Goodwater Capital

Founded in 2014, Goodwater Capital is a venture capital firm based in Burlingame, California. It invests in early-stage consumer technology companies, empowering exceptional entrepreneurs to solve pressing problems and create global impact.

Jing Cao

Investor

Timothy Chang

Investor

Alex Chen

Investor

Chi-Hua Chien

Managing Partner

Kate Cobb

Investor

Anna Consani

Investor

Jordan Dale

Investor

Kanishk Desai

Investor

Robert Farb

Investor

Patrick Granahan

Investor

Daryl Hansen

Investor

Alden Harwood

Investor

Sophie Hoffman

Investor

Coddy Johnson

Partner

Hatim Khety

Partner

Eric Kim

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Soobin Kim

Investor

Danielle Kling

Operating Partner

Nicholas Kridler

Investor

Jessica Lee

Investor

Adam Levinson

Vice President of Investing Platform

Yao Li

Principal

Olivia Li

Investor

Nikhil Lingireddy

Investor

Jin Oh

Partner

Barrett Parkman

Vice President, Portfolio Services

karthika purushothaman

Investor

Scott Shiao

Principal

Vivek Subramanian

Partner

Nathan Tien

Principal

Khang Tran

Investor

Past deals in Social Media

Yope

Seed Round in 2025
Yope is a technology company that specializes in developing a unique social platform tailored for Generation Z. The Yope app functions as a social "Google Photos," focusing on sharing and chatting rather than just storage. It allows users to record real-time videos of themselves interacting with content on their smartphones or other devices, which can then be shared as a single video via messaging apps or social media platforms. This feature enables users to engage more dynamically with their followers, fostering a more interactive online experience.

Howbout

Series A in 2024
Howbout is a social planning application that helps users coordinate events with friends. It uses smart scheduling technology to find suitable times for all attendees and allows users to share calendars, events, and reminders.

RenderNet AI

Seed Round in 2024
RenderNet.ai is your go-to platform for creating high-quality, character-consistent AI images and videos tailored for marketing, advertising, and social media. Whether you’re building immersive ad campaigns, producing dynamic visuals, or enhancing your online presence, RenderNet ensures your characters stay consistent across every frame and scene. RenderNet just launched a new feature - you can now generate engaging music videos! Upload your music, select an AI character, and provide lyrics or themes to create visually stunning videos. From concept to creation, RenderNet simplifies the process of generating professional-grade, AI-powered content that captivates and resonates with your audience.

DOR

Seed Round in 2023
'Dor' is a social media platform that enables easy sharing and communication of game play by allowing gamers to automatically record and highlight their gaming experiences for easy sharing.

TANGGapp

Seed Round in 2023
TANGapp is a community network of local businesses, non-profits, and united in their desire to help everywhere. It is a mobile transaction and payment app that operates on an international peer-to-peer basis. It uses to send and receive money.

unboxers

Seed Round in 2023
Unboxers is a developer of a dynamic discussion platform aimed at creating engaging products that positively influence users' lives. The company focuses on expanding its 'Haip' service, aspiring to transform it into a widely used platform for individuals in their twenties, akin to popular social media networks like Instagram and TikTok. By conducting rapid and effective experiments, Unboxers seeks to establish a social service that resonates with teenagers and young adults globally, encouraging daily interaction and enjoyment. Through collaboration on various projects, the company enables users to discover, verify, and implement innovative products, fostering a community centered around fun and meaningful experiences.

COMMUNITYx

Seed Round in 2023
COMMUNITYx is a developer of a mobile social networking application aimed at connecting activists, organizations, and changemakers. This platform allows users to unite around shared causes and calls to action, including petitions, events, and donations. By facilitating collaboration among like-minded individuals and groups, COMMUNITYx seeks to foster a global community dedicated to social impact and positive change. The application serves as a resource for those committed to advancing social causes and enhancing collective engagement in various initiatives.

Squad

Venture Round in 2023
Squad is the intimate voice-only social experience. Squad combines audio technology with powerful habit creation, giving you and your people a comfortable and casual way to come together to share, laugh, and connect. You can share updates on what you're up to and exchange messages, facilitating real-life social conversations with only your closest people.

Artifact

Seed Round in 2022
Artifact Company, Inc. is a San Francisco-based business that specializes in creating personal podcasts for users. Founded in 2019, the company offers an online platform where users can connect with professional interviewers to capture and preserve memories with friends and family. Artifact streamlines the process by handling scheduling and hosting interviews, and it provides users with a polished, edited podcast as the final product. This service is designed to help individuals document and share significant life stories in an engaging format.

