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Best Social Platforms Companies in Bavaria, Germany

The 34 best Social Platforms companies in Bavaria, Germany in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Mylivn.

34companies tracked
$13Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
7have raised

Ranked: Best Social Platforms companies in Bavaria

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackRecent signals
1Mylivn
Online application for creative professionals
$6M82 mo agoDeadpooledLars Luethke
Managing Director
2015——
2Ciao
Product review portal
$5M304 mo agoAcqui-HiredRichard Stables
CEO
1999——
3Aloqa
Location based social discovery
$2M207 mo agoAcqui-HiredJohannes Martens
Co-Founder & Managing Director
2007——
4Tumbie
Online Q&A community
$238K185 mo agoDeadpooledRoman Schulz
Co-Founder
2010——
5Higgs App
Enables video live streaming with multiple perspective
$120K105 mo agoDeadpooledLeon Szeli
Co-Founder
2016——
6Collego
Social platform for professionals
—48 mo agoDeadpooledMarkus Stoll
Co-Founder & CEO
2021——
7InterNations
Online expatriate Community and Network
—232 mo agoAcquired—2007BootstrapAmazon Web ServicesBackbone.js+24—
8Barrio
App-based social networking platform for parents
——UnfundedMelanie Epp
Founder & CEO
2017——

Top 7 Social Platforms companies in Bavaria

#1
Deadpooled · Munich, Bavaria · founded 2015 · 14 employees
$6.1Mraised
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Mylivn is an online application for artists & creative professionals. The application allows various artists to share their experiences such as fashion designers, UI experts, tattoo artists, food bloggers, travelers junkie, etc. The application allows users to create their own feed, and share their stories. It offers various features including interactive maps, group chats, fun stickers, filter & texts, and voice messaging, etc. The application is available on the iOS platform.

Funding rounds
  • Dec 2019Seed$6.1M
Founders & team
Lars LuethkeManaging Director
#2
Acqui-Hired · Munich, Bavaria · founded 1999
$5Mraised
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Ciao provides consumer reviews, product information and up-to-date offers from merchants. Offers a forum where registered users can write reviews and give opinions about products to help other users to make decisions. Users can earn money through online surveys and referring friends.

Funding rounds
  • 2001PE$5M
  • 2000PE—
  • 1999PE—
Founders & team
Richard StablesCEO
Investors
Wellington Partners Venture Capital, Hubert Burda Media, Apax, Index Ventures, Monkfish Equity, Mountain Partners
#3
Acqui-Hired · Munich, Bavaria · founded 2007 · 3 employees
$1.5Mraised
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Aloqa is a mobile service that notifies users about interesting places, services, events, and people close to where they are. It shows live information about interesting things such as favorite coffee shops, highly rated restaurants, local bargains and coupons, and various events. When the user changes locations, Aloqa refreshes itself automatically and notifies of the relevant set of services, points of interest, events, and friends close to your new location.

Funding rounds
  • Jul 2009Series A$1.5M
Founders & team
Johannes MartensCo-Founder & Managing DirectorGeorg TreuCo-Founder & ex-CTOGregory BrownCEO & Chairman
Investors
Wellington Partners Venture Capital
Tech stack
PhpApache Http Server
#4
Deadpooled · Munich, Bavaria · founded 2010
$238.2Kraised
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Tumbie was a Q&A community where users could ask questions for their daily life decisions and get answers from the community.

Funding rounds
  • Jun 2011Seed$158.1K
  • Jan 2011Angel$80K
Founders & team
Roman SchulzCo-FounderDaniel SchulzCo-Founder
#5
Deadpooled · Munich, Bavaria · founded 2016
$120Kraised
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HIGGS App enables live video streaming with multiple perspectives from smartphones and publish them live on Facebook, YouTube or website. Every visitor of an event can join the stream and contribute his perspective. The host of the stream can choose the best perspective with the director mode and publish it as a livestream on his social media channels. Also, provides additional features such as adding overlays.

Funding rounds
  • Jan 2018Seed$120K
  • Nov 2017Seed—
Founders & team
Leon SzeliCo-Founder
Investors
German Accelerator, AngelPad
#6
Deadpooled · Munich, Bavaria · founded 2021 · 6 employees
—raised
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Social platform for professionals. It enables users to connect and plan events with their colleagues. It also allows them to discuss their interests with like-minded employees.

Funding rounds
  • Oct 2022Seed—
Founders & team
Markus StollCo-Founder & CEOFabian ZieglerCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Allygatr
#7
Acquired · Munich, Bavaria · founded 2007 · 130 employees
—raised
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InterNations is an online community and network of expatriates. Membership is by approval. Organizes events and activities for community members to socialize both online and offline. Founded in 2007 by Malte Zeeck, Philipp von Plato, Christian Leifeld. As of Feb., 2016 platform has 2.1 million members, present in 390 cities worldwide.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 27k LinkedIn followers — 88.5% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • 2007Seed—
Investors
HV Capital, ASTUTIA Ventures, Mountain Partners
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesBackbone.JsBootstrapCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management

Funding & investor landscape

$13Mtotal disclosed funding
5companies funded
6disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
HV Capital2 rounds
Mountain Partners2 rounds
Wellington Partners Venture Capital2 rounds
ASTUTIA Ventures1 rounds
Acton Capital1 rounds
Allygatr1 rounds
AngelPad1 rounds
Apax1 rounds
Berkeley SkyDeck1 rounds
German Accelerator1 rounds

Notable founders

Lars Luethke
Managing Director · Mylivn
Richard Stables
CEO · Ciao
Johannes Martens
Co-Founder & Managing Director · Aloqa
Georg Treu
Co-Founder & ex-CTO · Aloqa
Roman Schulz
Co-Founder · Tumbie
Daniel Schulz
Co-Founder · Tumbie
Leon Szeli
Co-Founder · Higgs App
Markus Stoll
Co-Founder & CEO · Collego
Fabian Ziegler
Co-Founder & CEO · Collego
Prism market signals · Germany · country-scoped Prism corpus, 168,375 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Social Platforms coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth flat

Common questions

How many Social Platforms companies are there in Bavaria, Germany?
Radar tracks 34 indexable Social Platforms companies headquartered in Bavaria, Germany that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Social Platforms companies in Bavaria, Germany?
The Social Platforms companies in Bavaria, Germany on this list have raised a combined $13M in disclosed equity funding across 5 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Social Platforms company in Bavaria, Germany?
Mylivn is the highest-funded Social Platforms company in Bavaria, Germany, with $6.1M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Social Platforms companies in Bavaria, Germany are funded?
5 of the 34 Social Platforms companies in Bavaria, Germany on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Social Platforms unicorns are there in Bavaria, Germany?
None of the Social Platforms companies in Bavaria, Germany on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Bavaria, Germany Social Platforms companies?
The most active investors in Bavaria, Germany Social Platforms companies on this list include HV Capital, Mountain Partners, Wellington Partners Venture Capital, ASTUTIA Ventures, Acton Capital.
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