SOSV

SOSV is a global venture capital firm based in Princeton, New Jersey, founded in 1995. It specializes in early-stage investments, focusing on deep technology innovations that address human and planetary health. The firm operates startup development programs, notably HAX and IndieBio, which provide resources, facilities, and lab equipment to accelerate the growth of promising startups. SOSV supports companies from their inception through various funding stages, including seed and series A rounds, while offering ongoing assistance to help them scale and attract additional investors. By concentrating on revolutionary technologies and cross-border markets, particularly in Asia, SOSV aims to foster significant advancements that benefit humanity and the environment.

Hugh Bowen

Associate

Shawn Broderick

General Partner

Stephen Chambers

Partner

Westley Dang

Principal

Katie Hoffman

General Partner

Stephen McCann

CFO and General Partner

Carthach McCarthy

CFO

Paul Monaghan

Principal

Brian Murphy

Finance Director

Sean O'Sullivan

Managing General Partner and Founder

Eric Ramsay

Analyst

Sabriya Stukes Ph.D

Partner

Duncan Turner

General Partner

Past deals in Social Network

Socialee

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Socialee is a video commerce platform connecting brands, content creators and consumers through honest product reviews.. The company was founded in 2023 and is based in Dubai, UAE and operations in KSA. On Socialee consumers can shop through honest video reviews from fellow shoppers and their favorite creators, who can monetize their content based on how authentic consumers find their reviews.

Woovly Shop Socially

Venture Round in 2023
Woovly India Pvt. Ltd operates a social media platform designed to connect users through shared experiences and interests, particularly in areas like photography, travel, food, and adventure sports. Founded in 2017 and based in Bengaluru, India, Woovly serves as a social commerce platform tailored for millennials in Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities. It enables users to discover and shop for lifestyle products through engaging short video content produced by micro and nano influencers. The platform incentivizes these influencers with cash rewards for content that generates engagement and sales, fostering a community-driven approach to shopping and lifestyle exploration.

Kakcho

Seed Round in 2022
Kakcho is a developer of a social networking platform designed to inspire connections and create opportunities for users, particularly youth. The company offers various services and products, including fiva, charcha, and sawal jawab, which focus on fostering interactions and facilitating communication among individuals. By democratizing expression across different media formats, languages, and geographies, Kakcho aims to enhance social connectivity and provide a space for diverse voices. The company maintains multiple contact methods, including mail, phone, and physical address, to engage with its users effectively.

SuperWorld

Seed Round in 2021
SuperWorld is building community in AR powered by the blockchain. We have built an AR Real Estate marketplace + Ad marketplace on the blockchain (superworldapp.com) and a social AR app which allows users to personalize the real world by adding anything anywhere in augmented reality with photos, videos, texts, and 3D objects, and share the AR experience with their followers.

SuperWorld

Convertible Note in 2021
SuperWorld is building community in AR powered by the blockchain. We have built an AR Real Estate marketplace + Ad marketplace on the blockchain (superworldapp.com) and a social AR app which allows users to personalize the real world by adding anything anywhere in augmented reality with photos, videos, texts, and 3D objects, and share the AR experience with their followers.

Pregnancy Tracker

Convertible Note in 2021
Pregnancy Tracker is a global mobile application designed to support pregnant women and their families by providing valuable information throughout the pregnancy journey. The application offers features that track pregnancy week by week, calculate the current week of pregnancy and due date, and deliver updates on fetal development and maternal body changes. By fostering a large community, Pregnancy Tracker serves as a resource for expecting mothers and future parents, helping them navigate the various stages of pregnancy with relevant insights and guidance.

amma.family

Seed Round in 2021
The amma pregnancy tracker is an international mobile service and community for pregnant women and their families. It provides clear, evidence-based pregnancy information and personalized recommendations. The active monthly audience of amma pregnancy tracker exceeds 1.5 million people. The application is downloaded by more than 10 million users annually, or 7% of pregnant women in the world.

eFanswer

Seed Round in 2019
eFanswer is the living community that gives you a chance to interact with your idols, discover all the curiosity and create a unique ebook with your FASK (questions).