Notifi

Seed Round in 2022
Notifi develops a cross-chain messaging layer for Web3, simplifying communication across various blockchains and messaging channels like Discord, Telegram, SMS, and Twitter. Its platform enables user engagement and serves as an infrastructure for Web3 developers and creators.

Rella

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Rella is the go-to solution for any creator and social media-powered business to automate their workflow and share their content. Millions today are disorganized, wasting hours each week, and spending money using fragmented and inefficient tools that are not made for social media. On Rella, you can manage campaigns using AI, and share, send, and auto-post your content. Rella was founded by Natalie, a creator with 380,000 followers and a previous social media agency owner.

Urban Swan

Seed Round in 2022
Urban Swan operates an online dating experience platform designed to curate unique date experiences for young couples. The company's website enables users to easily schedule dates tailored to their budget, interests, or hobbies, ensuring enjoyable and accessible date nights. By focusing on personalized experiences, Urban Swan aims to enhance the dating experience for its customers, making it simpler for couples to explore fun and interesting activities together.

Block Party

Seed Round in 2022
Block Party is focused on creating a safer online environment through technology that combats online abuse and harassment. The company has developed a user-centric platform designed to help individuals manage their social media experiences by addressing spam and trolls. Its primary product, Privacy Party, is a widely acclaimed browser extension that offers expert recommendations for securing social media accounts and automatically adjusts user privacy settings. By integrating both manual controls and machine learning-based models, Block Party empowers users to filter and manage negative content effectively, aiming to provide an internet experience that is free from toxicity and protects personal information from unwanted scrutiny.

Jamble

Venture Round in 2022
Founded in 2021, Jamble is a San Francisco-based platform that facilitates the buying and selling of used clothing. It employs live streaming technologies to enhance resellers' efficiency and offers users an engaging shopping experience.

Patrol

Seed Round in 2022
Patrol is an AI-powered safety network designed to enhance individual safety by leveraging data from users and global networks. The company develops an API application that aggregates information on safety incidents, providing valuable insights for insurance companies, governments, news organizations, and emergency officials. By offering neighborhood safety scores, Patrol not only empowers individuals with critical information but also improves the efficiency of insurers and real estate professionals. The platform aims to foster community empowerment through enhanced access to safety-related data, enabling users to make informed decisions to protect themselves and their surroundings.

Vouch Vault

Venture Round in 2022
Vouch Vault operates a social recommendation platform that assists users in discovering high-quality products and services tailored to their personal preferences. The platform enables users to follow friends, influencers, and experts for informed decision-making based on trusted recommendations.

Diall

Venture Round in 2022
Diall is a mental wellness platform for students that provides early support for mental health and wellbeing. The service translates mental health science into accessible resources, offering education and practical skills to help youth manage stress and emotions before a crisis. It delivers short-form video content and other user-friendly formats, enabling students to learn coping techniques and ask unlimited questions to a therapist. By reducing stigma and making professional support more approachable, Diall empowers students to take proactive steps toward better mental health.

TANGGapp

Venture Round in 2022
TANGapp is a community network of local businesses, non-profits, and united in their desire to help everywhere. It is a mobile transaction and payment app that operates on an international peer-to-peer basis. It uses to send and receive money.

Maple

Venture Round in 2022
Maple is a family tech company founded in 2020 by Michael Perry and Mike Taylor. The company specializes in developing software that enhances the quality of family time by leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning. Maple's platform enables parents to create daily and weekly personalized plans tailored to their specific needs. Users can list tasks they need to accomplish, and the system generates customized schedules while facilitating requests for assistance from others. By continuously learning from user interactions, Maple offers increasingly smarter recommendations, helping parents effectively manage their family responsibilities and foster social connections.

Huddles

Venture Round in 2022
Huddles is a platform empowering short-form video creators by offering innovative monetization options, fostering inclusive communities, and providing creator-inspired features. It aims to help creators succeed and sustain a living through content creation.

Friends With Benefits

Venture Round in 2022
Friends With Benefits is an art and culture platform operated as a crypto-backed social club for Web3 artists, operators, and thinkers. The organization uses token-based membership to grant holders governance rights and access to a suite of experiences, including a non-fungible token gallery, a virtual music studio, and a token-gated events app, along with a community dashboard, enabling members to support their favorite creators and participate in governance within a decentralized ecosystem.

Ituloh!

