Know an investor on the hunt for the 'next big thing' in social media? We want to hear from you.

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Business Insider wants to know the names of the top investors hunting for the next big internet hit.

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2 Yale students raised $5 million to help supercharge your career. Read their networking startup's pitch deck.

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Nathaneo Johnson and Sean Hargrow
Nathaneo Johnson and Sean Hargrow cofounded Series.

Series

Young founders share 12 pitch decks that raised millions in the AI boom

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Ditto cofounders Eric Liu and Allen Wang. Courtesy of Ditto
Ditto cofounders Eric Liu and Allen Wang. Courtesy of Ditto

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Buckle up: Partiful is the new Tinder

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Partiful's new Crush feature

Partiful

  • A new way to flirt just dropped.
  • Partiful wants you to shoot your shot in the RSVPs.
  • The party invite app recently launched a tool called "Crush" that lets people match with mutuals.

A notification pops up on your phone screen: "Someone has a crush on you!"

I download dozens of new apps every year. Here are my favorite social media alternatives to TikTok and Instagram.

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2 former Hinge execs are building an app to make it easier to plan hangouts with your friends

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Sam Levy and Tim macgougan
Sam Levy and Tim MacGougan cofounded Rodeo, a new startup building an app for making plans with friends.

Rodeo

This startup uses an AI copilot to help you make deeper professional connections. Read the pitch deck it used to raise $4M.

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Goodword cofounders Caroline Dell and Chris Fischer sit on orange couch
Caroline Dell and Chris Fischer cofounded Goodword, a new professional networking startup.

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Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian describes where he sees the internet and the 'next wave' of social apps heading

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 29: Alexis Ohanian speaks onstage during WSJ's Future of Everything 2025 at The Glasshouse on May 29, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)
Alexis Ohanian is an investor in Airbuds.

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Teens love this social music app. So does Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian.

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Airbuds
Airbuds

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Bluesky, a competitor to Elon Musk's X, appears to be down after shooting to the top of the App Store

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Bluesky has over 16 million users.

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