Washington DC Startups List

Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Washington DC.

44 social commerce Startups View all

Quality GPTs - Custom designed GPTs for businesses

QualityGPTs

GPTs, personalized for you.
Agency providing easy to use AI tools to small businesses.

Pearstack - e-commerce consumer goods social commerce reviews and recommendations

Pearstack

Priority based product discovery
Star-based rating systems have lost their utility. They don't do a good job in distinguishing the best products from one another. Pearstack solves this problem, and takes it a step further by allowing users to interact with one another in the Pearstack marketplace. ...

Snack&Munch - e-commerce consumer goods retail social commerce

Snack&Munch

Netflix for snacks (minus returns)
Snack&Munch allows people to customize a snackpack (box of snacks) and get it shipped nationwide for free, so they're ready for the munchies! Customers include offices, schools, military bases, moms and more!

Kickball365 - mobile sports social commerce recreation

Kickball365

This is Kickball. Social Sports Leagues and Tournaments for Cash.
Kickball365 was founded in 2010. We host Leagues (Social & Competitive), host the first-ever championship system for kickball tournaments in the country known as “The Circuit“, and host a large community of kickballers on our Forum. We also provide kickball-related ...

jabfab - social media social commerce social media marketing customer service

jabfab

Real-time social feedback for businesses & consumers. Like "Survey Monkey meets Twitter"
For businesses and professionals, Jabfab provides new and differentiated ways to engage and listen to people on any topic – and react in-real time to feedback received. For casual users, Jabfab is a social self-expression application, for sharing or discovering ...

YoBucko - consumer internet financial services social commerce personal finance

YoBucko

YoBucko is an online personal finance guide for Generation Y.
YoBucko is a personal finance site for Generation Y. We offer free access to a wealth of information and tools for young people who want to learn how to build wealth and pay off debt. From articles and videos to step-by-step guides, YoBucko is the trusted source ...

StoryPoint - facebook applications social commerce private social networking virtual currency

StoryPoint

where friends value friends' stories
StoryPoint is a new social network that deepens friendships with easy story sharing. A new technology (patent pending) lets friends assign value to all kinds of "stories," micro content such as videos, blog posts, news articles and more. StoryPoint technology revolutionizes ...

Mobdog - communities local social commerce classifieds

Mobdog

Hyperlocal Communities
Mobdog (formerly Ad Communities) is a network of private or hyperlocal classified ads communities built to facilitate sharing and exchange amongst friends, neighbors, coworkers or anyone with a mutual interest. Users create their own community and set their own ...

Lowcost Email cheap flights alerts

NowBoarding ✈️

Invite-only mailing list.
We search the best weekend and long-haul flight deals so you can book before everyone else.

Orate - marketplaces social commerce events services

Orate

Connects event organizers & public speakers
Orate is an online marketplace for event organizers and public speakers to easily find one another. Organizers struggle to find fresh content and new faces at affordable rates. And emerging speakers have trouble finding the right opportunities to grow their brands ...

Vichron Corp - financial services analytics social commerce crowdsourcing

Vichron Corp

Open Source Finance
I'm looking for the right team members, a great product will follow.

GuruTapas - social commerce bridging online and offline events reading apps

GuruTapas

Booklovers engage with authors & each other - LIVE
GuruTapas gives authors a free web site to hold live online book talks and bookclubs, blog, and sell their ebooks. Booklovers attend talks and meet other booklovers with similar interests while referring new customers to their favorite authors. We are also creating ...

SNOBSWAP - e-commerce fashion social commerce collaborative consumption

SNOBSWAP

swap. sell. shop. save.
SNOBSWAP is the only online marketplace connecting buyers and sellers to swap, sell, and buy designer fashion from the top consignment stores and closets.

Ripple Market Corp. - social media social commerce

Ripple Market Corp.

Facebook and Amazon had a baby
The Ripple Market creates the largest sales force in the world

Invitation codes

The referral community
Invitation App is a social network where people post their referral codes and collect rewards on autopilot.

Snare - e-commerce social commerce online shopping

Snare

Social shopping for the real world.
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LaunchPosse - social commerce social media platforms small and medium businesses entrepreneur incubators

LaunchPosse

LaunchPosse leverages your social networks to turn your ideas into reality.
LaunchPosse is a unique online platform that helps turn your ideas into reality by leveraging the knowledge and talent in your social networks.

SnkTrd - social media e-commerce fashion social commerce

SnkTrd

Sneaker commerce community (ebay & facebook)
“Our goal is to create a community for sneaker enthusiasts globally” explains SnkTrd’s Founder & CEO, Thomas Mitchell. Technology has given this generation their own voice. It has transformed the way we communicate with each other and the world. With SnkTrd, ...

