50 Best Professional Networking Companies to Watch in 2026

The most prominent professional networking companies ranked by global prominence, funding activity, and market position. Showing the top 50 out of 3,237 companies tracked on Fsome.

3,237
Total Companies
$9.2B
Total Funding
$2.9M
Avg Funding
New York
Top Location
# Company Location Employees Total Funding Last Round Last Funded
1
Lumine Group
Lumine Group is a global acquirer and builder of communications and media softwa…
Mississauga 1 - 10 $310.0M Post Ipo Debt 2024-03-20
2
NetBox Labs
NetBox Labs helps teams create and manage complex networks and infrastructure.
New York 101 - 250 $55.2M Series B 2025-07-14
3
Linq
Linq is a digital business card and mobile CRM platform that helps professionals…
Birmingham 11 - 50 $42.8M Series A 2026-02-02
4
PeopleGrove
PeopleGrove offers a comprehensive platform enhancing student engagement from ad…
San Francisco 51 - 100 $8.9M Series Unknown 2021-05-03
5
Bravado
Bravado is a community platform for B2B sales professionals.
San Francisco 11 - 50 $38.0M Series B 2022-05-19
6
Contra
Contra is a networking platform that gives users the freedom and opportunity to …
San Francisco 11 - 50 $45.2M Series Unknown 2025-10-04
7
Simplify
Simplify is a common application for jobs and internships.
San Francisco 11 - 50 $4.2M Seed 2024-02-07
8
Candoor
Candoor is a professional networking platform for Black, Latinx, and other under…
Los Angeles 1 - 10 $1.0M Pre Seed 2022-08-04
9
A.Team
A.Team is a distributed, on-demand team formation platform that allows members t…
New York 51 - 100 $60.0M Series A 2022-05-17
10
Knoetic
Knoetic is an online platform built for Chief People Officers that offers a peop…
New York 101 - 250 $54.0M Series B 2022-09-21
11
Frenchfounders
Frenchfounders is the world leader in Business intermediation for the French-spe…
New York 101 - 250 $6.4M Series A 2024-02-20
12
Squad
Squad is the intimate voice-only social experience.
New York 11 - 50 $3.1M Series Unknown 2023-01-09
13
LinkedIn
LinkedIn is a professional networking site that allows users to create business …
Sunnyvale c 10001 max $154.8M Private Equity 2016-02-15
14
Chief
Chief is a private membership network focused on connecting and supporting women…
New York 101 - 250 $140.0M Series B 2022-03-31
15
SuperMe
SuperMe is on a mission to index collective human knowledge and build the most u…
San Francisco 1 - 10 $11.3M Seed 2025-11-11
16
Radius Agent
We’re an online real estate brokerage with a referral marketplace and social com…
San Francisco 101 - 250 $32.5M Series B 2023-11-02
17
Fairygodboss
Fairygodboss is the largest career community for women. Free for women, we help …
New York 51 - 100 $14.0M Series A 2019-03-11
18
The Swarm
The Swarm is a Go-To-Network platform that helps you find intro paths to the peo…
San Francisco 11 - 50 $8.0M Seed 2025-05-20
19
Hivebrite
Hivebrite is the leading SaaS platform that empowers organizations to build thri…
Paris 101 - 250 $60.4M Series B 2024-06-30
20
Pavilion
Pavilion is a private membership for high-growth leaders to achieve their profes…
New York 11 - 50 $25.0M Series Unknown 2021-06-23
21
Zain
Zain was established as a leading telecom provider in the ICT sector.
Riyadh 1K - 5K $1.9B Post Ipo Debt 2025-09-15
22
Untapped
Untapped is a diversity recruiting platform that helps companies hire diverse te…
San Francisco 51 - 100 $80.1M Series C 2021-09-14
23
ADPList
A community platform where people can find, book and meet mentors around the wor…
Singapore 1 - 10 $1.3M Non Equity Assistance 2024-06-12
24
Icebreaker
Icebreaker is a cutting-edge, open professional network.
