Investments
516Portfolio Exits
76Funds
5About Social Starts
Social Starts is a venture capital partnership focused on the emerging science of individual health and, through health, the delivery of happiness. The firm's family of funds includes Social Starts A (2016), Social Starts 3 (2014), Social Starts 2 (2013), Social Starts 1 (2012), and Joyance Partners US & Europe (2016). Social Start's mission is to find the best technologists and scientists worldwide in the most powerful markets and support them from the earliest stages of their quest toward making the world a healthier and happier place. With breakthroughs across health, biotech, and therapeutics, powerful new tech pushing medical care toward prevention and personalization, and dramatic leaps in AI to capture and predict what people need, the firm believes health and happiness science is the most robust early-stage investment opportunity in decades. Social Start's worldwide team of PhDs, MDs, and deep tech investors are supported by a proprietary methodology for identifying the strongest venture segments and AI tools that uncover new startups at birth.
Social Starts Headquarter Location
San Francisco, California,
United States
646-510-2634
Latest Social Starts News
Jan 24, 2022
Creator-owned marketplace startup HYPD raised $1.5 million in seed ffrom Better Capital, Sauce VC and others, where Influencers Bhuvan Bam, Tanmay Bhat, Ranveer Allahbadia & Dhvani Bhanushali also invested along with Joyance Partners, LetsVenture, Dr. Ritesh Malik (Founder, Innov8), Aditya Sehgal (ex-President Rickett), Harish Narayan (CMO, Myntra), Nadeesh Ramachandran (Head Of Performance Marketing, Google). Founders such as Shantanu Deshpande (Bombay Shaving Company), Revant Bhate (CEO, Mosaic Wellness), Harshil Mathur & Shashank Kumar (Razorpay), Rohan & Uday (Epigamia) and CXOs of unicorn companies, according to HYPD. The startup will use the freshly-infused capital towards marketing and development efforts. It claims to have powered a GMV of INR 50 lakh for creators already. Founded in 2020 by Ashwarya Garg and Akshay Bhatnagar, HYPD was created with the intention of helping content creators make a sustainable source of income. It allows them to create their own multi-brand store on the platform. “Every entrepreneur wants to be a creator, and every creator wants to be an entrepreneur. Taking cues from this prevalent tendency, HYPD is paving the way for a new breed of creators called ‘Creator-Preneurs’. We are stoked to have the best cohort of early stage funds, creators, entrepreneurs, angels in the country. These stakeholders are our ‘Hypdronauts’, set to scale the brand to newer heights,” said Ashwarya Garg, cofounder of HYPD. “HYPD is a product at the intersection of a booming consumer D2C business and swelling influencer marketing economy. The creators are often treated as virtual billboards, but with the commoditization of business infrastructure, any creator can transform their audience into a scalable empire. We are putting more power in the hands of the creators,” added Akshay Bhatnagar, another cofounder of HYPD. “Creators are emerging as a driving force for ecommerce. Ashwarya and Akshay have built a simple to use tool to allow creators to monetise their following through commerce. Agencies and influencers big and small are using HYPD to earn more meaningful commissions directly from digital brands,” Manu Chandra, founder and managing partner, Sauce VC said.
Social Starts Investments
516 Investments
Social Starts has made 516 investments. Their latest investment was in PhableCare as part of their Series B on March 3, 2022.
Social Starts Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
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3/28/2022 | Series B | PhableCare | $25M | Yes | Aflac Ventures, Digital Horizon Ventures, Fresco Capital, Kalaari Capital, Omron Ventures, SOSV, Stride Ventures, and Undisclosed Investors | 5 |
1/11/2022 | Series A | GrayMatters Health | $10M | No | 7 | |
1/6/2022 | Seed VC | Mine'd | $3.5M | Yes | 2 | |
12/9/2021 | Series A | |||||
11/10/2021 | Series A |
Date | 3/28/2022 | 1/11/2022 | 1/6/2022 | 12/9/2021 | 11/10/2021 |
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Round | Series B | Series A | Seed VC | Series A | Series A |
Company | PhableCare | GrayMatters Health | Mine'd | ||
Amount | $25M | $10M | $3.5M | ||
New? | Yes | No | Yes | ||
Co-Investors | Aflac Ventures, Digital Horizon Ventures, Fresco Capital, Kalaari Capital, Omron Ventures, SOSV, Stride Ventures, and Undisclosed Investors | ||||
Sources | 5 | 7 | 2 |
Social Starts Portfolio Exits
76 Portfolio Exits
Social Starts has 76 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Popular Pays on March 23, 2022.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
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3/23/2022 | Acquired | 1 | |||
2/10/2022 | Acquired | 2 | |||
2/8/2022 | Acquired | 2 | |||
Date | 3/23/2022 | 2/10/2022 | 2/8/2022 | ||
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Exit | Acquired | Acquired | Acquired | ||
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Valuation | |||||
Acquirer | |||||
Sources | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Social Starts Fund History
5 Fund Histories
Social Starts has 5 funds, including Joyance Partners.
Closing Date | Fund | Fund Type | Status | Amount | Sources |
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3/21/2018 | Joyance Partners | $20M | 2 | ||
7/1/2014 | Social Starts III | ||||
12/1/2013 | Social Starts II | ||||
1/1/2012 | Social Starts I | ||||
Social Starts - A |
Closing Date | 3/21/2018 | 7/1/2014 | 12/1/2013 | 1/1/2012 | |
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Fund | Joyance Partners | Social Starts III | Social Starts II | Social Starts I | Social Starts - A |
Fund Type | |||||
Status | |||||
Amount | $20M | ||||
Sources | 2 |
Social Starts Team
4 Team Members
Social Starts has 4 team members, including current Investment Partner, Jun Deng.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
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Jun Deng | Singularity University, and University of California | Investment Partner | Current |
Holly Jacobus | Investment Partner | Current | |
Seth Rosenblatt | Interwoven, Optimost, MediaLive International, Bluefish Wireless, Pocket Communications Northeast, Ziff Davis (acquired J2 Global), and Lehman Brothers | Managing Partner | Former |
Paolo Pio | Virgin StartUp, and Cisco | Managing Director | Former |
Name | Jun Deng | Holly Jacobus | Seth Rosenblatt | Paolo Pio |
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Work History | Singularity University, and University of California | Interwoven, Optimost, MediaLive International, Bluefish Wireless, Pocket Communications Northeast, Ziff Davis (acquired J2 Global), and Lehman Brothers | Virgin StartUp, and Cisco | |
Title | Investment Partner | Investment Partner | Managing Partner | Managing Director |
Status | Current | Current | Former | Former |
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