Blue Tiger Ventures - mobile hospitality big data social commerce

Blue Tiger Ventures

Company builders, advisors & investors.

Branddy - e-commerce fashion marketplaces social commerce

Branddy

Fashion with a different and enriched shopping experience.
Branddy is a fashion retail e-commerce website striving for the best customer experience and customer engagement. At Branddy, we have promoters (mainly made up of bloggers, aspiring models and average customers) to demonstrate the best way to pair and match the ...

HBCUDailyDealsCom - internet education social commerce

HBCUDailyDealsCom

Niche Daily Deal Site

PriceShoppers - comparison shopping mobile commerce social commerce deals

PriceShoppers

Social Comparison Shopping 3.0
PriceShoppers is a powerful meta shopping search engine made SLIM (Social, Local, Interactive and Mobile): - Social: we use Facebook to personalize the shopping experience, promote social wishlists and stimulate viral marketing - Local: we localize the shopper ...

Waveborn - B2B social commerce eyewear Luxury

Waveborn

Luxury Italian Sunglasses with Giving Model
Waveborn is an active luxury sunglasses company. Every frame is handcrafted by artisans in Milan, Italy using a blend of lightweight but durable polymers for superior strength and comfort. Waveborn combines excellent frames with top of the line lenses manufactured ...

Super Squam - e-commerce social commerce chat video chat

Super Squam

webcam chat site with facebook integration
Online chat site that pairs strangers from around the world for webcam conversations integrated with Facebook friends.

Recoup - marketplaces ventures for good facebook applications social commerce

Recoup

e-commerce & f-commerce platform that brings consumers, businesses, & nonprofits together.
The first e-commerce and f-commerce platform that brings nonprofits, consumers, and businesses, together. With Recoup, nonprofits and businesses get their very own shopping pages. When customers buy an item, 10 percent of the purchase price goes to a Recoup charity ...

Vookup - payments social commerce events event management

Vookup

Easiest way to plan social activities with friends. Mashup of evite+doodle+paypal.
Vookup is a free web and mobile application that makes it easy and fun for groups or friends to virtually coordinate and plan social activities together. Vookup alleviates the use of countless emails, texts, spreadsheets and multiple applications by providing start-to-finish ...

SellPin: Own it. Pin it. Sell it. - e-commerce social commerce

SellPin: Own it. Pin it. Sell it.

The Ebay of Pinterest
SellPin provides a selling platform to existing Pinterst users to sell the items in their pins to other Pinterest users. SellPin works similar to Ebay or Amazon in that it is a buy/sell Marketplace for tangible goods owned by Pinterest users. VISION: To create ...

Harverz - fashion social commerce art lifestyle products

Harverz

The Superior Dress Dress Code
WE ARE THE SUPERIOR DRESS CODE - A selfless brand with one goal: inspire all people to live a superior life through our products and the endless possibilities we have to our imagination. We currently design graphic t-shirts, sweatshirts with plans to include ...

Spend Consciously - mobile e-commerce education social commerce

Spend Consciously

Spend and Invest the way that you believe
Spend Consciously is the evolution of the nutrition facts label. For the first time consumers will have the ability to spend with peace of mind. Most people do not have the resources, let alone the time, to research every product they buy, let alone the companies ...

DC Web Makers - health care information technology social commerce social media platforms mobile application

DC Web Makers

Custom website and mobile Application developments-1612 K St, NW, Ste 510, DC
DC Web Makers is a local IT company which excels in web and mobile application development. The team working here delivers user-friendly customized websites and mobile phone applications. Our team is composed of talented professionals who work with dedication to ...

Lifepages - e-commerce education mobile commerce social commerce

Lifepages

Connecting you with thousands of unseen photos from life's most memorable moments.
Lifepages connects you with thousands of unseen photos from life's most memorable moments by creating photo delivery, discovery and sharing for the billions of photos that go unpublished by photographers and school media departments each year.

EZPL8 - retail social commerce social media platforms retail technology

EZPL8

Recognize and Remember Like Royalty
Lincoln ended slavery. Martin Luther King Jr ended racism. EzPL8 ends sexism. Instead of a crude "Sir" or "Ma'am", go where everybody knows your name. EzPL8s are personalized license plates for your pocket that enable employees to recognize and remember you ...

Trendify - social commerce venture capital predictive analytics social innovation

Trendify

Using data to pick startups
In a market where 75% of startups fail, Trendify's mission is to use data to predict reliably and objectively whether any given startup will succeed or not. Trendify will use open data and machine learning to save investors money and ensure that new, innovative ...