Venture Round in 2022
​Ituloh is an Indonesia-based technology company that operates a community-driven video commerce platform. It offers services such as influencer marketing, community engagement, affiliate marketing, event management, and live shopping. The platform connects brands with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) across various lifestyle communities to facilitate product discovery and purchasing.​

Capsule

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Capsule is a mobile shopping platform that enables users to save and purchase items discovered on social media by snapping screenshots. The app searches across the internet to instantly provide shoppable links for products found in posts, images, or feeds, eliminating the need to browse multiple sites. It leverages visual search and machine learning to interpret screenshots and deliver relevant product matches, offering a streamlined path from inspiration to purchase. By integrating search across diverse platforms, Capsule helps users turn social media discoveries into actionable shopping opportunities without leaving the app.

Studyverse

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Studyverse is a company that offers a virtual study platform designed to create distraction-free environments for students. By enabling users to establish personalized study rooms, Studyverse facilitates collaborative learning among friends, classmates, and study partners. The platform employs scientific principles, such as social accountability and mimicry, to enhance focus and productivity. By providing customized virtual library spaces, Studyverse aims to help students concentrate on their studies while minimizing the distractions often associated with social media. This innovative approach supports learners in achieving their academic goals in a more effective and engaging manner.

Listed

Seed Round in 2022
Listed facilitates investment in social media creators by establishing creator syndicates. It aims to democratize access to capital for individuals, providing an alternative asset class that is well-understood by the masses.

Obimy

Seed Round in 2022
Obimy develops a mobile messaging app that enables users to share physical gestures like kisses or hugs via haptic feedback, expressing moods and fostering emotional connections without relying on words.

Gaggle Studios

Venture Round in 2022
Gaggle Studios is a game developer focused on a video chat-integrated gaming platform. The company builds playable games that enable users to chat and communicate in real time while they play, creating immersive social gaming experiences that connect friends and family. Its offerings include a voice-chat integrated social deception game, illustrating the blend of communication and gameplay.

Artifact

Venture Round in 2022
Artifact Company, Inc. is a San Francisco-based business that specializes in creating personal podcasts for users. Founded in 2019, the company offers an online platform where users can connect with professional interviewers to capture and preserve memories with friends and family. Artifact streamlines the process by handling scheduling and hosting interviews, and it provides users with a polished, edited podcast as the final product. This service is designed to help individuals document and share significant life stories in an engaging format.

KEIPhone

Pre Seed Round in 2022
KEIPhone is a company focused on increasing connectivity in sub-Saharan Africa by providing free smartphones and data to the estimated 70% of the population that currently lacks access to the internet. It aims to bridge the digital divide, particularly addressing the gender gap in internet access, by offering smartphones and solar chargers. The company's innovative business model generates revenue through lock screen advertising, which allows users to access content in their local languages via various formats such as video, IVR, web, and SMS. This approach not only enables women to connect and empower themselves but also facilitates the collection of detailed client data for targeted advertising, ultimately improving the lives of its users.

Lovecast

Venture Round in 2022
Lovecast is a platform designed for hosting virtual and hybrid weddings, enabling couples to extend their wedding celebrations beyond a single location. The platform offers high-quality livestream capabilities along with an easy-to-use hosting application that allows for interactive features, such as live chat and virtual guest tables. Lovecast aims to create an immersive experience for virtual attendees, ensuring that participating in a wedding online is as enjoyable as attending in person. By eliminating the need for guests to log in or download an application, Lovecast enhances accessibility and engagement, making it a valuable resource for couples looking to connect with loved ones from anywhere in the world.

Discz Music

Venture Round in 2022
Discz Music is a company that operates a music discovery platform designed to help users discover and share music. The application allows individuals to find new songs and create personalized playlists, facilitating an easy and enjoyable way to explore music tailored to their tastes. Through its innovative platform, Discz Music aims to enhance the user experience in music discovery, providing a seamless interface for music enthusiasts to connect with the sounds they love.

Argo

Venture Round in 2022
Argo is a streaming platform that enables creators and fans to collaborate around content. Creators can distribute material, launch subscription channels, sell digital goods, and participate in revenue sharing and royalties across platforms, while fans help curate and promote content. The platform uses a Web3-based approach to transparent revenue sharing and cross-platform royalties. It focuses on independent storytelling by curating short films and television content and provides personalized recommendations by connecting users, following influencers, film festivals, and filmmakers. Argo monetizes content worldwide on a revenue-share basis, helping creators generate revenue beyond traditional channels and enabling audiences to discover quality content through tailored suggestions.

Supermassiv

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Supermassiv is an online commerce and social platform designed to facilitate direct connections between artists and their fans. It enables musicians to sell a variety of exclusive content, including videos, tracks, artwork, NFTs, and merchandise. By providing these services, Supermassiv fosters a closer relationship between artists and their communities, allowing for meaningful interactions and transactions in the digital space. The platform empowers creators to monetize their work while engaging with their audience in a more personal manner.

