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Social Starts

Venture Capital · San Francisco (United States), New York (United States), Los Angeles (United States), Tokyo (Japan), London (United Kingdom), Austin (United States), Boston (United States), Singapore (Singapore) · Founded 2012

About

Social Starts is a venture capital partnership employing a data-driven approach to investing in early-stage companies. Their focus is on moment-of-inception and Series A rounds, with a current emphasis on health and happiness startups.

Investment Stages

Seed, Series A

Industry Focus

BioTech, Digital, E-Commerce, EdTech, HRTech, Healthcare, Next-Generation Food

Portfolio Companies

SH2, Ruby, Hey Jane, Wayfinder Biosciences, AmplifiDX, INSO, Heartbeat, Mine'd, Faircraft, Sharper Sense, Proper Good, Mae, Beam Health, Edifice Health, Strata, Electric Era, Mission Barns, Ride, Zone7, Attn: Grace, Pollie, Novel Farms, EuMentis Therapeutics, Fulcrum, Phable, MANTL, Dyad Medical, She's Well, Mybacs, Oneday, Edly, Curie Co, Digbi, Bloom Science, Folia Health, Lazarus, InformAI, Inspectiv, HackNotice, Gentem, Rosy, Volumetric Bio, Nymbl Science, Outlier, LucidAct Health, GroLens, Freeplay, Coedition, Javelin Biotech, Barn2Door, Riven, Enspectra Health, Outer, Wild Wonder, Vitae, Finless Foods, Trexo, Empathic Technologies, PNO膾, Toybox, Madorra, Paradromics, Weller, Ravn, Meati Foods, BrainKey, Tingles, Medal, CourseKey, Copper Cow Coffee, StructionSite, Embr Labs, Osano, WeRecover, ProbiusDX, Wynd, KidzToPros, Concourse, Smilo, Unbound, The Block, Ordway, Onai, Flux Biosciences, Zehitomo, Osmosis, The Ocean, ClinOne, Ombre, TransfrVR, Wolf and Shepard, Turing Group, Naadam, Gyant, Vidrovr, Bloom Institute of Technology, Art19, Classkick, Stoplight, Burrow, Mycroft AI, BlockApps, Vendorhawk, Price.com, Gameflip, Pistol Lake, MagicCube, Viyet, Jobble, UnaliWear, Auryc, Werk, Horton Point, Hustle Con Media, Scatter, Hookit, Boundless Mind, AlphaPoint, YouStake, FunnelBeam, Seated, YouEarnedIt, AreaMetrics, Enhatch, Apptopia, Astronomer, Bark, LeadIQ, Circle Medical, Interviewed, Canvs, Fama, Captiv8, Stream, Everywear, Chronicled, Mixcord, Vizbee, Receptiviti, Wellthy, TXN, Rad, VinePair, Emotion Intelligence, Exposure Labs, Streamup, Little Bird, Binded, Thunder, Treeline, Povio, Affinio, Zingbox, Cassia Networks, CrowdAlbum, NimbleDroid, Contastic, Elite Daily, ThingLink, SimpleReach, SmartNews, Epic!, Mashable, Zemanta, CoachMePlus, HeartThis, Funnel, LeagueApps, Optimal, VidIQ, Triple Lift, Everymove, My Damn Channel, Greenhouse

Team (3)

  • Andrew Nealon - Chief Analyst, PARTNER
  • Mike Edelhart - Managing Partner
  • bradley welch - INVESTMENT PARTNER