Dasdak - mobile commerce platforms social commerce small and medium businesses

Dasdak

Social Commerce Platform
Dasdak provides various mobile solutions for our clients; however, the most popular service is mobile ordering. Our biggest client is the Washington Nationals baseball team. Fans can use their cell phone to order (from a menu with over 400 items so they can skip ...

ForkingDeals - sales and marketing social commerce restaurants deals

ForkingDeals

Hyper-local promotional website for local and small business owners.
ForkingDeals is a Georgetown-based promotional website focused on food and beverage establishments in Georgetown, Foggy Bottom, Dupont Circle and Glover Park. We keep it local since statistics show that people spend 80% of their discretionary income within two ...

The Shopping Asylum - e-commerce fashion social commerce Women's apparel and accessories

The Shopping Asylum

Online QVC For Millennial
In 2014, Americans will spend $64.5B shopping for apparel and accessories online. In 2013, QVC and HSN combined for $12B in sales. The Shopping Asylum looks to tap into both of these markets, creating a new age shopping experience for Millennial women. 48% of ...

ME+1™ - social media mobile commerce social commerce new technologies

ME+1™

Social Nightlife App That Allows Users to Make Mobile Payments
ME+1™ is a social nightlife app for iPhone and Android that allows users to plan their night from start to finish, RSVP & make reservations to their favorite nightlife venues, and make mobile payments in advance or as they go throughout the night! ME+1™ also allows ...

GoodWorld, Inc - social commerce social fundraising

GoodWorld, Inc

Give and share instantly with a hashtag – #donate
Hashtag donations allow you to donate without leaving social media. Simply write #donate on any Facebook post or when you tweet at any of our partner charities. If you're not signed up, you’ll receive a link to complete a one-time registration. It really is that ...

Stupil - e-commerce social commerce online video advertising online shopping

Stupil

In-stream social video commerce platform for buying, selling & fund raising online
Stupil is setting out to make it easier for online sellers and fundraisers to make a bigger impact with their social media. Goal: Enable sellers/fundraisers to activate their followers by making it easier than ever before for potential customers to buy and contribute. Problem: ...

love schmove - social commerce online dating Dating

love schmove

online dating site where people can setup their friends and family
Love Schmove is a website for people to date online with the support and involvement of family and friends. A dater’s profile can be initiated by the individual themself or by a family member or friend of that person. Every user on the site must have at least one ...

SalesVote - twitter applications facebook applications social commerce deals

SalesVote

Groupon meets QuiBids
With a 7 ft squirrel we have a lot of fun. Really, see us here: fb.com/salesvote. Along with our squirrel, we have a patent pending game that rewards the last person to share our deals before a timer expires. With each share though, time is added. Yet the last ...

ResearchAndCompare - comparison shopping big data social commerce

ResearchAndCompare

Product Comparison Shopping Engine covering all products.
ResearchAndCompare is a Product Comparison Engine. While running an eCommerce site, my customer asked "how do I know which office chair I should buy?" My answer was that she should call us, her response was "I want the Internet to tell me." We are creating ...

Y it Sucks - social media social commerce

Y it Sucks

Epinions meets Twitter
Y it Sucks is a new start-up that focuses on the negative aspects of consumer merchandise and shares those imperfections with the masses through social networks.

Kalaa, LLC - fashion social commerce custom retail sustainability

Kalaa, LLC

classic styles, luxurious fabrics, designer fit
Kalaa (pronounced “kuh-laa”) – the Sanskrit word for “Art” – is a high-fashion, women's contemporary clothing line that combines unique global textiles and textures with sophisticated, modern silhouettes. Kalaa delivers inspired designs, vibrant tones and textures ...

Hobbyeur - e-commerce marketplaces social commerce entrepreneur

Hobbyeur

A better Etsy for hobbyists-turned-entrepreneurs.
Early stage. Hobbyeur will be a social online marketplace that connects passionate and highly skilled hobbyists with consumers seeking a professional-quality product or service at a fraction of the cost. Our mission is to help people transform their hobbies into ...

GoodShuffle - social commerce collaboration collaborative consumption

GoodShuffle

Rent Thy Neighbor's Stuff
An online, neighbor-to-neighbor marketplace helping people safely and securely post, rent and share their household items with their communities.

LivingSocial - e-commerce networking social commerce group buying

LivingSocial

We ♥ adding surprise to your calendar.
LivingSocial is the online source for discovering valuable local experiences. We inspire our members to find, share, and enjoy the best of their neighborhoods by connecting them with handpicked local businesses.

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