16) Trell

Trell

Trell is a lifestyle social commerce website that allows users to submit 3-minute videos demonstrating their passions.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: India
  • State: Karnataka
  • City: Bengaluru
  • Started in: 2016
  • Founders: Arun Lodhi, Bimal Kartheek Rebba, Prashant Sachan, Pulkit Agrawal
  • Number of employees: 101-250
  • Funding: $16,950,000
  • Funding rounds: 7
  • Number of investors: 31 (Sequoia Capital India, Gokul Rajaram, BEENEXT, Samsung Ventures, Firebolt Ventures)

You can find their website here.

17) Hike

Hike

Hike is a company that creates and develops mobile messaging apps.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: India
  • State: Delhi
  • City: New Delhi
  • Started in: 2012
  • Founders: Kavin Bharti Mittal
  • Number of employees: 251-500
  • Funding: $261,000,000
  • Funding rounds: 5
  • Number of investors: 10 (SoftBank, Tencent, Tiger Global Management, Foxconn Technology Group, Matt Mullenweg)

You can find their website here.

18) Roposo

Roposo

Roposo - Individuals's TV is a one-of-a-kind social media platform where people can express themselves visually through home films and images.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: India
  • State: Haryana
  • City: Gurgaon
  • Started in: 2012
  • Founders: Avinash Saxena, Kaushal Shubhank, Mayank Bhangadia
  • Number of employees: 51-100
  • Funding: $32,697,880
  • Funding rounds: 5
  • Number of investors: 6 (Tiger Global Management, India Quotient, Binny Bansal, Bertelsmann India Investments, 5ideas.in)

You can find their website here.

19) ShareChat

ShareChat

ShareChat is a platform for social networking and regional content.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: India
  • State: Karnataka
  • City: Bengaluru
  • Started in: 2015
  • Founders: Ankush Sachdeva, Bhanu Pratap Singh, Farid Ahsan
  • Number of employees: 501-1000
  • Funding: $824,830,000
  • Funding rounds: 10
  • Number of investors: 17 (Twitter, Xiaomi, Snap, Tiger Global Management, Lightspeed Venture Partners)

You can find their website here.

20) Rooter

Rooter

Rooter is a sports community app that aims to connect and customise sports content across sports and gaming for its users.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: India
  • State: Delhi
  • City: New Delhi
  • Started in: 2016
  • Founders: Akshat Goel, Dipesh Agarwal, Piyush Kumar
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: $2,700,000
  • Funding rounds: 4
  • Number of investors: 16 (Paytm, Venture Catalysts, Anthill Ventures, leAD Sports & Health Tech Partners, Rockstud Capital)

You can find their website here.

21) SHEROES

SHEROES

Sheroes.com and the SHEROES app provide access to the world's largest women-only social community. Built on the foundational concepts of security, trust, and empathy

Details of the startup:

  • Country: India
  • State: Delhi
  • City: Delhi
  • Started in: 2013
  • Founders: Sairee Chahal, Satyadeep Karnati, Siddhartha Ahluwalia, Sowrabh NRS
  • Number of employees: 101-250
  • Funding: $2,571,942
  • Funding rounds: 3
  • Number of investors: 9 (500 Startups, Binny Bansal, Anand Chandrasekaran, Lumis Partners, Quintillion media)

You can find their website here.

22) Browntape

Browntape

Inventory Control in Multiple Channels

Details of the startup:

  • Country: India
  • State: Goa
  • City: Goa
  • Started in: 2012
  • Founders: Gurpreet Singh, Piyush Goel
  • Number of employees: 51-100
  • Funding: $3,326,496
  • Funding rounds: 4
  • Number of investors: 5 (GSF, SeedFund.in, Gati Limited, Ginesys, Ganesh Krishnan)

You can find their website here.

23) Mask Network

Mask Network

The Mask Network serves as a gateway to the New, Open Internet.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: China
  • State: Shanghai
  • City: Shanghai
  • Started in: 2017
  • Founders: Suji Yan
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: $49,150,000
  • Funding rounds: 8
  • Number of investors: 15 (Animoca Brands, Digital Currency Group, IOSG Ventures, Alameda Research, Binance Labs)

You can find their website here.

24) Soul

Soul

SOUL is a social network that employs artificial intelligence to assist users in finding their soul mates.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: China
  • State: Shanghai
  • City: Shanghai
  • Started in: 2016
  • Founders: Lu Zhang
  • Number of employees: 51-100
  • Funding: $60,000,000
  • Funding rounds: 4
  • Number of investors: 4 (DST Global, GGV Capital, 5Y Capital, Magic Capital)

You can find their website here.

25) Mico

Mico

Mico is a mobile social networking program that allows users to chat, make video calls, and live stream.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: China
  • State: Beijing
  • City: Haidian
  • Started in: 2014
  • Number of employees: 251-500
  • Funding: $62,280,224
  • Funding rounds: 5
  • Number of investors: 5 (Plum Ventures, FutureCap, NewBornTown, New Potential Energy Fund, Phoenix Fortune Group)

You can find their website here.

26) HelloTalk

HelloTalk

HelloTalk is the world's first language exchange social networking app.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: China
  • State: Guangdong
  • City: Shenzhen
  • Started in: 2012
  • Founders: Zackery Ngai
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: $3,000,000
  • Funding rounds: 1
  • Number of investors: 1 (Seven Seas Partners)

You can find their website here.

