Best Startup
This article showcases our top picks for the best Minnesota based Social companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Social industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
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Top Minnesota Social Startups
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
FlipGrid
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Flipgrid is a video platform promoting active, social learning in classrooms and enterprises around the world.
Kaleidoscope
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Kaleidoscope designs, administers, and hosts branded scholarship and grant programs on a cloud-based marketplace.
Jingit
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Jingit is a real-time events based payment platform, bringing marketing dollars into consumer transactions as managed currencies.
Hive – Bringing Social Back
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Hive is a social network that connects people with others nearby that share their same interests.
Outsell
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Outsell offers a ridiculously easy-to-use customer engagement platform that allows automobile manufacturers.
BringMeTheNews
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BringMeTheNews offers a network of online and social media sites providing news on events in Minnesota.
Evolve Labs LLC
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Evolve makes it easy for gamers to connect, coordinate, and play games with friends online.
Tomoson
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Tomoson is promotion management software that manages and matches influencers with brands.
Home for Life
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Home for Life is an expression of a new kind of animal shelter the long-term animal sanctuary.
Thrill On
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Thrill On is a social tagboard for action sports, extreme sports and outdoors enthusiasts that creates, shares and organizes their pictures.
powerslyde
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Powerslyde provides personal app recommendations while letting you see apps your friends download, as well as share apps yourself.
TightKnit Inc
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Capturing, sharing and preserving a family’s stories !
Opnia
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Opnia maker Advos brings the power of e-commerce to the physical store, allowing marketers to build campaigns based on in-store behavior.
XOXO Kitchen
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XOXO Kitchen is a home-based family site that encourages users to invite friends who are welcome in their kitchen.
Giftster
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Giftster is a free, private, web, and mobile gift registry that connects family and close friends.
Bluespire, a GlynnDevins Company
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Bluespire is a full-service digital marketing agency focused exclusively on healthcare, financial services and senior living industries.
Haworth Marketing Media
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Haworth Marketing + Media is an idea company – our innovation and independence have positioned us as one of the best in the industry
Capstone Publishing
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Capstone Publishing is the seller of children’s books and interactive media.
Jobs2Web
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Jobs2Web offers an e-recruiting management platform that streamlines the identifying, screening, selecting and hiring of job applicants.
TopRank Marketing
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TopRank Marketing is a specialist digital marketing agency focused on helping companies attract, engage & convert more customers online.
Padilla
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At Padilla we build brands, protect reputations and create high-impact communication strategies.
Read Naturally
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Read Naturally’s innovative, research-proven reading programs provide high-quality interventions and differentiated instruction.
Snap Agency
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People helping people achieve digital success. We’re a full service digital agency focused on improving operations and growing revenue.
HAP
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HAP specializes in the workforce, economic and community development, health and wellness, prevention and social enterprise services.
Sparrow Marketing
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Sparrow Marketing offers productivity tools designed to help users keep track of their social presence.
Modern Climate
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Modern Climate is an independent brand+technology company.
AirVuz
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AirVūz is an aerial video and photography sharing platform and global community for drone pilots and aerial media enthusiasts.
Red Circle Agency
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Red Circle Agency is a marketing and advertising company specializing in media planning and buying services.
Rocket55
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R55 specializes in website design, SEO, mobile media and online/social media marketing.
AA-ISP
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American Association of Inside Sales Professionals
Fallon Group
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Fallon Group operates as an advertising agency.
Kinkstr
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Kinkstr: Sex Positive Dating For Kinksters Kinkstr is an IOS and Android app that allows users to find others with the kinks that they’re
The Bergquist Company
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Innovation, performance and customer satisfaction are Bergquist’s guiding principles.
Beingful
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Empowering humanity to create and share civic challenges
E Virtual Services LLC, Best Company for Virtual Assistant
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EVS was establish in 2006 with the intent to assist small and large scale entrepreneurs with development of website, at affordable rates.
broadhead.
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broadhead is a marketing and advertising company offering content marketing and media planning services.
Business Impact Group
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Business Impact Group is a marketing and advertising company that provides branding and media services.
SocialBundle.com
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SocialBundle.com is a a social media consulting agency that focuses on building and maintaining professional social media presences for
Mora Global
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Mora Global is developing their flagship social media app, designed to enrich and electrify human relationships worldwide.
JoynMe
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A mobile app that makes it easier for you to meet up with friends spontaneously without the need to plan.
The Social Lights
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The Social Lights is a social media and digital marketing agency that assists its customers to create social media strategies and content.
SparqTV
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Social viewing experience for quality independent television content.
Enlightened Equipment
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Enlightened Equipment Offers Ultralight camping quilts for backpacking, bikepacking, and paddling adventures.
AOI Marketing Group
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AOI Marketing Group is a marketing company providing marketing services for all categories.
Optimize Social Media
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Optimize Social Media is a social media marketing and reputation management company.
Groves Academy
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Groves Academy is a non-profit organization that helps and supports students with attention disorders and learning disabilities.
Monkey Pickles
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Monkey Pickles is a fun online community being a goofball and enjoying everyday humor.
Range Digital Marketing
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Range Digital Marketing provides a wide range of creative automation, media, digital marketing, web design and UI/UX optimization services.
City Pages
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The News & Arts weekly of the Twin Cities brings you the best of our editorial content, ticket giveaways, and prizes. Be a dear.