Woovly Shop Socially

Seed Round in 2019
Woovly India Pvt. Ltd operates a social media platform designed to connect users through shared experiences and interests, particularly in areas like photography, travel, food, and adventure sports. Founded in 2017 and based in Bengaluru, India, Woovly serves as a social commerce platform tailored for millennials in Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities. It enables users to discover and shop for lifestyle products through engaging short video content produced by micro and nano influencers. The platform incentivizes these influencers with cash rewards for content that generates engagement and sales, fostering a community-driven approach to shopping and lifestyle exploration.

Miraquill

Seed Round in 2019
Miraquill is a social platform designed for individuals to create, share, and connect through short-form writing. It provides users with the tools to showcase their creative works, including poems, quotes, and stories, while allowing for visual design elements in their posts. The platform fosters a community for writers, poets, and readers, encouraging the exchange of thoughts, ideas, and emotions. Users can connect with others globally, enhancing their experience and expanding their reach within the literary community.

Project 5

Seed Round in 2019
Project5 is a new digital platform providing artists with tools to build their own sub-communities within the music ecosystem to support them in pursuing their passion in music. A one stop shop where you can find mentors, coaches and bring all family, friends and fans to support your career. Project 5 Team has been co-founders and key core team members whom have created some of the top music related projects in China including the first reality music show in China (Wo Xing Wo Xiu), Battle of the Bands, the #1 festival in China, and more. Project5 is hosting a contest for young aspiring music artists! Top 5 vote getters will win a chance to compete in packed live house with key music industry professionals, media and KOLs and many young professional fans.

Miraquill

Seed Round in 2018
Miraquill is a social platform designed for individuals to create, share, and connect through short-form writing. It provides users with the tools to showcase their creative works, including poems, quotes, and stories, while allowing for visual design elements in their posts. The platform fosters a community for writers, poets, and readers, encouraging the exchange of thoughts, ideas, and emotions. Users can connect with others globally, enhancing their experience and expanding their reach within the literary community.

Escapex

Funding Round in 2018
Escapex is an internet company that specializes in creating personally owned platforms (POPs) for celebrities and influencers, allowing them to enhance their online presence. The company offers an alternative to traditional social media platforms, enabling users with significant followings to establish unique brands at no cost. These platforms facilitate revenue generation through various means, including advertisements, subscriptions, in-app purchases, and contests. By providing a space where creators retain control and profit from their content, Escapex reimagines social media as a tool for artists to connect with fans while maintaining financial independence.

Misk

Seed Round in 2018
Misk is a restaurant-loving community that helps you decide where to dine or drink a glass based on the recommendations of your friends.

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.

Dogether

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Dogether is a mobile application that serves as a social platform for individuals seeking to connect with like-minded people and engage in shared activities. The platform allows users to meet new individuals and transform their interests into enjoyable experiences, covering a wide range of categories such as adventure, travel, sports, health, fitness, social events, and skill development. By facilitating user interactions based on shared interests, Dogether enables individuals to discover nearby companions and plan activities together, fostering a sense of community and encouraging social engagement.

Tomoto

Seed Round in 2017
Tomoto offers a technology platform designed to assist influencers and celebrities in managing their social media presence and fan interactions. The platform enables users to create personalized branding icons to foster connections with their fan base, while also providing direct access to membership data. This innovative solution allows for streamlined communication, enabling real-time engagement through push notifications and direct content updates. By facilitating one-on-one interactions with fans, Tomoto enhances the overall experience for both creators and their audiences, making it easier to build and maintain a loyal fan community.

LESDO

Seed Round in 2017
LESDO operates a social networking application designed to enhance the lives of lesbians by facilitating connections and fostering community. Developed under the Beijing Music Degree Technological and Cultural Limited, the application enables users to meet others in their vicinity, thereby promoting social engagement. The team behind LESDO comprises experienced professionals from prominent technology companies, including Google, Tencent, Alibaba, and Sina. Their mission is to leverage technology to build both online and offline communities, ultimately improving the living environment for their users.

eFanswer

Seed Round in 2017
eFanswer is the living community that gives you a chance to interact with your idols, discover all the curiosity and create a unique ebook with your FASK (questions).

