Sector

Social startups

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

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TrustcaféPrivate

Social · 2023

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

ParlerPrivate

Social · United States · 2018

Rebekah A. Mercer, John Matze, Kyle McCarthy

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

misterb&bPrivate

Social · 2014

SecretDefunct

Social · USA · 2013

David Byttow, Chrys Bader-Wechseler

Coffee Meets BagelPrivate

Social · 2012

Arum Kang, Dawoon Kang, Soo Kang

HingeAcquired

Social · USA · 2012

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

MyGayTripPrivate

Social · 2010

Foursquare Labs, Inc.Private

Social · United States · 2009

Dennis Crowley, Naveen Selvadurai

GrindrPrivate

Social · 2009

Bleacher ReportPrivate

Social · 2008

Dave Nemetz, Bryan Goldberg, Dave Finocchio, David Finocchio, Alexander Freund

FetLifePrivate

Social · 2008

identi.caPrivate

Social · 2008

AardvarkAcquired

Social · USA · 2007

Max Ventilla, Damon Horowitz, Nathan Stoll, Rob Spiro

BadooPrivate

Social · 2006

Geni.comAcquired

Social · USA · 2006

OdnoklassnikiPrivate

Social · Russia · 2006

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

WikiFurPrivate

Social · 2005

baike.comPrivate

Social · People's Republic of China · 2005

DiggAcquired

Social · USA · 2004

Kevin Rose, Jay Adelson, Justin Mezzell

Draugiem.lvPrivate

Social · Latvia · 2004

FlickrAcquired

Social · Canada · 2004

Stewart Butterfield, Caterina Fake

HyvesPrivate

Social · 2004

Raymond Spanjar, Floris Rost van Tonningen

JDN ViadeoPrivate

Social · France · 2004

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

Match GroupPublic

Social · USA · 1995

BharatMatrimonyPrivate

Social · India · 1969

Murugavel Janakiraman

BeconomicsPrivate

Social · 2026

Bloom DatingPrivate

Social · United States · 2026

AOAPrivate

Social · 2025

Zakharii Melnyk

BookWyrmPrivate

Social · 2022

ShareMaxPrivate

Social · India · 2022

Jayasurya Mailsamy

FablePrivate YC W21

Social · USA · 2021 · YC W21

Padmasree Warrior, Alex Chumbley, Aravindh Dorai, Michael J. Fox, Jim Fuller, Chris McLoghlin

QwicePrivate

Social · France · 2021

Afrikan SpacePrivate

Social · 2020

Jean-Emmanuel Dekou

NikahForeverPrivate

Social · India · 2018

IRLDefunct

Social · USA · 2017

Abraham Shafi, Abraham Shafi Scott Banister

MINUPrivate

Social · Vietnam · 2016

Chien Dang, Nima Pourshasb, Rafa Niell, Paolo Rizzi, Rafael Niell, Nima Pourshab