Bluesky is a social media network that enables users to engage with communities and express creativity. The platform allows users to customize their feeds and provides moderation tools for content management. It focuses on user control over the social media experience.
Diem is building a social search engine. It’s a dedicated place for people to search, collect, discover and share information, inspired by the way women have been passing knowledge to each other for centuries. Think of it like the best and biggest group chat you’ve ever been a part of, where all the important, silly, quick, private, and frenetic knowledge you share is organized and stored for everyone to benefit from.
Diem incentivizes the community to generate content and harnesses this data to build proprietary search algorithms that will enable people to discover, and visualize, the collective knowledge of entire communities in just a few seconds.
Diem was co-founded by Emma Bates & Divia Singh in 2020.
The Players' Lounge
Seed Round in 2023
The Players' Lounge is a media and interaction platform created by players for student-athletes that offers fans a redesigned experience.
AfterHour
Seed Round in 2023
AfterHour is a social finance application tailored for everyday traders seeking to enhance their market experience and financial literacy. The platform allows users to share and verify their trading positions, promoting accountability and transparency in a social network that combines elements from various trading communities. With over $200 million in connected brokerages, AfterHour enables users to exchange investment ideas and strategies, facilitating learning and collaboration among retail traders. The application supports a diverse range of users, from those with portfolios as small as $1,000 to others boasting portfolios of $78 million. By connecting individuals with similar trading interests and expertise, AfterHour aims to empower its community to navigate the complexities of the stock market and increase their chances of success.
Rodeo is a software development company focused on creating social networking applications. Its primary product aims to help users identify and plan social activities with friends, fostering stronger connections. Currently, the company operates in stealth mode.
Cohart is a global platform fostering creativity, commerce, and community in the art world. It offers tools for users to discover, collect, and interact with artists, facilitating direct purchases and enabling users to showcase and manage their personal collections.
222 is a social platform that enables users to connect with new people, discover local activities, and deepen relationships through in-person experiences. The platform focuses on quality social interactions and uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to match individuals with similar tastes and preferences based on a survey about social events, helping users form meaningful connections and expand their networks.
Niche
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Niche is a social application that reinvents the way people connect and build community. It is a members-only club for the user's communities, groups, and hobbies.
Bach streamlines group travel coordination with its platform that enables users to discover, decide, and plan trips together. Key features include group chat, expense splitting, polling, and itinerary creation.
Serif is a digital community dedicated to connecting LGBTQ+ individuals through virtual experiences. The company has developed a social communication platform that facilitates real-time conversations and the sharing of personal experiences. By enabling users to engage in one-on-one interactions or small group discussions, Serif aims to reduce feelings of isolation within the LGBTQ+ community and foster meaningful connections among its members. The platform serves as a supportive space for individuals to meet new people and converse, promoting a sense of belonging and community.
FreshCut
Seed Round in 2022
FreshCut is a community-focused platform for gaming content that builds a social engagement platform for streaming gaming videos, offering personalized video playlists based on users' favorite games to keep them updated on clips from the content creators they follow.
Bach streamlines group travel coordination with its platform that enables users to discover, decide, and plan trips together. Key features include group chat, expense splitting, polling, and itinerary creation.
ZenBusiness
Series C in 2021
ZenBusiness is a comprehensive platform dedicated to empowering small business owners. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, the company offers an all-in-one solution for starting, running, and growing businesses. ZenBusiness provides tools for entity creation and management, compliance services, banking, bookkeeping, marketing, and more. It stands out by combining innovative technology with live human support, ensuring customers have access to expert guidance via phone, chat, email, webinars, and even a concierge service. Committed to social impact and inclusivity, ZenBusiness is a Public Benefit Corporation that encourages employee volunteer work and offers initiatives like the Mavs Business Assist program and $5K grant program.
mintNFT
Seed Round in 2021
mintNFT is a premium member-based marketplace for non-fungible tokens (NFT) focused on bridging fan experiences with licensed content, brands, and talent. mintNFT integrates social, gamification, and a new patent pending authentication process for NFTs. mintNFT makes collecting NFTs a fun and engaging experience and converts casual fans into collectors, creators and partners. mintNFT provides an unprecedented social experience for users with unique features such as exclusive digital events, NFT live auctions, and fan-generated campaigns all within a dynamic, interactive, and gamified platform. It also includes an integrated secondary marketplace allowing users to buy, sell, and trade NFTs.
Brella is a networking platform for events, conferences and livestreams that helps professionals discover and connect with high-value contacts. The platform relies on a matchmaking algorithm, often AI-powered, to guide attendees to relevant people, opportunities, and conversations at the right time and place. Based in Jyväskylä, Finland, Brella aims to simplify networking and enable attendees to build meaningful business relationships during live events, conferences, and streams, facilitating face-to-face interactions and timely connections.
Marine Snow
Seed Round in 2021
Marine Snow is a social music streaming platform designed for enthusiasts. It combines active listening features with music discussion forums and gamification elements, aiming to create a personalized and engaging experience for users.