Dare App (by Eristica)

Convertible Note in 2017
Dare App is a video platform for fun and positive challenge videos. Our users ask their friends or even strangers to complete challenges to make money and prove it by posting a video.

Dare App (by Eristica)

Seed Round in 2017
Dare App is a video platform for fun and positive challenge videos. Our users ask their friends or even strangers to complete challenges to make money and prove it by posting a video.

NewsPlus

Convertible Note in 2016
NewsPlus, operated by Veooz Labs Pvt. Ltd., is a social network aggregation platform that provides users with a comprehensive overview of opinions and insights from social media. Established in 2008 and based in Hyderabad, India, the platform tracks and aggregates views expressed by millions across various social media platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, on a wide range of topics such as people, products, and events. Additionally, NewsPlus offers a news application that delivers breaking news and personalized feeds in multiple languages. This application allows users to access local stories and create customized magazines, ensuring they receive news that is most relevant to their interests. The service aggregates billions of views, making it a significant resource for understanding public sentiment on diverse subjects.

Bonzun

Seed Round in 2016
Bonzun is a healthcare company that provides an award-winning pregnancy app designed for mothers, caregivers, and healthcare professionals. The app aims to enhance the pregnancy experience by offering tools that promote safety and reassurance regarding maternal and fetal health. It enables pregnant women to track their health and test results through intuitive graphs, which helps them monitor ongoing pregnancy progress. Additionally, the app allows users to log their baby's movements and provides alerts if any abnormal patterns are detected. A unique feature of Bonzun's app is its capability to facilitate real-time communication, enabling expectant mothers to share updates with family members, such as partners or grandparents, through notifications about the baby's activity. This comprehensive approach not only empowers women with knowledge but also fosters a supportive community around their pregnancy journey.

migme

Post in 2016
Migme Limited is a global digital media company focused on emerging markets offers migme, a fan-based social entertainment platform that offers chat, content, and microblogging services. It enables users to post bite-sized blogs, send messages, and exchange virtual gifts with each other. The site’s revenue is generated via gifts, games, avatar items, emoticons, and stickers. Migme Limited was founded in 2005 and is listed and registered in Australia, with headquarters in Singapore.

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.

DOWN

Seed Round in 2016
DOWN is the #1 hookup app (casual dating) in the world, with millions of users, ranked top 5 dating apps in the US on Apple App Store. Down, Inc. started as Bang With Friends, a viral Facebook app that quickly gained 1M users and attention worldwide. Featured in The Economist, The New York Times, The Huffington Post, BuzzFeed, TechCrunch, and many more outlets, DOWN stands out as the most honest and successful casual dating network in the world. In 2016, Down, Inc. was acquired by Paktor. In 2018, Founder Colin Hodge and first Product Designer, Nadav Mills, reacquired the company and continue to run it independently to this day. With DOWN Dating, you can choose whether you want more serious relationships or pure hookups. We view sexuality as a healthy, natural, and crucial aspect in relationships. We are adults, so sexual intention and attraction shouldn't be shamed for. We want you to have fun with your dating app matches, and we believe it's healthier if people are up-front with what they want by specifying if they want to GET (a) DATE or GET DOWN.

Vibease

Convertible Note in 2015
Vibease helps couples to stay intimate. It’s a private social network for couples with massager integration. Couples can use Vibease for chatting and share their moments. The best part is the woman’s partner can control her massager using iPhone or Android phone even though they are separated by a distance.

GeiLi Giving

Convertible Note in 2015
Geili Giving offers WeChat an application that focuses on connecting Chinese citizens with NGOs. Geili Giving enables its customers to play games, and donate and volunteer for charity programs. The players gets additional points for encouraging the other users to donate. Geili Giving was founded by Elyse Ribbons and Bart Grasza in 2015. It is headquartered in Beijing, China.

Artable

Venture Round in 2015
Artable is a social enterprise that operates an online platform designed to support independent artists, designers, creators, and researchers. Established in 2015, Artable assists these individuals by facilitating fundraising for their projects while also promoting their work to the market. The platform is dedicated to fostering creativity and independence, particularly for those engaged in social innovation. It serves as a community where mature artists and creative individuals can collaborate, share ideas, and support one another. By connecting creators with customers and businesses, Artable aims to enhance brand value and create a meaningful social impact through innovative artistic endeavors.