27) Douban

Douban

Douban is a Chinese social networking site that caters to urbanites and college students with "lifestyle and culture" products and services.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: China
  • State: Beijing
  • City: Beijing
  • Started in: 2005
  • Founders: Bo Yang
  • Number of employees: 501-1000
  • Funding: $59,000,000
  • Funding rounds: 3
  • Number of investors: 4 (Sequoia Capital, Trustbridge Partners, Bertelsmann Asia Investments, Ceyuan Ventures)

You can find their website here.

28) Gengmei

Gengmei

Gengmei is a social networking app for cosmetic surgery in China.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: China
  • State: Beijing
  • City: Wangjing
  • Started in: 2013
  • Founders: Di Liu
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: $50,000,000
  • Funding rounds: 4
  • Number of investors: 6 (Tencent, Meituan, Sequoia Capital China, Vivo Capital, Suning.com)

You can find their website here.

29) InMyShow

InMyShow

InMyShow is a Chinese company that offers one-stop social marketing solutions.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: China
  • State: Anhui
  • City: Sanlitun
  • Started in: 2009
  • Founders: Li Meng
  • Number of employees: 501-1000
  • Funding: $105,963,115
  • Funding rounds: 3
  • Number of investors: 7 (Weibo, Morgan Stanley, SAIF Partners, JAFCO Asia, China Merchants Bank)

You can find their website here.

30) Dispo

Dispo

Dispo is a social network for digital disposable cameras.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: United States
  • State: California
  • City: Los Angeles
  • Started in: 2020
  • Founders: Daniel Liss, David Dobrik, Natalie Mariduena
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: $24,000,000
  • Funding rounds: 2
  • Number of investors: 18 (Seven Seven Six, Kevin Durant, Shrug Capital, Unshackled Ventures, Weekend Fund)

You can find their website here.

31) Minds

Minds

Minds is a cryptocurrency social network and private messaging software that pays members in cryptocurrency for their online services.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: United States
  • State: Connecticut
  • City: Wilton
  • Started in: 2011
  • Founders: Bill Ottman, Ian Crossland, Jack Ottman, John B. Ottman, Mark Harding
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: $17,381,300
  • Funding rounds: 5
  • Number of investors: 2 (Medici Ventures, Futo)

You can find their website here.

32) Grindr

Grindr

Grindr is a location-based social network for gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other LGBT persons.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: United States
  • State: California
  • City: West Hollywood
  • Started in: 2008
  • Founders: Joel Simkhai, Scott Lewallen
  • Number of employees: 51-100
  • Funding: $93,000,000
  • Funding rounds: 1

You can find their website here.

33) Reddit

Reddit

Reddit is a social media network that allows users to share links, produce content, and participate in discussions about topics that interest them.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: United States
  • State: California
  • City: San Francisco
  • Started in: 2005
  • Founders: Alexis Ohanian, Steve Huffman
  • Number of employees: 501-1000
  • Funding: $919,049,748
  • Funding rounds: 8
  • Number of investors: 28 (Tencent, Craft Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, 500 Startups)

You can find their website here.

34) IRL

IRL

Social Messaging happens in real life! Join groups that interest you, and communicate with your pals! Your social life is boosted with IRL.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: United States
  • State: California
  • City: San Francisco
  • Started in: 2017
  • Founders: Abraham Shafi, Henry Khachatryan, Krutal Desai, Scott Banister
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: $197,000,000
  • Funding rounds: 4
  • Number of investors: 12 (SoftBank Vision Fund, Founders Fund, 500 Startups, Goodwater Capital, Cyan Banister)

You can find their website here.

35) Triller

Triller

Triller is an AI-powered music video tool that makes it simple for anyone to create professional-looking videos.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: United States
  • State: New York
  • City: New York
  • Started in: 2015
  • Founders: David Leiberman, Sammy Rubin
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: $33,000,000
  • Funding rounds: 2
  • Number of investors: 7 (Pegasus Tech Ventures, Lowercase Capital, Carnegie Technologies, Christer Andersson, Mahi de Silva)

You can find their website here.

36) Strava

Strava

Strava is an online platform that allows runners and cyclists to track their activities, compare their results, and compete with their peers.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: United States
  • State: California
  • City: San Francisco
  • Started in: 2009
  • Founders: Mark Gainey, Mark Shaw, Michael Horvath, Yandong Liu
  • Number of employees: 251-500
  • Funding: $151,850,000
  • Funding rounds: 7
  • Number of investors: 7 (Sequoia Capital, TCV, Dragoneer Investment Group, Jackson Square Ventures, Sigma Partners)

You can find their website here.

37) Career Karma

Career Karma

Career Karma is a website that assists people in finding career counseling and employment training to help them manage their careers.

Details of the startup:

  • Country: United States
  • State: California
  • City: San Francisco
  • Started in: 2018
  • Founders: Artur Meyster, Ruben Harris, Timur Meyster
  • Number of employees: 51-100
  • Funding: $11,937,500
  • Funding rounds: 3
  • Number of investors: 38 (SoftBank, Backstage Capital, Y Combinator, Initialized Capital, Emerson Collective)

You can find their website here.

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