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The social media unicorn landscape is led by China's ByteDance, which holds a $300 billion valuation. The sector is global, with other key companies located in India, the United States, and Australia.

Among them are India's VerSe Innovation and ShareChat, both of which are valued at $5 billion.

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ByteDance builds a range of content platforms that use powerful recommendation engines to help people create and discover new media. They are the creators of TikTok, the globally recognized social media app for short-form video.

Valuation$300B (Joined April 2017)
HeadquartersBeijing, Beijing, China
Year Founded2012
FoundersRubo Liang, Yiming Zhang
Funding Amount$9.5B
Company SizeEnterprise Organization (5,001+)
Last Funding StatusPrivate Equity
Top InvestorsHSG, New Enterprise Associates, General Atlantic, Sequoia Capital, Morgan Stanley

VerSe Innovation develops a technology platform that powers a family of content apps for India's local language users. They are best known for popular applications like the news aggregator Dailyhunt and the short video app Josh.

Valuation$5B (Joined December 2020)
HeadquartersBangalore, Karnataka, India
Year Founded2007
FoundersShailendra Sharma, Umang Bedi, Virendra Gupta
Funding Amount$1.7B
Company SizeLarge Team (251-1,000)
Last Funding StatusSeries J
Top InvestorsGoldman Sachs, Z47, Glade Brook Capital Partners, B Capital, Peak XV Partners

ShareChat created a social media platform that allows Indian users to create and consume content in their native languages. They also operate Moj, one of the country's leading short-form video apps.

Valuation$5B (Joined April 2021)
HeadquartersBangalore, Karnataka, India
Year Founded2015
FoundersAnkush Sachdeva, Bhanu Pratap Singh, Farid Ahsan
Funding Amount$1.8B
Company SizeLarge Team (251-1,000)
Last Funding StatusSeries H
Top InvestorsHarbourVest Partners, India Quotient, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Elevation Capital, Temasek Holdings

Tinder created one of the world's most popular dating apps, connecting people based on mutual interest. They pioneered the swipe-based matching system, which lets users anonymously express interest and connects them only when it's reciprocated.

Valuation$3B
HeadquartersWest Hollywood, California, United States
Year Founded2012
FoundersDinesh Moorjani, Jonathan Badeen, Justin Mateen, Nichole Christie, Sean Rad, Whitney Herd
Funding Amount$50M
Company SizeLarge Team (251-1,000)
Last Funding StatusVenture Round
Top InvestorsIAC, Benchmark

Yotpo built an e-commerce marketing platform to help brands strengthen their direct-to-consumer relationships. They offer a full suite of solutions, including customer reviews, loyalty programs, and SMS marketing, to drive growth.

Valuation$1.4B (Joined March 2021)
HeadquartersNew York, New York, United States
Year Founded2011
FoundersOmri Cohen, Tomer Tagrin
Funding Amount$436M
Company SizeLarge Team (251-1,000)
Last Funding StatusCorporate Round
Top InvestorsInnovation Endeavors, Vertex Ventures Israel, Bessemer Venture Partners, Blumberg Capital, Vertex Ventures

Linktree builds a platform that allows creators and brands to consolidate all their online content into a single, shareable landing page. Their tool is widely adopted across social media to help users direct their audience to multiple websites, products, and profiles.

Valuation$1.3B (Joined March 2022)
HeadquartersCollingwood, Victoria, Australia
Year Founded2016
FoundersAlex Zaccaria, Anthony Zaccaria, Gilbert Campbell, Nick Humphreys
Funding Amount$167.4M
Company SizeMid-Size Team (51-250)
Last Funding StatusSeries B
Top InvestorsAirtree Ventures, UK Space Agency, Index Ventures, Coatue, Insight Partners

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