Best Social Platforms Companies in Shanghai, China
The 33 best Social Platforms companies in Shanghai, China in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Musical.ly.
Ranked: Best Social Platforms companies in Shanghai
| # | Company | Last round | Disclosed funding | Stage | Founded | Founder | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chanyouji Social trip sharing platform | — | — | Acquired | 2012 | Ziwei Guo Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 2 | Daniujia Expert advise for corporates | — | — | Deadpooled | 2015 | Eric Lu Co-Founder | — | — |
| 3 | Dive Geo-based application for food lovers | — | — | Deadpooled | 2016 | Kamilla Fa Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 4 | Do Never Social networking platform for college students | — | — | Deadpooled | 2011 | vasilia xia Co-Founder | — | — |
| 5 | Fabao Expert advice platform for legal advice | — | — | Unfunded | 2012 | Wang Hanchao Founder | — | — |
| 6 | IceWhale Community Community forum allows members to engage in discussions about various topics | — | — | Funding Raised | 2023 | Lauren Founder | — | — |
| 7 | iChuz Social app for opinions | — | — | Deadpooled | 2013 | Weiyin Jiang Co-Founder | — | — |
| 8 | Jike Online knowledge sharing & blogging platform | — | — | Funding Raised | 2017 | — | SentryNode.jsEnvoy+7 | — |
Top 12 Social Platforms companies in Shanghai
#1
Acqui-Hired · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2013 · 500 employees$100Mraised▾
Musical.ly is an online video creation and sharing app that allows users to record videos and create the videos. Users can select a track from the database in the platform or from their device. The platform also supports features such as filter, fast motion, slow motion, time-lapse, reverse, etc. Users can share their videos on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Messenger, WhatsApp, and other social networking sites.
- May 2016Series C$100M
- 2015Series B—
- Apr 2015Series A—
- Dec 2014Angel—
#2
Acquired · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2012$8.2Mraised▾
Imxingzhe is a mobile app to track cycle rides, interact and form cycling communities. Users can check real-time location of their friends on the rides and capture their cycling rides info. Claims that they are the largest in the Cycle riding community apps with its riders riding over 220 Million kms. Track data can be exported into a gpx file which can be used in mapping on google earth and other third-party softwares.
- Dec 2016Series B$7.2M
- Nov 2015Series A—
- Nov 2013Angel$1M
- Aug 2012Seed—
#3
Series A · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2014 · 8 employees$10.3Mraised▾
FotoPlace is a photo-sharing social app through which users can shoot Hollywood-movie-style photos, and record their life in the form of movie screencaps and subtitles. They can also discover the movies filmed around the local positions and historic events taken place nearby. Moreover, FotoPlace contains filming locations of classic movies with specified longitude and latitude for the users to shoot at these places.
- Jul 2015Series A$10M
- Aug 2014Seed$322K
#4
Series A · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2010 · 16 employees$4.5Mraised▾
Ushi is a private business social networking platform connecting China’s professionals and entrepreneurs. Enable users to find new customers, partners, employees, jobs, and experts and enables members to share and discuss information. It claims to be focused on helping its members to expand and maximize the value of their professional networks, to achieve greater success.
- Oct 2011Series A$3M
- Oct 2010Series A$1.5M
#5
Deadpooled · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2013$1.7Mraised▾
Ijianren is a mobile app which lets its users search for fellow travellers who are interested in joining together for a trip. the founder used to maintain social network blog which garnered over 70k followers and then decided to make an app over it. Claims that they have more than 300 million users. Users can choose fellow travellers based on various attributes like photography etc.
- Nov 2014Series A$1.6M
- Dec 2013Angel$158K
#6
Deadpooled · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2015$216.4Kraised▾
Provider of a social networking platform or sports fans. It enables users to search for like-minded sportspeople in their vicinity and plan, organize matches and tournaments. Enables to record and share scores and statistics among other users. Also, users can chat through the app. It is available for download from the App Store and Play Store.
- Oct 2018Seed$216.4K
#7
Deadpooled · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2014$3Mraised▾
Lestata is a mobile app which helps lesbians to connect to each other and form a community. The platform provides users an opportunity to interact with each other and in groups. Has raised an undisclosed amount in angel round of funding in Dec, 2015.
- Dec 2015Angel$3M
#8
Series A · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2000$5Mraised▾
360Guanxi is an online business social networking platform for Chinese industry professionals. It integrates traditional core B2B features of product marketing and client development, with personal networking functions. It focuses on building up contents, knowledge and business connections in product-level communities or micro-verticals.
- Jun 2009Series A$5M
#9
Deadpooled · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2010$1.6Mraised▾
Social platform for women. The platform provides a community for women. It also provides solutions like maternal and child services, female applications, e-commerce, etc. It also provides personalized functions according to the demands of its users.
- Feb 2015Series B—
- May 2012Series A—
- Mar 2010Seed$1.6M
#10
Seed · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2015$1Mraised▾
Pyyx is an anonymous social networking application. People can create profiles and tag them under various names in which they want themselves to be identified. Chat with users anonymously and make new friends. Claims that they have reached 10 million users mark As of Oct 2015.
- May 2015Angel$1M
#11
Deadpooled · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2009$40Kraised▾
LaRedChina.com is a comprehensive platform for Spanish speakers interested in doing business, travel, share experiences with China. Platform is divided according to sections like Forums, News, Travel, Directories, Business etc. Lists interesting tourist destinations and listings related to it. A few other sections are developed together with leading companies in the industry, and offer a number of specific services. It also has business listings, event calendar and interviews.
- Aug 2012Seed$40K
#12
Deadpooled · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2020—raised▾
edge is a mobile app-based fashion community for men. It provides a platform where users can follow & share reviews, trends, and evaluate the product of different brands. Users can get connected using iOS & Android applications. Some of the brands associated include Fear of God, Billionaire Boys Club, Gucci, Remake, Human Made, Sacai, etc
- Oct 2020Seed—
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