Read the pitch decks of 12 startups looking to disrupt dating apps and social networking that have raised millions

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New social-networking and dating startups are coming onto the scene.
VCs and angel investors are funding some of these promising startups.
Here are the pitch decks 12 startups used while raising rounds from pre-seed to Series A.

A new generation of consumer social startups is emerging.

From social networks focused on getting people to meet IRL to dating apps taking on Tinder or Hinge, startups are disrupting the digital social scene.

Founders of these startups are tackling problems like loneliness, dating app fatigue, and general dissatisfaction with the current social media incumbents.

Some founders come from Big Tech backgrounds, like the Instagram-heavy team behind photo-sharing app Retro, or the ex-Google employees building the social-mapping app PamPam. Meanwhile, Gen Z founders are also throwing their hats in the ring, like Isabella Epstein’s IRL-focused app Kndrd, or Tiffany “TZ” Zhong’s Noplace app.

Investors are taking notice.

For instance, the IRL-social app 222, which matches strangers over dinner or activities with a personality quiz, raised a $2.5 million seed round from venture capital firms like 1517 Fund, General Catalyst, and Best Nights VC in 2024.

Then there’s Series, a professional networking AI chatbot for college students, which announced a $3.1 million pre-seed in April.

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“We’re entering this new wave of social where people are trying to revert back to what people really use these platforms for to begin with — which is connection,” Maitree Mervana Parekh, a principal at Acrew Capital, told Business Insider last year.

Some funds — like French firm Intuition VC — have made tackling loneliness part of their investment theses.

Dating apps are also “very disruptible in this moment,” Daybreak Ventures founder Rex Woodbury told Business Insider last year.

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Other startups, like Diem and Spill, have opened up investment rounds to include users themselves using the platform Wefunder.

It’s not yet clear how many of these investments will pan out. Some startups are pre-revenue, while others are experimenting with monetization methods (such as freemium models).

“Founders have to be honest with themselves,” said Marlon Nichols, a founding partner at Mac Venture Capital. “Some of them aren’t really venture-scale or venture-type investments. We’re looking for the next big thing, the next category leader.”

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BI spoke with several social-media and dating app founders about how they are raising capital, including the pitch decks they used to raise millions of dollars.

Read the pitch decks that helped 12 social-networking and dating startups raise millions of dollars:

Note: Pitch decks are sorted by investment stage and size of round.

Series A

Seed

Pre-Seed

Series, an AI professional network for college students: $3.1 million pre-seed (10 pages)

Other

Rodeo, a social shopping platform, shared the pitch deck it used to get accepted into an A16z startup accelerator (11 pages)

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Read the pitch decks of 12 startups looking to disrupt dating apps and social networking that have raised millions

Read the pitch decks that helped 12 social-networking and dating startups raise millions of dollars:

Series A

Seed

Pre-Seed

Other

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