SOSV

SOSV is a global venture capital firm founded in 1995 and headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey. Specializing in seed-to-growth stage investments, SOSV operates multiple accelerator programs worldwide, including HAX for hardware, IndieBio and RebelBio for life sciences, Chinaccelerator and MOX for cross-border internet ventures, Food-X for innovative food solutions, and dlab for blockchain technology. The firm focuses on investments in revolutionary deep technologies aimed at improving human and planetary health, as well as cross-border markets, particularly in Asia. SOSV invests in approximately 150 startups annually, providing support through its resources to accelerate product development and scaling. Over its two-decade history, SOSV has established a strong reputation, consistently ranking among the top venture capital firms globally.

Michael Aberman

Partner

Lindsay Atkenson

Analyst

Hugh Bowen

Associate

Po Bronson

General Partner

Stephen Chambers

Partner

Navin Danapal

SEA Director

Hiruy Ephrem

Analyst

Sheng Ge

Partner, Investments Operations

Weichang Ge

Analyst

TR Harrington

Partner

Bill Liao

General Partner

Ching-Ping Lin

Partner

Stephen McCann

CFO and General Partner

Carthach McCarthy

CFO

Yuan-Ting Meng

Analyst

Paul Monaghan

Principal

Eric Ramsay

Analyst

Pae Wu

General Partner

Sabriya Stukes Ph.D

Partner

Past deals in Search Engine

Linkstar

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Linkstar is a digital platform developed by Savvy Technologies that enables users to create personalized webspaces quickly and at no cost. This service is designed for creators, influencers, freelancers, and small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) looking to establish an online presence and engage in e-commerce. Linkstar offers features such as payment processing, delivery integrations, and discovery tools, facilitating a streamlined experience for users to market and sell their products or services. In addition to Linkstar, Savvy Technologies operates a freelance marketplace that connects clients with pre-vetted freelance professionals, utilizing a user-friendly chat interface and secure payment options to enhance communication and transaction efficiency.

Zeemo.ai

Seed Round in 2021
Zeemo.ai is a firm that offers automatic, AI-driven video subtitling services in 15 languages, including Spanish, Korean, and Chinese.

iMotorbike

Seed Round in 2021
iMotorbike is the #1 motorbike online classified-ads E-commerce website in South East Asia, providing a fast, secure, simple and trouble free online experience with a wide variety of product range, setting itself apart from what exists in the market. iMotorbike offers three main categories: motorbikes, parts and accessories. For a complete 360° experience, iMotorbike also enables users the access to services such as insurance and financing. At iMotorbike we always strive to offer our customers the best experience through a complete and efficient online ecosystem for motorbike users, lovers and professionals.

iMotorbike

Convertible Note in 2021
iMotorbike is the #1 motorbike online classified-ads E-commerce website in South East Asia, providing a fast, secure, simple and trouble free online experience with a wide variety of product range, setting itself apart from what exists in the market. iMotorbike offers three main categories: motorbikes, parts and accessories. For a complete 360° experience, iMotorbike also enables users the access to services such as insurance and financing. At iMotorbike we always strive to offer our customers the best experience through a complete and efficient online ecosystem for motorbike users, lovers and professionals.

Luxsens

Convertible Note in 2020
Luxsens is an artificial intelligence technology company based in Hong Kong that connects luxury merchants with consumers globally. It operates the world's first Global Luxury Index, utilizing AI and big data to provide real-time product data, insights, and analysis of luxury goods. This platform offers users high-quality information to help inform their purchasing decisions, including optimal prices, sales channels, and material authenticity, thereby assisting in avoiding counterfeit products. In addition to its core product, Luxsens has launched an invitation-only online luxury vertical tailored to the Chinese market, which features media content and digital publications. The company also produces luxury reports and lifestyle content aimed at both men and women.

Pinpoint

Seed Round in 2020
Pinpoint is a technology company that specializes in enhancing software delivery through data science and innovative search technologies. Founded in 2016, the company focuses on developing an engineering performance management platform that integrates with various software delivery tools to provide insights into work activities. By leveraging proprietary artificial intelligence, Pinpoint measures impact, anticipates risks, and identifies opportunities for improvement, thus enabling technology and business leaders to foster high-performance engineering teams. Additionally, Pinpoint's search technology offers customized solutions for a range of clients, including vertical portals and mobile carriers, by creating tailored search engines that enhance user experience and drive traffic. The company's commitment to aligning technology with business objectives positions it as a valuable partner in optimizing performance and increasing revenue potential for its clients. Headquartered in North Carolina with additional offices in San Francisco, Pinpoint is backed by venture funding from notable investors.