The Third Place
Seed Round in 2021
The Third Place facilitates connections between consumers and local businesses by transforming customer touchpoints into platforms for relationship-building. Its platform enables users to discover neighborhood businesses, learn about their stories, values, and products, fostering a supportive community for independent retailers.
Revmo is an enterprise professional networking platform that helps individuals discover and connect with professionals within their extended networks. The service aggregates inputs from CRM systems, contact lists, social and professional networks to inform connection suggestions and facilitates organic, meaningful introductions. By leveraging a user's first-degree connections and their networks, Revmo automates secure, curated introductions to originate new opportunities and acts as a virtual assistant, enabling professionals to expand valuable connections across multiple networks. The platform focuses on turning potential contacts into actionable introductions, enhancing networking efficiency and collaboration among professionals.
Vitrina
Seed Round in 2021
Vitrina is a pioneering mobile and social fashion marketplace based in Brazil, designed to facilitate the buying, selling, and sharing of fashion products with an emphasis on user experience and security. The platform combines elements of social media and gamification to create an engaging environment for users, allowing them to interact seamlessly while exploring a diverse range of handmade fashion items, including accessories and mobile cases. Vitrina aims to establish itself as the most social marketplace in the region, catering to the growing trend of mobile commerce. The service is currently accessible through its website and Apple's App Store, with plans to expand to Android in the near future.
On Deck
Seed Round in 2021
On Deck is a global platform fostering connections among ambitious individuals. It offers action-oriented programming and community support to accelerate careers, launch ideas, or build lifelong networks.
Brella is a networking platform for events, conferences and livestreams that helps professionals discover and connect with high-value contacts. The platform relies on a matchmaking algorithm, often AI-powered, to guide attendees to relevant people, opportunities, and conversations at the right time and place. Based in Jyväskylä, Finland, Brella aims to simplify networking and enable attendees to build meaningful business relationships during live events, conferences, and streams, facilitating face-to-face interactions and timely connections.
On Deck is a global platform fostering connections among ambitious individuals. It offers action-oriented programming and community support to accelerate careers, launch ideas, or build lifelong networks.
Stacks is a social video studio building the future of entertainment.
Friendshop
Seed Round in 2019
Friendshop is an online retail company specializing in beauty and skincare products, headquartered in San Francisco, California. Founded in 2018, it offers a diverse range of cosmetics including eye makeup, face makeup, and lip products, alongside skincare items such as anti-aging treatments, exfoliators, face masks, and sunscreens. The company features a unique approach by allowing users to recruit friends to shop together, enabling them to access special deals. Through its focus on e-commerce and product design, Friendshop aims to enhance the online shopping experience for beauty enthusiasts.
Dough
Venture Round in 2019
Dough, Inc. is a membership community and platform dedicated to promoting products made by women. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, Dough offers a diverse range of items including accessories, apparel, beauty products, books, food and beverages, health and wellness products, and home furnishings. The company aims to increase awareness and purchasing power for women-owned businesses, striving to create economic equality and foster an inclusive movement that represents all female entrepreneurs. Dough's mission emphasizes the importance of equal representation for women in leadership roles across various sectors, including corporate environments.
PartySlate
Seed Round in 2019
PartySlate is an online marketplace designed to inspire and assist individuals planning various types of events by connecting them with top event professionals, vendors, and venues globally. The platform serves as a hub for discovering unique party ideas, identifying local vendors and venues, and assembling event teams. Event professionals utilize PartySlate to expand their businesses, network with industry peers, and attract more clients. Users can share multimedia content from events, gain recognition through a distinctive crediting system, and showcase their work via detailed profiles. Since its inception in 2016, over 25,000 leading venues, planners, and vendors have contributed more than 2 million photos of real weddings, corporate events, and celebrations to the platform.
PartySlate
Venture Round in 2018
PartySlate is an online marketplace designed to inspire and assist individuals planning various types of events by connecting them with top event professionals, vendors, and venues globally. The platform serves as a hub for discovering unique party ideas, identifying local vendors and venues, and assembling event teams. Event professionals utilize PartySlate to expand their businesses, network with industry peers, and attract more clients. Users can share multimedia content from events, gain recognition through a distinctive crediting system, and showcase their work via detailed profiles. Since its inception in 2016, over 25,000 leading venues, planners, and vendors have contributed more than 2 million photos of real weddings, corporate events, and celebrations to the platform.
Sleeper
Seed Round in 2017
Sleeper is a fantasy sports platform that connects fans worldwide. It offers real-time news, expert advice, cash prizes, and social features like chat, enabling users to engage in competitive yet communal sporting experiences.
Sleeper
Seed Round in 2015
Sleeper is a fantasy sports platform that connects fans worldwide. It offers real-time news, expert advice, cash prizes, and social features like chat, enabling users to engage in competitive yet communal sporting experiences.