Pocket FM

Series C in 2022
Pocket FM, established in 2018 and based in Bengaluru, India, operates a web-based mobile application offering a vernacular audio sharing platform. It provides users access to a wide range of audio content, including news, finance, stories, and entertainment, in local Indian languages and English. The platform specializes in long-form audio entertainment, with a focus on diverse and engaging content across various genres such as fantasy, science fiction, romance, horror, and thriller. It enables users to share and listen to audios, fostering direct communication with creators worldwide, including podcasts.

S'More Date

Venture Round in 2022
S'More Date they provide daters with a totally interactive way to learn more about a person before evaluating them on appearance.

Patrol

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Patrol is an AI-powered safety network designed to enhance individual safety by leveraging data from users and global networks. The company develops an API application that aggregates information on safety incidents, providing valuable insights for insurance companies, governments, news organizations, and emergency officials. By offering neighborhood safety scores, Patrol not only empowers individuals with critical information but also improves the efficiency of insurers and real estate professionals. The platform aims to foster community empowerment through enhanced access to safety-related data, enabling users to make informed decisions to protect themselves and their surroundings.

So-Col

Seed Round in 2022
So-Col is a pioneering platform facilitating direct connections between content creators and their fans. It leverages blockchain technology to bridge Web2 identities to Web3, enabling creators to monetize their content and build communities by converting social media posts into non-fungible collectibles.

Crafted

Seed Round in 2022
Crafted is a content-first retail marketing platform, enabling brands to drive in-store sales through digital channels. We help brands leverage social media to find high-intent audiences, drive conversions with rebate incentives, and provide full-funnel attribution to optimize campaigns.

Facily

Series D in 2021
Facily is a Latin American social commerce platform focusing on affordable items for lower-income neighborhoods. It enables group buying, offers interactive shopping experiences, and promotes community engagement through local leaders.

Tagg

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Tagg is a social branding platform that enables content creators to build personalized profiles, curate links, and post content. It uses web3 elements like tokens to reward engaging creators.

HumBee

Venture Round in 2021
HumBee is an avatar-based social app where you can match and chat with interesting people near you without revealing your real identity. It was founded in 2021 and is located in Karnataka India.

Atmana

Seed Round in 2021
Atmana provides digital wellbeing tools to help users curb technology addictions and reduce time spent on digital products. The platform targets millennials and combines habit tracking with blocking features and educational content inspired by addiction treatment, including peer support elements and buddy programs. Through a yearly subscription, Atmana aims to help users manage smartphone usage, cut back on gaming, pornography, and social media, and build healthier digital habits by reducing distractions and promoting sustained behavior change.

Vitalk

Series A in 2021
Vitalk is a company that provides emotional and mental health services tailored for employees. It has developed an online chatbot that serves as a virtual assistant, facilitating conversations on topics such as depression, stress, anxiety, and sleep issues. This chatbot is accessible across various platforms, including Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, web channels, SMS, and mobile applications for both Android and iOS. By enabling users to engage with the chatbot, Vitalk aims to enhance patient access to vital mental health information and support, allowing individuals to monitor and improve their mental well-being effectively.

Beaubble

Seed Round in 2021
Beaubble is an e-commerce platform that specializes in beauty products, combining the elements of beauty and community. The company provides a space for discussions about cosmetics, allowing consumers and influencers to connect and collaborate. Through its platform, Beaubble offers a variety of cosmetic products, enabling customers to shop for beauty items while also engaging in conversations that shape trends and preferences in the beauty industry. This approach fosters a vibrant community around beauty, enhancing the shopping experience beyond mere transactions.

Legaci

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Legaci is a web3 rewards platform that utilizes non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to enhance fan engagement. The company aims to empower brands and creators by providing a self-service NFT solution that allows them to transform their existing activities into NFTs while facilitating a dedicated rewards program for these digital assets. Legaci emphasizes a straightforward, interactive, and eco-friendly experience, enabling users to unlock exclusive merchandise, tickets, videos, and voting rights. By fostering community curation and rewarding participation, Legaci envisions being a central hub for brand-fan interactions across both physical and digital channels.

Flowly

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Flowly is a mobile application designed to help manage pain and anxiety. It offers interactive experiences that teach users techniques to regulate their nervous system and reduce stress. Users can track their progress, engage with a supportive community, and access content through a phone or VR headset.

AppX

Pre Seed Round in 2021
AppX is a platform that enables social media and educational content creators to launch personalized mobile apps. It supports building customized applications by selecting interfaces and features and entering app details, enabling creators to launch their apps and monetize their audiences through courses and premium content. The company initially focused on educational creators and has since expanded to gaming and fitness creators.

