1) Brainly Students and parents may obtain homework and study help from peers and professionals on Brainly, an online learning platform.
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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 is a social, mobile, and intelligent intranet that connects and engages all employees in an one location.
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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 is a co-living organization that provides young working people with rooms and entire apartments.
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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 is a social media site where Generation Z connects with peers all around the world.
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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 is the world's first DeFi + NFT social networking platform for cryptocurrency users all over the world.
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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 is a social language education startup that brings together teachers and students in coffee shops all around the world.
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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 is a travel social network that is used in over 180 countries.
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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 Today and tomorrow, Fishbrain helps people catch more and bigger fish and become better fishermen.
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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 is a video and AI-powered social platform firm with a global presence.
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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 is a secondhand marketplace app for hyperlocal communities.
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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 We believe that communication is a right that everyone has. We work hard to ensure that people have access to free phone service.
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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 is a skills validation platform that assists candidates in validating their technical skills while also assisting employers in finding better prospects.
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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 is a social platform for outfit creation. It's a mix of a game, a useful tool, and a social network.
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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 The Conversational Middleware Company(tm) is bringing conversational interfaces into the enterprise.
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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 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.
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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 is a lifestyle social commerce website that allows users to submit 3-minute videos demonstrating their passions.
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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 is a company that creates and develops mobile messaging apps.
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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 - Individuals's TV is a one-of-a-kind social media platform where people can express themselves visually through home films and images.
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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 is a platform for social networking and regional content.
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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 is a sports community app that aims to connect and customise sports content across sports and gaming for its users.
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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.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
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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 Inventory Control in Multiple Channels
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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 The Mask Network serves as a gateway to the New, Open Internet.
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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 is a social network that employs artificial intelligence to assist users in finding their soul mates.
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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 is a mobile social networking program that allows users to chat, make video calls, and live stream.
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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 is the world's first language exchange social networking app.
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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 is a Chinese social networking site that caters to urbanites and college students with "lifestyle and culture" products and services.
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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 is a social networking app for cosmetic surgery in China.
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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 is a Chinese company that offers one-stop social marketing solutions.
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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 is a social network for digital disposable cameras.
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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 is a cryptocurrency social network and private messaging software that pays members in cryptocurrency for their online services.
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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 is a location-based social network for gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other LGBT persons.
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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 is a social media network that allows users to share links, produce content, and participate in discussions about topics that interest them.
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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 Social Messaging happens in real life! Join groups that interest you, and communicate with your pals! Your social life is boosted with IRL.
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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 is an AI-powered music video tool that makes it simple for anyone to create professional-looking videos.
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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 is an online platform that allows runners and cyclists to track their activities, compare their results, and compete with their peers.
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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 is a website that assists people in finding career counseling and employment training to help them manage their careers.
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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
