Social Capital

Founded in 2011, Social Capital is a Menlo Park-based investment firm dedicated to advancing humanity by solving global challenges through technology. They empower entrepreneurs and innovative products by building a unique platform that redistributes power, capital, and opportunity.

Andrew Artz

Partner

Ashley Carroll

Partner

Sakya Duvvuru

Partner

Grant Hesser

Partner

Connor Nowinski

CFO and Partner

Past deals in Messaging

Metalink

Seed Round in 2023
Metalink is a private chat app that provides NFT collection. They also offer the punk owners to find and chat with other verified holders by simply connecting their wallet.

Hustle

Acquisition in 2020
Hustle, Inc. is a technology company that operates an online peer-to-peer text messaging platform designed to enhance communication for organizations. Founded in 2014 and based in San Francisco, California, Hustle provides a software-as-a-service solution that enables users to send personalized text messages for various purposes, including event attendance, fundraising, admissions, recruiting, advocacy, and sales and marketing. The platform facilitates two-way conversations, allowing organizations to engage in authentic dialogues with large audiences, thereby fostering genuine connections with supporters and customers. Hustle’s tools also support goal tracking, contact management, and conversation history viewing, empowering clients to strengthen relationships and broaden their outreach efforts effectively.

Sempre Health

Series A in 2018
Founded in 2015, Siempre Health operates a platform that dynamically adjusts patient co-payments based on medication adherence. It works with health plans and pharmaceutical manufacturers to improve clinical outcomes by incentivizing patients to fill prescriptions promptly via SMS reminders and discounts.

Mirror Emoji Keyboard

Seed Round in 2017
Mirror uses a single selfie to instantly create hundreds of emoji that look like you and your friends. You can then use these in all messengers.

Hustle

Series A in 2017
Hustle, Inc. is a technology company that operates an online peer-to-peer text messaging platform designed to enhance communication for organizations. Founded in 2014 and based in San Francisco, California, Hustle provides a software-as-a-service solution that enables users to send personalized text messages for various purposes, including event attendance, fundraising, admissions, recruiting, advocacy, and sales and marketing. The platform facilitates two-way conversations, allowing organizations to engage in authentic dialogues with large audiences, thereby fostering genuine connections with supporters and customers. Hustle’s tools also support goal tracking, contact management, and conversation history viewing, empowering clients to strengthen relationships and broaden their outreach efforts effectively.

Fam

Convertible Note in 2017
Fam's mission is to build products that revolutionize the way teens and millennials communicate. They believe in a calculated combination of live group video and group chat messaging to execute this. It is the world’s first group video chat app for iMessage, with over 7 million users. Their app instantly connects with the family and friends closest to its user through group video calling, right from their iPhone, and Android text message app.

Hustle

Seed Round in 2016
Hustle, Inc. is a technology company that operates an online peer-to-peer text messaging platform designed to enhance communication for organizations. Founded in 2014 and based in San Francisco, California, Hustle provides a software-as-a-service solution that enables users to send personalized text messages for various purposes, including event attendance, fundraising, admissions, recruiting, advocacy, and sales and marketing. The platform facilitates two-way conversations, allowing organizations to engage in authentic dialogues with large audiences, thereby fostering genuine connections with supporters and customers. Hustle’s tools also support goal tracking, contact management, and conversation history viewing, empowering clients to strengthen relationships and broaden their outreach efforts effectively.

Front

Series A in 2016
Front is a communication hub that centralizes customer interactions across various digital channels to enhance relationship management. The platform focuses on streamlining conversations by integrating collaboration tools and contextual data from multiple systems, allowing teams to provide timely, accurate, and personalized communications. Over 7,500 businesses, including notable names like Shopify, Airbnb, and Hulu, utilize Front to improve their customer engagement. The company's multi-channel inbox platform specializes in consolidating communication, facilitating internal discussions, and incorporating social features, thus enabling users to chat effectively and save time. By placing customer conversations at the forefront, Front empowers organizations to build stronger relationships through each interaction.

Sempre Health

Seed Round in 2016
Founded in 2015, Siempre Health operates a platform that dynamically adjusts patient co-payments based on medication adherence. It works with health plans and pharmaceutical manufacturers to improve clinical outcomes by incentivizing patients to fill prescriptions promptly via SMS reminders and discounts.

Intercom

Series C in 2016
Founded in 2011, Intercom provides a customer communication platform for businesses to engage with customers personally at scale. Its platform offers tools like Acquire (live chat), Engage (targeted messaging), Learn (customer feedback), and Support (in-app assistance) across web, iOS, and Android applications.

Slack

Series F in 2016
Slack operates a cloud-based communication and collaboration platform for teams, enabling users to exchange messages, share files, integrate with business tools, and increase efficiency.

Roger

Seed Round in 2016
Founded by Ricardo Vice Santos and Andreas Blixt, two former Spotify engineers, after Ricardo ran into a pole on the streets of New York while walking and texting with a friend in Sweden. Ricardo got frustrated as he simply wanted to talk, and walk. Blixt and Ricardo felt that there should be a simpler, more personal way to communicate with their closest ones than to text message; a product that would empower conversations with more emotion and context, that would be easily understood and that would be adopted by anyone with a smartphone. Roger currently has five employees from Sweden, Portugal, France, India and Singapore, and is based in New York City.

Intercom

Series C in 2015
Founded in 2011, Intercom provides a customer communication platform for businesses to engage with customers personally at scale. Its platform offers tools like Acquire (live chat), Engage (targeted messaging), Learn (customer feedback), and Support (in-app assistance) across web, iOS, and Android applications.

