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Social startups

Companies in Social, with their founders — newest and most notable first.

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TrustcaféPrivate
Social · 2023
Jimmy Wales
ClubhousePrivate
Social · USA · 2020
Paul Davison, Rohan Seth
FanvuePrivate
Social · United Kingdom · 2020
William Monange, JMX
KooPrivate
Social · India · 2020
Aprameya Radhakrishna, Mayank Bidawatka
BitCloutPrivate
Social · 2019
Nader Al-Naji
ParlerPrivate
Social · United States · 2018
Rebekah A. Mercer, John Matze
HelloPrivate
Social · 2016
Orkut Büyükkökten
Thrive GlobalPrivate
Social · USA · 2016
Arianna Huffington
BumblePublic
Social · USA · 2014
Whitney Wolfe Herd
The Players TribunePrivate
Social · United States · 2014
Derek Jeter
misterb&bPrivate
Social · 2014
Matthieu Jost
SecretDefunct
Social · USA · 2013
David Byttow, Chrys Bader-Wechseler
Coffee Meets BagelPrivate
Social · 2012
Arum Kang, Dawoon Kang, Soo Kang
HingeAcquired
Social · USA · 2012
Justin McLeod
TinderPrivate
Social · USA · 2012
Sean Rad, Justin Mateen, Jonathan Badeen, Whitney Wolfe Herd, Joe Munoz, Dinesh Moorjani, Chris Gylczynski
VineDefunct
Social · USA · 2012
Dom Hofmann, Rus Yusupov, Colin Kroll
AirtimeDefunct
Social · USA · 2011
Shawn Fanning, Sean Parker
MindsPrivate
Social · 2011
Bill Ottman, John Ottman
Color LabsDefunct
Social · USA · 2010
Bill Nguyen
MyGayTripPrivate
Social · 2010
Matthieu Jost
Foursquare Labs, Inc.Private
Social · United States · 2009
Dennis Crowley, Naveen Selvadurai
GrindrPrivate
Social · 2009
Joel Simkhai
Bleacher ReportPrivate
Social · 2008
Dave Nemetz, Bryan Goldberg, Dave Finocchio, David Finocchio, Alexander Freund
FetLifePrivate
Social · 2008
John Baku
identi.caPrivate
Social · 2008
Evan Prodromou
AardvarkAcquired
Social · USA · 2007
Max Ventilla, Damon Horowitz, Nathan Stoll, Rob Spiro
BadooPrivate
Social · 2006
Andrey Andreev
Geni.comAcquired
Social · USA · 2006
David O. Sacks
OdnoklassnikiPrivate
Social · Russia · 2006
Albert Popkov
VKPrivate
Social · Russia · 2006
Pavel Durov, Yitzchak Mirilashvili, Lev Leviev
BeboAcquired
Social · USA · 2005
Michael Birch, Xochi Birch
MeeboAcquired
Social · USA · 2005
Seth Sternberg, Elaine Wherry, Sandy Jen
RenrenPrivate
Social · People's Republic of China · 2005
Wang Xing
WikiFurPrivate
Social · 2005
Laurence Parry
baike.comPrivate
Social · People's Republic of China · 2005
Pan Haidong
DiggAcquired
Social · USA · 2004
Kevin Rose, Jay Adelson
Draugiem.lvPrivate
Social · Latvia · 2004
Lauris Liberts
FlickrAcquired
Social · Canada · 2004
Stewart Butterfield, Caterina Fake
HyvesPrivate
Social · 2004
Raymond Spanjar, Floris Rost van Tonningen
JDN ViadeoPrivate
Social · France · 2004
Dan Serfaty
OkCupidPrivate
Social · United States · 2004
Christian Rudder, Chris Coyne, Sam Yagan, Max Krohn
OrkutPrivate
Social · 2004
Orkut Büyükkökten
DeliciousDefunct
Social · USA · 2003
Joshua Schachter
MyspaceAcquired
Social · USA · 2003
Tom Anderson, Chris DeWolfe
FriendsterDefunct
Social · USA · 2002
Jonathan Abrams
Ekşi SözlükPrivate
Social · Turkey · 1999
Sedat Kapanoğlu
Friend Finder NetworksPrivate
Social · United States · 1996
Andrew Conru
Match GroupPublic
Social · USA · 1995
Gary Kremen
BharatMatrimonyPrivate
Social · India · 1969
Murugavel Janakiraman
BeconomicsPrivate
Social · 2026
Rebecca Mason
Bloom DatingPrivate
Social · United States · 2026
Craig Cossairt
AOAPrivate
Social · 2025
Zakharii Melnyk
BookWyrmPrivate
Social · 2022
Mouse Reeve
ShareMaxPrivate
Social · India · 2022
Jayasurya Mailsamy
FablePrivate YC W21
Social · USA · 2021 · YC W21
Padmasree Warrior, Alex Chumbley, Aravindh Dorai
QwicePrivate
Social · France · 2021
Bruno Leralu
Afrikan SpacePrivate
Social · 2020
Jean-Emmanuel Dekou
NikahForeverPrivate
Social · India · 2018
Hammad Rahman
IRLDefunct
Social · USA · 2017
Abraham Shafi, Abraham Shafi Scott Banister
MINUPrivate
Social · Vietnam · 2016
Chien Dang, Nima Pourshasb, Rafa Niell, Paolo Rizzi, Rafael Niell