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Startup Roundup – 16th August

Social Discovery Insights is constantly on the lookout for new players, disruptive business models, and innovative technologies, in the social discovery market.

  1. Buzzly connects users with locals nearby, to facilitate local discovery directly without in-app messaging. It uses your location to present matches within your chosen radius, and users can mutually exchange contact information if they match each other’s search terms. Keywords can be used to find others with matching interests. The app aims to offer a safe and straightforward path to connect locally, with privacy measures and SSL encryption.
  2. Grit helps users build and maintain healthy habits and routines alongside friends, adding a social element to habit formation. The app features personalized tracking, daily challenges, and a rewards system, making habit-building engaging and competitive through a user-friendly interface.
  3. Spoutible aims to create a safe, inclusive social media space free from harassment. By celebrating diversity and prioritizing user privacy and safety, it offers its community a secure and enjoyable platform for users to express themselves freely. It seeks to make trolling a thing of the past through its zero-tolerance policy against hate-driven accounts, personal attacks and spreading disinformation.

In Case You Missed It! Here’s last week’s Startup Roundup:

  1. Openvibe aggregates decentralized social networks like Mastodon, Bluesky, and Nostr into one app, offering users a seamless way to connect across platforms. Its combined timeline and cross-posting features simplify social media management, aiming to lower barriers for new users to the open social web.
  2. Skip the Small Talk transforms brief interactions into meaningful conversations through events that use psychology-backed questions. Popular in major US and European cities, these events foster genuine connections and improve social skills, making them a hit among introverts and extroverts alike.
  3. MEEFF facilitates global friendships by connecting users with Koreans and people from other nationalities. Ideal for cultural exchange and language learning, the app offers filters for users to match with specific demographics and a virtual currency system for premium users.
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