We started Social Leverage over a decade ago, and we were friends for a decade before that. We have been entrepreneurs, investors and thought leaders in our markets, for years which has earned us the trust of thousands of respected and highly influential people in the industry.
We invest in people. We love building teams, products and communities. We write, we share, we organize events and travel relentlessly to help find and connect with the best entrepreneurs in the sectors we love.
The Social Leverage Difference
Community & Trust
We believe that social leverage is the new financial leverage. To build this social leverage we have focused on being consistent and transparent.
We are proud of the trust we have built in our network.
We host Palooza, a unique event that bring together our ecosystem to network and learn.
STRong Relationships
We invest in people every bit as much as we do in markets. We have a unique reputation for finding top-notch founder talent and we spend a substantial amount of time with prospective founders in both social and professional settings.
We trust our instincts and our network, which we continually invest in to work it's magic over time.
We are very proud of the testimonials from founders and co-investors.
Identify New Trends
With more than 40 years of combined investment management experience, we are known for identifying industry trends ahead of the curve.
markets we focus on
We focus our attention on capital efficient software companies that leverage Internet scale with a product that we can touch and feel, generally before any significant commercial traction. We focus on founders with deep domain experience and teams with a history of working together.
consumer
Mobility and connectivity have revolutionized old markets and created new marketplaces that weren't possible before. We envision a world where data mining and machine learning, combined with novel business models, will deliver new forms of fulfillment and convenience to consumers.
Our investments in Beyond Pricing, Manscaped and Wag Walking are examples of these trends.
financial Services
As active participants in the technological transformation occurring in the financial industry, we are uniquely positioned at the forefront of this change, having predicted the disruptive influences before the mainstream.
We’ve invested in many startups in the space including Alpaca, ChartIQ, eToro, ProducePay, Robinhood, and StockTwits.
Enterprise saas
In the enterprise market, technology advances every 5-7 years enable the reimagining of solutions to age-old problems. Unconstrained by legacy, upstarts can see the opportunity and guide their teams to have major impacts on the established players.
Our investments in 1UpHealth, Assistly, Kustomer, Logixboard and Narvar highlight this thesis.