New York 1 - 10 $5.0M Seed 2024-07-31
25
ResearchGate
ResearchGate is the professional network for researchers.
Berlin 101 - 250 $87.6M Series D 2017-02-28
26
Polywork
Polywork is a social networking platform that allows professionals to collaborat…
New York 11 - 50 $44.6M Series B 2022-09-15
27
Blue
Blue is an app that allows you to connect with and get to know the people around…
Riverside 1 - 10 $2.8M Convertible Note 2020-05-31
28
daily.dev
daily dev is a professional network for developers to learn, collaborate, and gr…
Tel Aviv 11 - 50 $11.0M Seed 2023-03-23
29
ContextLogic
ContextLogic is a technology firm that develops and oversees a mobile shopping p…
Oakland 1 - 10 $1.6B Series H 2019-08-01
30
CatalyzeX
CatalyzeX is an AI code search engine and knowledge-sharing network.
San Francisco 1 - 10 $1.6M Seed 2021-09-22
31
Handsome App
Handsome App is a career and education marketplace for the beauty industry.
Austin 1 - 10 $2.2M Grant 2022-07-11
32
Creatively
Creatively connects the creative community through best-in-class portfolios, col…
New York 11 - 50 $13.0M Seed 2022-03-09
33
Csquared
CSquared builds metro fiber and Wi-Fi networks to help local providers connect m…
Nairobi 101 - 250 $125.0M Series Unknown 2023-11-13
34
Empower3d
Empower3d provides the modern athlete with the tools, resources, and network req…
New York 1 - 10 $2.6M Seed 2022-09-28
35
Getro
Getro is a recruitment company that makes it easier by connecting companies to r…
Boulder 11 - 50 $100K Seed 2019-11-04
36
Fishbowl
Fishbowl is a provider of one-to-one guest-marketing products and services for t…
Alexandria 51 - 100 $34.2M Series Unknown 2024-10-15
37
Grip
Grip is a market engagement platform used by event organizers to create virtual …
London 51 - 100 $13.0M Series A 2021-02-18
38
Mighty Networks
Mighty Networks is a networking application that creates and grows a community-p…
Palo Alto 101 - 250 $66.0M Series B 2021-04-26
39
PartnerHQ
PartnerHQ is a marketplace for B2B businesses to buy warm intros.
San Francisco 1 - 10 $500K Pre Seed 2024-04-03
40
Trade Hounds
Trade Hounds is a mobile app connecting trade workers to job-related discussions…
Boston 1 - 10 $4.9M Seed 2020-06-12
41
Intch
Intch is a professional networking app designed to connect users with potential …
Wilmington 11 - 50 $1.2M Pre Seed 2022-12-22
42
Talent Garden
Your digital skills academy
Milan 101 - 250 $73.6M Series B 2021-01-22
43
Plato
Plato helps engineering leaders develop soft skills and build better teams.
San Francisco 11 - 50 $3.3M Seed 2021-08-09
44
HerHeadquarters
HerHeadquarters is a Business Partnership Platform for Women Entrepreneurs
Omaha 1 - 10 $225K Pre Seed 2022-10-26
45
No Cap
World's first AI startup investor
San Francisco 1 - 10 $3.0M Undisclosed 2025-03-11
46
Kindred
Kindred is a professional network built to prepare executives for the future of …
New York 11 - 50 $8.2M Seed 2019-12-26
47
Talentdrop
Your personal hiring page.
Menlo Park 1 - 10 $2.1M Secondary Market 2024-01-19
48
CariClub
CariClub is a match-making platform built for high-achieving professionals who w…
New York 11 - 50 $1.1M Non Equity Assistance 2019-01-08
49
Tough Leaf
Tough Leaf is a platform that helps construction companies manage pre-constructi…
New York 11 - 50 $7.8M Series A 2024-06-28
50
Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA)
Washington Technology Industry Association is the largest statewide association …
Seattle 11 - 50 $24.1M Grant 2022-08-03