Sq

Seed Round in 2020
Seaquake Ops LLC is a company that specializes in developing an institutional-grade trading and data processing engine aimed at stabilizing the infrastructure within the digital asset market. Founded in 2018 and based in Boulder, Colorado, Seaquake addresses the challenges of volatility and liquidity that currently plague the cryptocurrency market. The company's platform employs advanced quantitative methodologies and low-latency technology to provide comprehensive solutions designed to enhance trading volume across partner exchanges. By focusing on these critical areas, Seaquake aims to improve market efficiency and fulfill orders that would otherwise remain unexecuted.

Covario

Venture Round in 2020
Covario is a provider of software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions focused on interactive marketing analytics. The company offers a comprehensive portfolio that includes tools for managing display advertising, paid search advertising, and organic search engine optimization. Covario's platform allows global organizations to optimize their marketing efforts by providing insights that enhance brand integrity and ensure budget transparency. Its Paid Search Insight tool empowers businesses to refine their paid search campaigns across various search engines and demographics, while the Organic Search Insight feature aids in the creation of optimized content to improve search rankings on major platforms such as Google, Yahoo, and Bing. Recognized as a leading independent search and content marketing provider, Covario has earned accolades, including the distinction of being named Search Agency of the Year multiple times from 2011 to 2013.

ESM.One Inc

Seed Round in 2019
ESM.One Inc is a research and analytics agency based in Kyiv, Ukraine, specializing in the Esports and streaming sectors. Founded in 2016, the company collects and publishes comprehensive data on top streamers, Esports events, and popular videos across various platforms. ESM.One caters to a diverse clientele, including Esports teams, tournament organizers, betting companies, brands, and media entities, providing them with valuable insights to navigate the industry. Its platform offers interconnected services designed to simplify the understanding and engagement in the Esports landscape, making it a vital resource for gamers, business professionals, streamers, and advertisers.

Luxsens

Convertible Note in 2019
Luxsens is an artificial intelligence technology company based in Hong Kong that connects luxury merchants with consumers globally. It operates the world's first Global Luxury Index, utilizing AI and big data to provide real-time product data, insights, and analysis of luxury goods. This platform offers users high-quality information to help inform their purchasing decisions, including optimal prices, sales channels, and material authenticity, thereby assisting in avoiding counterfeit products. In addition to its core product, Luxsens has launched an invitation-only online luxury vertical tailored to the Chinese market, which features media content and digital publications. The company also produces luxury reports and lifestyle content aimed at both men and women.

ESM.One Inc

Seed Round in 2019
ESM.One Inc is a research and analytics agency based in Kyiv, Ukraine, specializing in the Esports and streaming sectors. Founded in 2016, the company collects and publishes comprehensive data on top streamers, Esports events, and popular videos across various platforms. ESM.One caters to a diverse clientele, including Esports teams, tournament organizers, betting companies, brands, and media entities, providing them with valuable insights to navigate the industry. Its platform offers interconnected services designed to simplify the understanding and engagement in the Esports landscape, making it a vital resource for gamers, business professionals, streamers, and advertisers.

ESM.One Inc

Seed Round in 2019
ESM.One Inc is a research and analytics agency based in Kyiv, Ukraine, specializing in the Esports and streaming sectors. Founded in 2016, the company collects and publishes comprehensive data on top streamers, Esports events, and popular videos across various platforms. ESM.One caters to a diverse clientele, including Esports teams, tournament organizers, betting companies, brands, and media entities, providing them with valuable insights to navigate the industry. Its platform offers interconnected services designed to simplify the understanding and engagement in the Esports landscape, making it a vital resource for gamers, business professionals, streamers, and advertisers.

escapex

Funding Round in 2018
Escapex is an internet company that creates personal owned platforms (POPs) for celebrities and influencers it helps its clients to increase their online presence. Escapex offers an alternative to legacy social media platforms where those with a large following can establish a unique brand for free and begin generating revenue through advertisements, subscriptions, and in-app purchases.

Inside Warehouse

Seed Round in 2018
Integrating Content and Commerce Experience eCommerce proves to be one of the most profitable options for content publishers to create new revenue channels and enhance engagement with their audience base We've developed a unique semantics-based tool which links products (features) with website text content. Through Inside Warehouse plug-in embedded in Publisher’s site consumers are able to purchase products related to the content from multiple distributors with a single click without leaving the publisher’s site. Publisher transforms visitor into lifetime customer instead of building traffic and revenue stream to third-party websites/retailers.

Shopal

Series B in 2018
Shopal is a social shopping engine help you find and collect things you like and share them with your friends.

