Best Social Platforms Companies in France
The 206 best Social Platforms companies in France in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Dailymotion.
France's Social Platforms sector is more crowded and more funded than most people realize, with 206 companies tracked and $344M in total disclosed funding across the space. Dailymotion anchors the top of that stack at $148M raised, and Yubo sits second at $60M, a gap that tells you something about how capital concentrates here. The median app install growth across 87 social and social-network apps is running at roughly +17% YoY, which isn't nothing. So the underlying usage curve is still climbing even as the funding distribution stays lopsided.
What I find interesting is how the mid-tier is shaping up. Revyze ($8M) and Omnidoc ($4M) are carving out vertical niches rather than chasing general-audience scale, and that's the pattern worth watching. Investors like Kima Ventures and Bpifrance keep backing early bets across the stack, which keeps the pipeline alive. According to 2016 research, social platform engagement correlates tightly with content-community fit, and you can see that thesis playing out as founders here get more specific. Platforms poised for growth tend to be the ones that own a defined audience rather than compete for everyone, and France's funding map in 2025 reflects exactly that shift.
Ranked: Best Social Platforms companies in France
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Employees | Founder | App-install YoY | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dailymotion Video sharing platform | $148M | 132 mo ago | Acquired | 500 | Bichoï Bastha General Manager | — | — |
| 2 | Yubo Online platform to connect and ,meet new people | $60M | 67 mo ago | Series C | 75 | Arthur Patora CTO & Co-founder | +15% | 1 job opening · 2 awards |
| 3 | Zenly Mobile app for sharing real-time location | $34M | 116 mo ago | Acquired | 125 | — | — | — |
| 4 | digiSchool.com Provider of learning tools for primary school to post-graduation studies | $20M | 124 mo ago | Series B | — | Thierry Debarnot Co-Founder | — | — |
| 5 | Miyowa Mobile social network and messaging platform | $13M | 215 mo ago | Acquired | 12 | Pascal Lorne ex-Co-Founder | — | — |
| 6 | Bodyguard Cloud-based content moderation and protection solutions | $10M | 51 mo ago | Series A | 46 | — | — | 2 partnerships |
| 7 | Pearltrees Social curation and bookmarking service | $10M | 172 mo ago | Seed | 22 | — | +19% | — |
| 8 | Revyze Community-based platform offering learning solutions for students | $8M | 20 mo ago | Seed | — | Guillaume Perrot Co-Founder | — | — |
| 9 | Flayr Social fashion discovery & shopping platform | $7M | 151 mo ago | Deadpooled | 24 | — | — | — |
| 10 | Glowbl Social platform for communication & collaboration | $4M | 108 mo ago | Series B | 17 | Mathieu Labey CEO | — | — |
| 11 | Omnidoc Provider of social discussion platform for physicians 40Growth top 35%Funding top 43%Product top 46%Talent bottom 49% All 7 signals ▾Growthtop 35% Fundingtop 43% Producttop 46% Talentbottom 49% Techbottom 48% Marketbottom 38% Globalbottom 29% Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo Funding: Raised $3.7M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 5 yrs (0.4/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 40/100 | $4M | 18 mo ago | Series B | 20 | Baptiste Truchot CEO | — | — |
| 12 | Feels SaaS-based social platform for connecting with like-minded people | $3M | 53 mo ago | Seed | 8 | Laurent De Tapol Co-founder | In charge of Branding & Acquisition | +40% | — |
| 13 | Babbler Social networking platform for PR professionals and reporters | $3M | 110 mo ago | Deadpooled | 4 | Sarah Azan Co-Founder | — | — |
| 14 | Jam Chat-based social platform to assist students | $2M | 84 mo ago | Seed | 52 | — | — | — |
| 15 | Yummypets Online community of pets and pets parents | $2M | 168 mo ago | Seed | — | Mathieu Chollon Co-Founder | — | — |
| 16 | yummypets Yummypets is a social media network for pets. | $2M | 168 mo ago | Seed | 18 | — | — | — |
| 17 | Smiile Online community and sharing platform for the neighbourhood | $2M | 126 mo ago | Seed | 11 | David Rouxel Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 18 | ExtraStudent Online learning community for high school and university students | $2M | 36 mo ago | Seed | — | Jules Brocherie Co-Founder & CEO | — | 1 partnership |
| 19 | MinuteBuzz Creates and shares viral content through social channels | $1M | 141 mo ago | Acqui-Hired | 51 | — | — | — |
| 20 | Keakr Online app for creating and sharing hip-hop videos | $1M | 113 mo ago | Deadpooled | 20 | Hicham Kochman Co-Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 21 | Uplike Social platform for like-minded people | $1M | 133 mo ago | Seed | — | Katherine Zymla Co-Founder & Product Manager | — | — |
| 22 | Mindie Music video app for iOS | $1M | 149 mo ago | Acqui-Hired | 5 | — | — | — |
| 23 | Recommend Social recommendation app | $1M | 144 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | Nicolas Mendiharat Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 24 | Carenity Online social network for chronic disease patients | $775K | 135 mo ago | Acquired | — | Michael Chekroun Founder (exited in 2023) | — | — |
| 25 | TokyWoky On-demand crowdsourced customer service platform | $769K | 126 mo ago | Acquired | 30 | — | — | — |
| 26 | NomadHer App-based community platform for female travelers | $750K | 21 mo ago | Seed | 6 | Hyojeong Kim Founder & CEO | — | 1 job opening |
| 27 | Emprunte My Toutou Online platform for borrowing or entrusting dogs | $687K | 88 mo ago | Seed | 15 | Thibaut Pfeiffer Co-Founder & Director | +12% | — |
| 28 | Lucette Online product discovery platform for beauty products | $572K | — | Deadpooled | 6 | Alban Belloy Co-Founder | — | — |
| 29 | FishFriender App-based community platform for fishing & hunting | $472K | 50 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | Philippe Auriach Founder | — | — |
| 30 | Travellution Online social travel planner | $390K | 164 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | Giacomo Bastianelli Co-founder & CEO | — | — |
| 31 | SoWeTrip Social network for travel | $370K | 192 mo ago | Seed | — | Thibaut Mallecourt Co-Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 32 | MobilyTrip Social network to share experiences of trips and weekends | $369K | 167 mo ago | Seed | — | Matthieu Godon Co-Founder | — | — |
| 33 | Modizy Retailer of articles covering women's fashion, beauty, lifestyle, and well-being | $275K | 156 mo ago | Seed | — | Florian Poullin Co-Founder | — | — |
| 34 | HeyCrowd Mobile platform for surveys | $220K | 174 mo ago | Public | 2 | Emmanuel Bellity Co-Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 35 | Walldress Community-driven fashion discovery platform | $170K | 184 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | Gael Guillet Co-Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 36 | Piquoti Photo-sharing social networking platform | $141K | 70 mo ago | Seed | — | Tifanny Moret Founder | — | — |
| 37 | Diveboard Scuba diving social networking app and online based platform | $100K | 165 mo ago | Seed | 3 | Pascal Manchon Co-Founder | — | — |
Top 12 Social Platforms companies in France
#1
Seed · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2022$8.2Mraised▾
Community-based platform offering learning solutions for students. It offers resources for students for SAT preparation and writing your college application essays.