Hello Scout

Seed Round in 2015
Hello Scout is a company dedicated to enhancing the travel experience for hotel guests by offering a text message and app-based concierge service. The platform connects guests with local experts who provide personalized recommendations and assistance, helping travelers discover hidden gems and book activities. By leveraging a combination of city experts and automated responses, Hello Scout ensures that interactions are seamless and accessible while guests explore their destinations. This innovative approach aims to make travel more relaxing, spontaneous, and unique, particularly for boutique hotels seeking to elevate their guest services.

Huckle

Seed Round in 2015
Huckle is a messaging software company that develops a platform for live group chats initiated through Twitter. It enables users to start conversations, invite followers to join in real time, and notify those with the app when chats begin. The application also supports public chat rooms with friends, fans, and followers, allowing participants to communicate using a full-size keyboard.

Slack

Series E in 2015
Slack operates a cloud-based communication and collaboration platform for teams, enabling users to exchange messages, share files, integrate with business tools, and increase efficiency.

Slack

Series D in 2014
Slack operates a cloud-based communication and collaboration platform for teams, enabling users to exchange messages, share files, integrate with business tools, and increase efficiency.

Remind

Series C in 2014
Remind is a communication platform established in 2011 that focuses on enhancing student success through improved engagement among educators, families, and school administrators. The application serves as a real-time messaging tool designed to bridge communication gaps in primary education, allowing teachers, parents, students, and administrators in K-12 schools to interact effectively. Remind facilitates the scheduling of reminders and coordination of school-related activities, thereby streamlining communication and supporting educational outcomes. The company has attracted investment from notable firms such as First Round Capital, GSV, Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, and Social Capital.

Slack

Series C in 2014
Slack operates a cloud-based communication and collaboration platform for teams, enabling users to exchange messages, share files, integrate with business tools, and increase efficiency.

Remind

Series B in 2014
Remind is a communication platform established in 2011 that focuses on enhancing student success through improved engagement among educators, families, and school administrators. The application serves as a real-time messaging tool designed to bridge communication gaps in primary education, allowing teachers, parents, students, and administrators in K-12 schools to interact effectively. Remind facilitates the scheduling of reminders and coordination of school-related activities, thereby streamlining communication and supporting educational outcomes. The company has attracted investment from notable firms such as First Round Capital, GSV, Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, and Social Capital.

Intercom

Series B in 2014
Founded in 2011, Intercom provides a customer communication platform for businesses to engage with customers personally at scale. Its platform offers tools like Acquire (live chat), Engage (targeted messaging), Learn (customer feedback), and Support (in-app assistance) across web, iOS, and Android applications.

Gyft

Series A in 2013
Gyft is a mobile application that facilitates the buying, storing, sending, and redeeming of gift cards from various retailers. The platform allows users to manage their gift cards conveniently from their mobile devices, including the option to upload existing plastic gift cards. Gyft is integrated with social media, enabling users to easily send gift cards and messages to friends during special occasions. The application is available for download at no cost, providing a user-friendly solution for gift card management.

Remind

Series A in 2013
Remind is a communication platform established in 2011 that focuses on enhancing student success through improved engagement among educators, families, and school administrators. The application serves as a real-time messaging tool designed to bridge communication gaps in primary education, allowing teachers, parents, students, and administrators in K-12 schools to interact effectively. Remind facilitates the scheduling of reminders and coordination of school-related activities, thereby streamlining communication and supporting educational outcomes. The company has attracted investment from notable firms such as First Round Capital, GSV, Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, and Social Capital.

Intercom

Series A in 2013
Founded in 2011, Intercom provides a customer communication platform for businesses to engage with customers personally at scale. Its platform offers tools like Acquire (live chat), Engage (targeted messaging), Learn (customer feedback), and Support (in-app assistance) across web, iOS, and Android applications.

MessageMe

Series A in 2013
MessageMe is a mobile messaging application designed to enhance communication through personalized and emotionally engaging interactions. The platform focuses on creating a fun and lightweight user experience, encouraging users to send and respond to messages in a dynamic manner. By applying techniques from social gaming, MessageMe aims to enrich the emotional context of messaging, thereby increasing user engagement and excitement. The company has attracted interest from major players in the tech industry, including Snapchat and Truecaller. Ultimately, MessageMe was acquired by Yahoo for a sum estimated between $30 million and $40 million, reflecting its potential in the competitive messaging app landscape.

MessageMe

Seed Round in 2013
MessageMe is a mobile messaging application designed to enhance communication through personalized and emotionally engaging interactions. The platform focuses on creating a fun and lightweight user experience, encouraging users to send and respond to messages in a dynamic manner. By applying techniques from social gaming, MessageMe aims to enrich the emotional context of messaging, thereby increasing user engagement and excitement. The company has attracted interest from major players in the tech industry, including Snapchat and Truecaller. Ultimately, MessageMe was acquired by Yahoo for a sum estimated between $30 million and $40 million, reflecting its potential in the competitive messaging app landscape.

tbh

Seed Round in 2013
tbh is a company that specializes in developing a mobile application that allows users to give and receive anonymous feedback among friends. The application enables users to pose questions and respond to them through open text fields, leveraging anonymity to create an environment where individuals can share their thoughts without fear of backlash. This feature aims to foster positive interactions and self-esteem, as users can receive affirming comments from their network in a judgment-free setting.
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