CLMI Saftey Training
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CLMI Safety Training makes OSHA compliant training videos in varied subjects for assorted companies.
Keyhubs
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Keyhubs is a software that is useful for real-time awareness and hidden workplace solutions for corporates.
FanChatter
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FanChatter helps sports franchises and other businesses create profitable levels of fan involvement through real-time content sharing.
Creative Arc
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Creative Arc specializes in website design, web development, branding, graphic design, SEO, web hosting and social media management.
Pilot Web Solutions
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Pilot Web Solutions specializes in graphic design, printing, e-mail services, SEO tools and social media management.
Zomax
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Zomax is a Provider of media and supply chain services.
Imagine Deliver
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Imagine Deliver is a consulting firm that helps clients dream up new ways of working that benefit everyone.
St Cloud TIMES
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St.Cloud TIMES is a multi-media company with St. Cloud Times, sctimes.com and Shopping News as key brands.
Schermer
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Schermer is a globally-focused B2B Marketing, applying hybrid capabilities in research & analytics, brand & GTM, UX & UI, and digital.
Ancor Communications
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Provided fiber channel switching solutions for storage area networks
JGist
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JGist is the developer of a mobile application intended to connect consumers and companies respectfully .
TRIA Orthopaedic Center
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Comprehensive orthopaedic care at one convenient location.
East Side Neighborhood Services
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East Side Neighborhood Services is a nonprofit organization that conducts youth, childcare, food shelf programs and social services.
Fountane
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Fountane is a digital firm that offers online marketing solutions, website creation, ecommerce and mobile application development services.
Magnetic Productions
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Magnetic Productions is a media production company specializing in TV production services.
Minnesota Renaissance Festival
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Minnesota Renaissance Festival is an entertainment company providing live entertainment services.
Novusmedia
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Novusmedia is a social network and a media duplication service for business professionals, enterprises, entrepreneurs, and more.
Social Impact Branding – SoPac, Inc.
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A digital co-working platform providing unlimited access to social technology education & ondemand match making services in IoT.
The National Theatre for Children
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The National Theatre for Children is a performing art company specializing in live theatre and video production services.
Evans Larson
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Evans Larson is a provider of social media, communications and analytics services.
Tap A Phone
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Tap-A-Phone provides a revolutionary line of products, changing the way people interact with businesses
CommonBond Communities
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CommonBond Communities is a non-profit organization that offers resident, housing development and property management services.
Minnesota Adult & Teen Challenge
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Minnesota Adult & Teen Challenge is a nonprofit organization that helps men, women and teens find freedom from drug and alcohol addiction.
Plymouth Rock Foundation
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Plymouth Rock Foundation is an NGO that provides charity, pilgrim teaching, events and online bookstore services.
Parents In Community Action
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Parents In Community Action provides childhood development and parent training services.
SparkStarter
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Singles get introduced by trusted connections. Friends play matchmaker and recommend dates.
Tunheim
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Tunheim is a PR company providing public relations and strategic communication systems.
Lola Red Public Relations
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Lola Red is a dynamic public relations agency with the spirit and the strategy to help our clients make an impact.
Russell Herder
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Russell Herder provides digital advertising, branding, marketing, public relations, content development, social media and SEO services.
Blandin Foundation
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Blandin Foundation is a non-profit firm that offers education, fund and donations as well as conducts programs for skill development.
Firebrand
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Firebrand is a full service digital advertising and marketing agency.
Everyday Living
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Everyday Living deals with assistance, support and healthcare for individuals with mental disorders and brain injuries.
JRiver
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JRiver builds networked media solutions for end users and corporate partners.
Ampley
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Ampley is a seed stage, stealth mode consumer internet startup backed by Ad Infinitum Investment, LLC.
Monkey Island
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Monkey Island Inc. offers services in SEO, Social Media, and Paid Advertising. They have also bootstrapped four successful software
Creative Memories
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Creative Memories is a photography company that provides scrapbook albums, papers, and tools.
Knights Software Solution
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Knights Software Solution is an IT firm that specializes in home inspection software solutions, mobile websites & social media integration.
Kohnstamm Communications
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Kohnstamm Communications is a food public relations agency.
AugmentedReality.Org
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A non profit with a mission to advance Augmented Reality to advance humanity
Golden Shovel Agency
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Web solutions for community development
Velolet
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Velolet is the Orbitz of bike rental created specifically for the bike industry.
Blue Star Media
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A leading event, media, and entertainment company
Sievers Creative
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Sievers Creative is a creative agency that specializes in web design, branding, SEO, social media management, photography and advertising.
Elite Web Designs
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Elite Web Designs offers comprehensive web services that include custom website designs, SEO, SEM and social media marketing.
PH Digital Labs
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PH Digital Labs is a design and digital solutions provider that specializes in branding, web development, and online marketing.
JEC Miller
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JEC Miller provides Supported Living Services to individuals with disabilities who require daily staff presence to support them.
Readex Research
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Readex Research conducts publication and media research designed to help support sales, marketing, and editorial initiatives.
Grouplens Research
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GroupLens is a research lab in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Minnesota.
Avallo Creative & Web Development
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Avallo Creative & Web Development has been creating visually stunning and effective websites and apps.
Arcustech
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Arcustech is a new company, branching off of a company primary focus rather than being an afterthought.