Bestaurant

Seed Round in 2015
Bestaurant is a mobile application focused on private sharing of restaurant recommendations among trusted friends. It allows users to discover and share their favorite dining experiences, featuring tips and photos of specific dishes that friends enjoy. Users can create curated Gold Lists, highlighting one restaurant per cuisine or vibe in various cities, making it easier for friends to navigate dining options, particularly when traveling. The platform serves as a private repository for users to access their friends' top food experiences worldwide, ensuring that personal favorites are shared only within a trusted circle, rather than with the public. Additionally, Bestaurant aids users in finding suitable restaurants for various occasions and facilitates seat bookings at competitive rates.

LESDO

Venture Round in 2015
LESDO operates a social networking application designed to enhance the lives of lesbians by facilitating connections and fostering community. Developed under the Beijing Music Degree Technological and Cultural Limited, the application enables users to meet others in their vicinity, thereby promoting social engagement. The team behind LESDO comprises experienced professionals from prominent technology companies, including Google, Tencent, Alibaba, and Sina. Their mission is to leverage technology to build both online and offline communities, ultimately improving the living environment for their users.

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.

GeiLi Giving

Seed Round in 2015
Geili Giving offers WeChat an application that focuses on connecting Chinese citizens with NGOs. Geili Giving enables its customers to play games, and donate and volunteer for charity programs. The players gets additional points for encouraging the other users to donate. Geili Giving was founded by Elyse Ribbons and Bart Grasza in 2015. It is headquartered in Beijing, China.

Pool My Ride

Seed Round in 2015
PoolMyRide creates a way out for your daily commute while cutting down your expenses. Find ride pools in and around your city, just enter source and destination and wait for your Facebook friends and app users to share the ride.They also introduced cab pooling booking for office commute. On an average a pool can save a user more than $1,000 per year which otherwise would have gone on: *Fuel. *Maintenance. *Wear and Tear of vehicle. Features: *Create or join a pool anywhere in the world *See where your friends or Colleagues plan to travel. *Get the travel route for ride. *Connect with new people *Login with your Facebook account too. Benefits: *Use technology to make earth and home happy. *Play your role in society. *Connect to more people. *Save Money *Save Environment

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.

Common Trip

Seed Round in 2014
Common Trip is an online ride-sharing platform designed to enhance the daily commuting experience by making it more social and engaging. Users can input trip details, such as vehicle type, trip frequency, and locations, to create a smart trip card that centralizes all relevant information. The platform facilitates real-time communication, providing automated updates when trips start or when drivers are nearby. Users can share their trip details with their network, promoting transparency and encouraging participation in eco-friendly transportation options like carpooling and public transport. Additionally, Common Trip rewards users for their green commuting efforts, allowing them to earn incentives based on the number of sustainable miles traveled.

Shoe Lovers

Seed Round in 2014
Shoe Lovers is the world’s largest online community for shoe fashionistas, curated with love. We have grown to 38+M Facebook fans in a little over a year and a half by offering a uniquely disruptive social entertainment and commerce platform to help passionate women who love shoes to find offers, discover trends around the world, and share their passion with others. Discovering shoes that match personal taste is difficult for many women with the immense set of offers distributed across thousands of sites, and attempts to personalize the user experience and capture user preferences through contests often result in offers which don’t quite match the user’s fashion sensibilities. The power of social commerce resides in the network effect of recommendations, and ShoeLovers was built to maximize the network effect of the community interactions, and automatically capture the fans’ preferences with unprecedented accuracy to provide an outstanding user experience.

Oomba

Debt Financing in 2013
Oomba operates within the growing eSports market by offering a comprehensive cloud-based platform designed for tournament management and live streaming. The company provides large-scale venues and innovative solutions for players, tournament organizers, and gaming leagues globally. Following its acquisition of GameWorks, Oomba is developing eSports stadiums across the United States. Its multi-faceted platform facilitates interaction among teams, leagues, governing bodies, and game publishers, while also enhancing the experience for both B2B clients and consumers. Founded by Michael Williams, along with co-founder Nolan Bushnell, Oomba launched its mobile app and website at Gen Con 2014, gaining recognition for its capabilities in tournament organization and social networking, further highlighted by setting a Guinness World Record for the largest Rock, Paper, Scissors tournament. Based in Irvine, California, Oomba aims to transform the organization of competitive gaming.

