Startup Roundup – 14th June
Social Discovery Insights is constantly on the lookout for new players, disruptive business models, and innovative technologies, in the social discovery market.
- Three: Created with Gen Z in mind, this app allows its users to stay in touch via simple drop-in group video chats. Users can create groups with their friends, and meet new ones in community spaces. It supports group video calls, as well as voice and text messaging.
- Therr: Using geo-fence technology, Therr allows users to share ‘moments’ and discover ‘spaces’ unique to their surroundings, earning cash rewards and local discounts through community engagement. For businesses, it offers a platform to claim digital ‘spaces,’ send targeted promotions, and attract more foot traffic. Its aim is to boost social health via healthy incentives.
- Explurger: This AI-powered social travelogue app from India allows its users to document their journeys by tracking miles traveled and destinations visited. Its features include a Bucket List for future adventures, location-activated reminders and directions, and the ability to share plans and posts across social platforms.
In Case You Missed It! Here’s last week’s Startup Roundup:
- Airbuds Widget: One of the fastest-growing social music apps, this free widget allows users to connect over their listening activity. Its simple interface shows users one song along with listeners’ profiles and their reactions, which can include emojis and pre-made texts. It enables messaging by replying to a person’s song on the main page or by clicking on their profile to chat one-on-one directly.
- Spacehey: A retro social network reminiscent of Myspace, which prioritizes privacy and a user’s ability to customize their experience. In line with its Y2K aesthetic, it includes nostalgic features like IMs, bulletins, blogs and forums. The platform already counts over 900,000 users.
- Kinnect: This soon-to-launch app for iOS users supports its users to record and store generational memories with their given or chosen families. Users create invite-only spaces where they can collectively create ‘storybooks’ of memories with multimedia content, including videos and voice recordings.
