About Socco
Who builds this, where we operate, and every way to reach a human.
What Socco is
Socco is a mobile app for working professionals and students across India who want to make real plans with people nearby — coffee after work, badminton on a Saturday morning, dinner on a Friday, a seat in someone's car on the way to the office. Someone posts a plan with a time and a place, other people join it, and then everybody turns up.
The product exists because the alternative does not work. Most of us moved to a new city for a job or a course. They have colleagues, classmates and busy group chats, and Friday still ends with takeaway and a screen — not from lack of interest, but because turning "we should hang out" into a time and a place takes five messages and a week of nobody deciding. Socco shortens that to picking something that is already arranged.
Who it is for, and who it is not
Every member is verified before they can join anything — most with a work or college email, the rest through LinkedIn, an invite from a member who is already in, or a manual check by us. So the people on a plan are checked accounts belonging to someone who works or studies nearby, not anonymous profiles. Government, banking and defence domains are not accepted, because those employers generally restrict using work accounts for personal services. Socco is 18+. It is not a dating app, and plans are not private — a plan is visible to the people who can join it.
Where we operate
Socco is operated by Nikunj Mittal, sole proprietor, from Bhiwani, Haryana, India — the address on our Terms and Privacy Policy — and is built for members anywhere in India, with density seeded one cluster at a time: it opened first around Cyber Hub and Cyber City in Gurgaon, where its founder works. Android is the primary platform: Socco is live on Google Play. The iOS build is in review with Apple and will be linked here once it is approved.
Who builds it
Nikunj Mittal — Founder. Socco is an independent product with no outside investors; it is designed, built, shipped and moderated by one person, in Haryana and Delhi NCR. That includes the Android app, the database behind it, the moderation queue and the replies to hello@socco.in.
Being small is stated rather than hidden, because it changes what you can expect: replies come from a person and not a team, most messages are answered within a day, and safety reports are read before anything else gets attention.
Socco online
| Where | Link |
|---|---|
| Website | socco.in |
| Company page | |
| @socco_in | |
| Android app | Google Play |
Contact
| What you need | Where to write |
|---|---|
| General enquiries, press, partnerships | hello@socco.in |
| A safety concern or someone's behaviour | safety@socco.in |
| Privacy, data access or deletion | privacy@socco.in |
| Formal complaints (grievance officer) | hello@socco.in |
If you feel unsafe right now, call 112 — the single emergency number in India, which works from any phone. Socco cannot get help to you; we have no panic button and nobody here is watching for alerts. Once you are safe, use Report in the app or write to safety@socco.in. See the Safety Centre.
How we handle your data
Work email addresses are checked once, hashed beyond recovery, and the address itself is deleted — your employer's name is never shown to anyone. Group chat messages are deleted five days after a plan ends. You can delete your account and everything attached to it from inside the app in about ten seconds, or by writing to us.
The full detail is in the Privacy Policy, and the account deletion steps are on the Support page.
Policies
| Document | What it covers |
|---|---|
| Privacy Policy | What we collect, why, how long we keep it, and how to get it deleted |
| Terms of Use | The agreement between you and Socco |
| Community Guidelines | What is and is not acceptable on the app |
| Safety Centre | Meeting strangers sensibly, reporting, blocking |
| Child Safety Standards | Our CSAE standards and how to report |