Social Leverage
Scottsdale, Arizona · Invests in US; North America · Website
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Social leverage is the new financial leverage. Community, trust, and relationships drive superior deal sourcing and returns. We identify industry trends ahead of the curve through consistent public thought leadership and community engagement.
Likely not a fit for
No pure hardware plays, biotech/life sciences outside focus, unproven teams, or consumer without defensible economics
How they invest
- Lead or follow
- Usually leads
- Typical decision
- ~2 weeks
- Warm intro
- Not required
- Involvement
- Takes a board seat
- Fund status
- Actively deploying
- Assets under mgmt
- $450M
- Decision process
- Partnership vote
Partners & team
5 contacts on file
Portfolio
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Recent activity
- Jan 2026
Alpaca
Series D · Returned Investor
- Dec 2025
Multiple Fund V investments
Seed · Lead
- Jan 2025
Archive Intel
Seed · Lead
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Jan 2024
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Dec 2023
Business San Diego
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TechCrunch
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The Big Picture
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Dec 2022
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Dec 2022
Business Insider
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Sep 2022
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Business Insider
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Veteran VCs join LP ranks to support emerging managers
Jan 2022
PR Newswire
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Dec 2021
TechCrunch
Paper-rich startup employees look for ‘pre-wealth’ help to lock down stock options
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Fortune
Wealth Advisory Platform SecFi Closes $6 Million Funding Round
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The Globe and Mail
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