- Oct 2024Seed$6M
- Jun 2022Seed$2.2M
#2
Series B · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2018 · 20 employees$3.7Mraised▾
Omnidoc provides a social platform for healthcare professionals. The platform enables doctors to discuss surgical procedures, different treatments, valuable second opinions, and more. The platform is focused on a peer discussion forum within doctors and some patients with a rare disease can able to discuss with the specialist. The responding physicians will get paid based on the request from other doctors or patients.
- Dec 2024Series B$6.3M
- Jun 2021Series A$3.7M
#3
Seed · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2019 · 6 employees$750Kraised▾
App-based community platform for female travelers. The app enables users to find travel buddies, access female-friendly accommodations, and discover information for solo travelers. The app is available for both Android and iOS devices.
- Aug 2024Seed$750K
#4
Acquired · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2005 · 500 employees$148.4Mraised▾
Video sharing platform. It is an online video platform that enables users and publishers to upload, watch, and share videos across categories like music, news, sports, entertainment, and live streams.
- Jun 2015Series C—
- Jan 2011Series C$79.9M
- Oct 2009Series B$25M
- Aug 2007Series B$34M
#5
Series C · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2015 · 75 employees$59.8Mraised▾
Yubo is an online platform to connect and meet new people. It offers a portal where users can live stream, chat and make friends. Users can also meet new people in their locality. The application is available Android & iOS platform. It generates revenue through in-app purchases.
- Nov 2020Series C$47.5M
- Dec 2019Series B$12.3M
- 2016Seed—
#6
Seed · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2021$1.6Mraised▾
Online learning community for high school and university students. It offers a personalized feed where students may ask questions and receive responses. It is accessible on the App Store and Google Play.
- Jun 2023Seed$1.6M
#7
Series A · Nice, Provence Alpes Cote d Azur · founded 2018 · 46 employees$9.9Mraised▾
Cloud-based content moderation and protection solutions. The platform helps by protecting businesses against toxic content and cyberbullying. It works by detecting toxic comments, SMS language, and others by eliminating toxic content before reaching users. Features include cleaning, toxicity detection, contextual analysis, and others.
- Mar 2022Series A$9.9M
#8
Acquired · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2011 · 125 employees$33.7Mraised▾
Zenly is a mobile app where users can share their real-time location with their friends and family. Users can also share their battery life status, send messages to friends, share emojis. App is available for Android and iOS.
- Sep 2016Series B$22.5M
- 2015Series A$11.2M
#9
Seed · Auxerre, Bourgogne Franche Comte · founded 2019 · 8 employees$3Mraised▾
SaaS-based social platform for connecting with like-minded people. The platform allows users to discover profiles and connect with interesting people. The app is available for iOS and Android users.
- Jan 2022Seed$3M
#10
Series B · Lyon, Auvergne Rhone Alpes · founded 2005$19.7Mraised▾
Provider of learning tools for primary school to post-graduation studies
#11
Acquired · Marseille, Provence Alpes Cote d Azur · founded 2003 · 12 employees$12.7Mraised▾
Miyowa is an app that provides social networking and messaging solutions. Its platform called InTouch5 aggregates user’s social networks, instant messaging & mail in one mobile interface. It has partnerships with telecom carriers like Orange, mobile device manufacturers (HTC,Samsung) and social networks like Facebook, Twitter, Windows Live, Yahoo!, Gtalk and AIM. It was acquired by Synchronoss Technologies for $59M in January 2012.
- Jun 2008Series B$8M
- Sep 2006Series A$3.9M
#12
Seed · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2008 · 22 employees$9.8Mraised▾
Pearltrees is an online social curation and bookmarking service that lets users organize, explore and share their interests through web pages, files, photos or notes. Users can explore collections related to their interests, collaborate with other enthusiast and be a part of the team who organize a collection of common interest together. Offers a premium membership plans for the users to enhance storage, manage privacy, advertisement- free experience and other features.
- Feb 2012Seed$6.6M
- Jun 2010Angel$1.6M
- Jun 2008Angel$1.6M
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