FanPlay Technologies

Series A in 2021
FanPlay Technologies operates as a real-money gaming startup. FanPlay looks to create a unique proposition in Real Money Gaming (RMG) with live video integration and takes social gaming to the next level with high interaction between the hosts of the games and players

Ituloh!

Pre Seed Round in 2021
​Ituloh is an Indonesia-based technology company that operates a community-driven video commerce platform. It offers services such as influencer marketing, community engagement, affiliate marketing, event management, and live shopping. The platform connects brands with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) across various lifestyle communities to facilitate product discovery and purchasing.​

Groovetime

Seed Round in 2021
Groovetime develops an interactive platform that enables users to learn, practice, and compete in various dance challenges. The platform employs AI-powered feedback, offers a diverse range of daily updated dance challenges, provides practice tools for skill improvement, and facilitates social mini-games for competition.

ADPList

Seed Round in 2021
ADPList is a global connectivity platform dedicated to democratizing mentorship for individuals seeking guidance and support. By fostering a community centered on connection and inclusivity, ADPList allows users to easily find, book, and engage with mentors from diverse backgrounds around the world. The platform aims to inspire meaningful conversations and shared experiences, empowering users to access valuable mentorship opportunities and enhance their personal and professional growth. Through its commitment to accessibility, ADPList is transforming the mentorship landscape by making it available to a broader audience.

Famosos

Seed Round in 2021
A Latin American platform facilitating engagement between fans and Hispanic celebrities. It serves as a marketplace where businesses can hire celebrities for personalized video interactions.

Reach

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Reach is an online platform that connects creators with top brands, providing them with opportunities to earn a living doing what they love.

DreamWorld

Seed Round in 2021
DreamWorld is a creative open-world MMO game with the multiplayer density of real-world cities.

OP3N

Seed Round in 2021
Founded in 2021, OP3N is a global Web3 superapp that serves as a one-stop-shop for communication, connection, and commerce with on-chain interactions. It aims to create a more frictionless, decentralized, and democratized creator economy by consolidating tools needed for minting, sharing, and engaging with digital goods and tokens into one unified interface. Co-led by Jaeson Ma and Eric Tu, OP3N is headquartered in Los Angeles.

Amino Apps

Series C in 2018
Amino Apps enables people to discover, develop, and express their interests and passions. Founded in 2011, Amino Apps offer a network of communities allowing its users explore and obsess over the things they're into.

Rabbit

Series B in 2017
Rabbit, Inc. is a technology company based in San Mateo, California, that specializes in developing a web and mobile application designed for shared viewing experiences. Founded in 2011, Rabbit enables users to connect with friends through video chat and content sharing, allowing them to watch shows, movies, and videos together in real-time, regardless of their physical location. The platform supports interactions such as creating personalized rooms for group chats, discovering new content, and listening to music collaboratively. By integrating with social media, users can invite friends and engage in shared entertainment experiences, enhancing communication and connection through video and multimedia.

Amino Apps

Series B in 2016
Amino Apps enables people to discover, develop, and express their interests and passions. Founded in 2011, Amino Apps offer a network of communities allowing its users explore and obsess over the things they're into.

Musical.Ly

Series C in 2016
Musical.ly, founded in 2014 by Alex Zhu and Luyu Yang, was a social network designed for creating, sharing, and discovering short videos. The platform became particularly popular among teenagers, offering them a space to express their creativity through singing, dancing, comedy, and lip-syncing in videos of 15 seconds or less. By providing tools for users to record live videos and overlay music, Musical.ly fostered a vibrant global community of content creators and viewers. The app gained significant traction, ranking #1 in the iOS App Store for free apps in multiple countries, including the United States. In 2017, Musical.ly was acquired by ByteDance's subsidiary Toutiao, and in 2018, it was merged into TikTok, further expanding its reach and influence in the realm of short-form video content.

Venticake

Venture Round in 2015
Venticake Inc., founded in 2012 and headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, is a company that specializes in developing photography applications. The flagship product, Retrica, allows users to capture and enhance their everyday moments, offering features that enable them to save and share their photographs without restrictions. The app is designed to help individuals preserve their memories beautifully, facilitating a seamless sharing experience. Through its innovative approach to photography, Venticake aims to enhance the way people document and remember their lives.

imoji

Venture Round in 2014
Imoji is an application that enables users to transform selfies and other images into personalized stickers for messaging. The app provides a user-friendly interface with tools that allow individuals to zoom, crop, and cut out their images, creating unique emoji-like stickers. In 2017, Imoji was acquired by Giphy, expanding its reach within the digital communication landscape.
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