Luxsens

Seed Round in 2017
Luxsens is an artificial intelligence technology company based in Hong Kong that connects luxury merchants with consumers globally. It operates the world's first Global Luxury Index, utilizing AI and big data to provide real-time product data, insights, and analysis of luxury goods. This platform offers users high-quality information to help inform their purchasing decisions, including optimal prices, sales channels, and material authenticity, thereby assisting in avoiding counterfeit products. In addition to its core product, Luxsens has launched an invitation-only online luxury vertical tailored to the Chinese market, which features media content and digital publications. The company also produces luxury reports and lifestyle content aimed at both men and women.

Citiesense

Seed Round in 2017
Citiesense, LLC is a marketing platform that facilitates the promotion of real estate development projects in cities such as New York, Bridgeport, Derby, and New Haven. Founded in 2013 and based in New Haven, Connecticut, Citiesense offers a Neighborhood Knowledge Platform that aids municipalities in managing and disseminating information about growth and development initiatives. This platform also assists property owners, developers, and brokers in showcasing available listings related to development projects. By providing organized and relevant information, Citiesense helps cities make informed decisions regarding new buildings, infrastructure improvements, and business openings, ultimately enhancing operational efficiency and development results.

CHEGLASS

Seed Round in 2016
CHEGLASS

Luxsens

Seed Round in 2016
Luxsens is an artificial intelligence technology company based in Hong Kong that connects luxury merchants with consumers globally. It operates the world's first Global Luxury Index, utilizing AI and big data to provide real-time product data, insights, and analysis of luxury goods. This platform offers users high-quality information to help inform their purchasing decisions, including optimal prices, sales channels, and material authenticity, thereby assisting in avoiding counterfeit products. In addition to its core product, Luxsens has launched an invitation-only online luxury vertical tailored to the Chinese market, which features media content and digital publications. The company also produces luxury reports and lifestyle content aimed at both men and women.

Shopal

Seed Round in 2016
Shopal is a social shopping engine help you find and collect things you like and share them with your friends.

Shopal

Seed Round in 2015
Shopal is a social shopping engine help you find and collect things you like and share them with your friends.

Marginize

Venture Round in 2015
Marginize augments every page on the web with an independent space owned by the visitors where they can meet each other and interact freely. Marginize pre-populates that space with existing Twitter content about each page, and allows visitors to "check in" to the page and comment. The most active community member becomes the "curator" for that site, and other recently active users are shown after they check in. Browser add-ons for Chrome and Firefox are available on www.marginize.com, and a bookmarklet can be used with other browsers.

Monitor Backlinks

Seed Round in 2013
Monitor Backlinks is an online search engine optimization (SEO) tool that provides automatic notifications to users when their backlinks are changed, removed or when they are bound to expire. The tool offers features such as PageRank checker, import or export from file, bookmark let, automated email notifier, and IP, dofollow, and country checker. Monitor Backlinks offers a free version and a few paid versions of SEO tools depending on the number of backlinks that users can observe. Monitor Backlinks has stated that their main objective is to help anyone who is present online to get good rankings in search engines. Monitor Backlinks, launched in Dublin, Ireland, was founded by Razvan Girmacea.

Monitor Backlinks

Seed Round in 2013
Monitor Backlinks is an online search engine optimization (SEO) tool that provides automatic notifications to users when their backlinks are changed, removed or when they are bound to expire. The tool offers features such as PageRank checker, import or export from file, bookmark let, automated email notifier, and IP, dofollow, and country checker. Monitor Backlinks offers a free version and a few paid versions of SEO tools depending on the number of backlinks that users can observe. Monitor Backlinks has stated that their main objective is to help anyone who is present online to get good rankings in search engines. Monitor Backlinks, launched in Dublin, Ireland, was founded by Razvan Girmacea.

Click 4 Classes

Seed Round in 2013
Operator of a website containing information on classes and training providers. The company's platform specializes in providing information on classes and training providers in various business sectors.

Marginize

Venture Round in 2012
Marginize augments every page on the web with an independent space owned by the visitors where they can meet each other and interact freely. Marginize pre-populates that space with existing Twitter content about each page, and allows visitors to "check in" to the page and comment. The most active community member becomes the "curator" for that site, and other recently active users are shown after they check in. Browser add-ons for Chrome and Firefox are available on www.marginize.com, and a bookmarklet can be used with other browsers.

Weiboagent

Seed Round in 2012
Weiboagent

Marginize

Seed Round in 2010
Marginize augments every page on the web with an independent space owned by the visitors where they can meet each other and interact freely. Marginize pre-populates that space with existing Twitter content about each page, and allows visitors to "check in" to the page and comment. The most active community member becomes the "curator" for that site, and other recently active users are shown after they check in. Browser add-ons for Chrome and Firefox are available on www.marginize.com, and a bookmarklet can be used with other browsers.
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