YesGraph
Acquired
What they do:
YesGraph recommends exactly who a user should invite to an app. Our…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Top Social Startups
This list has 302 startups and was last updated on Oct 15, 2026. 36 of them are hiring right now. Biggest hubs: San Francisco (151), New York (38), and Los Angeles (14). Largest teams: Reddit, Twitch, and Bird. Latest round: Affinity Labs raised $2M (Oct 14, 2026).
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Outbound
Acquired
What they do:
Create automated messages -- email, iOS/Android push, SMS and web…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Fabric
Acquired
What they do:
Fabric is a personal location-based journal that catalogs experiences…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Pursuit
Acquired
What they do:
Revlo helps broadcasters on Twitch engage and monetize their fan…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Soundry AI
Acquired
What they do:
Remix any song into any style
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HQ: Seattle, WA, United States
Zip Phone
Acquired
What they do:
Whatsapp for voice
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Breaker
Acquired
What they do:
A podcast company.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Socialcam
Acquired
What they do:
The easiest way to share videos with friends and family.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC W12Early stage
TalkBin
Acquired
What they do:
Consumer to business messaging.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC W11Early stage
Heysan
Acquired
What they do:
Free messaging on mobile phones
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC W07Early stage
Treehouse
Shut down
What they do:
Treehouse is an online technology school that offers beginner to advanced courses in web design, web development, mobile development and game development…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Pigeonly
Shut down
What they do:
The affordable way to search, find & communicate with an incarcerated…
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HQ: Las Vegas, NV, United States
Seerslab
Shut down
What they do:
We are providing AR technologies and contents to app developers
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Beek
Shut down
What they do:
Leading audio subscription platform for Spanish content and creators
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HQ: Mexico City, Mexico
Revel
Shut down
What they do:
We Deserve More in Midlife
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Fibo
Shut down
What they do:
SaaS calendar and messaging for SMBs
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Openland
Shut down
What they do:
Messenger for communities
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Thunderpod
Shut down
What they do:
Community Engagement Platform
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Grouper
Shut down
What they do:
We set up drinks between 2 groups of friends: 3 guys and 3 girls.
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Ark
Shut down
What they do:
Ark organizes the world's social information.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Fanchatter
Shut down
What they do:
FanChatter aggregates, amplifies and empowers fan content on every…
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HQ: Minneapolis, MN, United States
Picwing
Shut down
What they do:
Photo Sharing platform for families
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Everyday.me
Shut down
What they do:
Everyday.me - Record your life. Store it forever.
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Hum
Shut down
What they do:
A chat program that integrates with email, with presence.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
HoverChat
Shut down
What they do:
Message without interrupting what you're doing
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Locent
Shut down
What they do:
Locent is an automated messaging platform for companies
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Looklive
Shut down
What they do:
Looklive is a community and marketplace for fashion. Users browse…
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HQ: Atlanta, GA, United States
Coub
Shut down
What they do:
Coub is YouTube for video loops. You can take any video from YouTube,…
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HQ: Moscow, Russia
Fam
Shut down
What they do:
Video calling social network to talk with friends and make new friends
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Here
Shut down
What they do:
Where friends watch, play and hang together in digital rooms
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
YourQuote
Shut down
What they do:
YourQuote is India's largest writing platform
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Hyper Online
Shut down
What they do:
Social avatar platform for VTubers
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Elpha
Shut down
What they do:
Professional network for women
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Kopa
Shut down
What they do:
Find furnished rentals and compatible housemates for 1-12 month stays
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Finary
Shut down
What they do:
Discord for investing.
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Enveloop
Shut down
What they do:
Design and send messages from your app with a simple API.
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HQ: Birmingham, AL, United States