Vibease

Seed Round in 2013
Vibease helps couples to stay intimate. It’s a private social network for couples with massager integration. Couples can use Vibease for chatting and share their moments. The best part is the woman’s partner can control her massager using iPhone or Android phone even though they are separated by a distance.

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.

MavenHut

Series B in 2012
MavenHut Ltd is an Irish-based company focused on transforming classic single-player games into engaging social experiences. Established by a founding team with extensive experience in the social gaming industry, MavenHut aims to develop an online platform that enhances multiplayer gameplay, particularly in the solitaire genre. The company's offerings allow game enthusiasts to connect and enjoy their favorite games in a social context, fostering interaction and community among players. As a StartupBootcamp 2012 alumni, MavenHut is committed to innovating in the gaming space by blending traditional gaming elements with modern social features.

Acheev.it

Venture Round in 2012
Acheev.it is building software that uses gamification, social feedback and analytics to help people to be more motivated and successful at work. Their first product is focused on sales teams and is currently in private beta.

Weiboagent

Seed Round in 2012
Weiboagent helps western companies open, maintain, and grow their social media presence. They aggregate data from social media channels and categorize users based on their interests.

Acheev.it

Seed Round in 2012
Acheev.it is building software that uses gamification, social feedback and analytics to help people to be more motivated and successful at work. Their first product is focused on sales teams and is currently in private beta.

Sassor

Seed Round in 2012
Sassor is a Japanese service design company engaged in the production and business development of various devices and services. The company offers Energy Literacy Platform, a tool that enables its users to learn about the amount of electricity they consume every day and enhance their home energy literacy. It also offers Socialacts, a social, action-based SNS with an intuitive interface which enables the transmission and sharing of social actions; and makes participating in social actions enjoyable by sharing social actions among friends, finding out about social actions happening around, and earning achievements by continuing actions. Sassor Inc. was founded in 2010 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Storyful

Seed Round in 2011
Storyful, founded in December 2009 by Mark Little, is a news agency tailored for the social media era. It serves as an online publishing platform that merges journalistic expertise with curation technology to transform social media content into relevant news stories. The company aggregates valuable information from platforms like Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook, providing global news organizations with access to this curated content through its StoryfulPro product. By establishing partnerships with various media brands, Storyful helps journalists, broadcasters, and publishers sift through the noise of social media to identify breaking news, trending topics, and local insights. The company challenges traditional news categorization, emphasizing that every story originates from a unique voice and operates under the principle that there is always someone closer to the narrative.

NextGoals

Seed Round in 2011
NextGoals helps people stay motivated to achieve their goals. The team at NextGoals believed that health and fitness was the best place to start. So they took the recipe for goal achievement -- goal setting, accountability, and principled action -- NextGoals and developed tools to help people stay motivated. Currently, they are working on an innovative wristband tracker that uses motion data to calculate steps, calories burned, distance and pace. That data syncs up to their social web-service, which is social-networking enabled, and they can share their goals and progress with their friends.

Kwestr

Seed Round in 2011
Kwestr enables people and companies to accomplish goals, solve problems and get stuff done by breaking large problems into a gamified and manageable step by step tasks that can be shared with friends and contacts via social networks and media in a fun and engaging way. Kwestr can also help companies and brands to unify their online and offline marketing campaigns, engage their customer communities, push customers down the CRM funnel of conversion hurdles and receive metrics and analysis of the activities of their users and prospects. Kwestr acts as a digital sandbox for constructing social experiences for groups and individuals both online and offline.

Play140

Seed Round in 2010
Play140 is a startup founded by experienced professionals from the gaming and startup sectors. The company specializes in creating simple, text-based social games that can be accessed through various platforms, including SMS texting, instant messaging, and Twitter. By focusing on easy-to-play formats, Play140 aims to engage users in a unique gaming experience that leverages popular communication channels.

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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