Diaspora

Name

Diaspora

Website

https://diaspora.mobi

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Immigrant Community & Social Networking Platform

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Refugee & Immigrant Support Services (BPAGAEAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Integration & Inclusion Services (Housing, Education, Employment) (BPADAHAI), Diaspora, Family Reunification & Case Management Services (BPADAHAM), Resettlement, Relocation & Repatriation Support (BPADAHAD)

Keywords

• Immigrant community platform
• Social networking app
• Newcomer connections
• Expat community mobile
• Immigrant belonging app

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Core offering

Diaspora provides a mobile platform that helps immigrants find a sense of belonging and build meaningful connections in their new countries. The service is delivered via its website at diaspora.mobi and is positioned as a community-oriented product for individuals navigating relocation and resettlement.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Diaspora Mobile Platform

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• InterNations: InterNations is the largest global community and information platform for people living and working abroad. It is the most directly comparable company to Diaspora in terms of mission — helping immigrants and expats build connections in a new country — and serves as the established incumbent Diaspora must differentiate against.
• NewTo: NewTo is a newcomer-focused platform that helps immigrants and expats settle into a new city through community and local guidance. It is a direct peer in product, audience, and mission to Diaspora's belonging-and-connection thesis.
• Expatica: Expatica is a long-running information and community portal for expats covering relocation, living, and working abroad. It competes with Diaspora for the attention of newly arrived immigrants through editorial content and guides, complementing community with information.
• Settle In (Tenten): Settle In helps international newcomers and expats build a social life and discover local life in a new city. It is a direct peer to Diaspora in product surface (local discovery, events, community) and target audience.

Broad incumbents

• Meetup: Meetup is a broad community platform used by countless diaspora, cultural, and language groups to organize in-person gatherings. It competes for the same 'find your people locally' use case Diaspora targets, but as a general-purpose incumbent rather than an immigrant-specific product.
• Facebook Groups: Facebook Groups hosts thousands of diaspora, country-of-origin, and city-specific newcomer communities and is the de facto incumbent for online diaspora connection today. Any community-led newcomer platform must displace or layer atop these groups to win.
• Nextdoor: Nextdoor is a neighborhood-based social platform used by many immigrants to connect locally. It competes for the hyperlocal 'meet neighbors' use case but as a general-purpose incumbent rather than an immigrant-focused product.

Emerging players

• Welcome Pickups: Welcome Pickups provides airport-to-city transfer and local orientation services for travelers and newcomers. While narrower in scope (transport-led), it addresses the same 'arriving in a new country' pain point and overlaps with the on-arrival onboarding slice of Diaspora's market.
• Welcome.US: Welcome.US is a nonprofit initiative mobilizing the U.S. to welcome and support newcomers, particularly refugees. It shares Diaspora's settlement-and-belonging mission and represents a potential partner or adjacent model for the newcomer community-building space.

Others

• Remitly: Remitly is a leading digital remittance platform serving diaspora communities worldwide. It is not a direct community competitor but addresses the same end-customer (immigrants) and represents a key adjacent vertical Diaspora could expand into as a community-led platform.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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