Social Starts

United States
Social Starts is the first venture capital partnership focused on the emerging science of individual health and, through health, the delivery of happiness. Its 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). Their mission is to findthe 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, we believe health and happiness science is the most robust early stage investment opportunity in decades.
Founded:2012
Firm Location:United States • New York • New York, New York • Austin, Texas • San Francisco, California • Boston, Massachusetts • Reno, Nevada
Investor Firms That Co-Invest with Social Starts
Maven VenturesLaunchPadScout VenturesKeiretsu CapitalIDG VenturesE-MergeCyberAgent VenturesRapoport InvestmentsDeep Fork CapitalEnspire CapitalSocial CapitalCota CapitalRace CapitalIA VenturesBroadway AngelsIrishAngelsHearst Media fundBoxGroupRide Ventures Flybridge Capital PartnersExpon CapitalFemale Founders FundFika VenturesVayner RSEBassin VenturesExSight Capital ManagementMatchstick VenturesAsymmetry VenturesRose Tech VenturesRRE VenturesGotham Gal VenturesRTP VenturesBig Idea VenturesMotivate VenturesThird Kind VenturesTrue Wealth VenturesSciencePioneer Square LabsIdealabWhat If VenturesTeamworthy VenturesAvalon VenturesBullpen CapitalBDMI - Bertelsmann Digital Media InvestmentsRethink ImpactOperator PartnersAndreessen HorowitzRubicon VCGolden VenturesA* Capital (A Star Capital)Advancit CapitalDigital Currency GroupMax VenturesWGI GroupFoothill Ventures (formerly Tsingyuan Ventures)AtomicFJ LabsGreat Oaks Venture CapitalTSVC CapitalKleiner PerkinsMayfieldGFT VenturesDunce CapitalTorch CapitalSupernode VenturesBold Capital PartnersAcequia Capital18.VenturesBabel VenturesCurious CapitalFlex CapitalSeven Seven Six7BC Venture CapitalFirstMark CapitalBread and Butter VenturesHannah GreyBain Capital VenturesLux CapitalFusion FundIVPTechstarsVitalize Venture Group2048 VenturesRidge Ventures (Formerly known as IDG Ventures USA)Plug & Play VenturesScript CapitalBetaworks VenturesMenlo VenturesBetter Tomorrow VenturesFelicis VenturesLowercarbon CapitalEclipse VenturesGaingelsCurran Rosschou Venture CapitalENIAC VenturesUpHonest CapitalDraper AssociatesB Capital GroupEverywhere Ventures (The Fund)Y CombinatorAngelic VenturesCurie.Bio
Social Starts Team
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Kevin Dasch
Social Starts·Partner
Sweet spot: $500K
Range: $50K - $1M
Investors in Austin (TX)
Investors in Analytics (Series A), Investors in Analytics (Seed), Investors in E-commerce (Series A), Investors in IoT (Seed), Investors in IoT (Series A), Investors in Analytics (Seed), Investors in E-commerce (Seed), Investors in E-commerce (Seed), Investors in IoT (Seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in Analytics (Series A), Investors in Consumer Internet (Series A), Investors in E-commerce (Series A), Investors in IoT (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in Austin (Other Lists), Investors in Consumer Internet (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in Consumer Internet (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Seed)
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Mike Edelhart
Social Starts·Managing Partner
Sweet spot: $500K
Range: $50K - $1M
Investors in Global, Investors in San Francisco (CA)
Investors in IoT (Seed), Investors in BioTech (Seed), Investors in IoT (Series A), Investors in BioTech (Series A), Investors in Health IT (Series A), Investors in BioTech (Seed), Investors in Health IT (Seed), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Series A), Investors in IoT (Seed), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Seed), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in BioTech (Series A), Investors in Health IT (Series A), Investors in IoT (Series A), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Series A), Investors in Health IT (Seed), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Seed)
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Emi Gonzalez
Social Starts·Principal
Sweet spot: $500K
Range: $50K - $1M
Investors in Boston (MA)
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Holly Jacobus
Social Starts·Partner
Sweet spot: $500K
Range: $50K - $1M
Investors in New York, Investors in Wyoming, Investors in United States
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William Lohse
Social Starts·Investor
Sweet spot: $500K
Range: $50K - $1M
Investors in London, Investors in Reno (NV)
Investors in AR/VR (Series A), Investors in AR/VR (Seed), Investors in Social Networks (Seed), Investors in E-commerce (Series A), Investors in BioTech (Seed), Investors in AR/VR (Seed), Investors in Health IT (Series A), Investors in BioTech (Seed), Investors in BioTech (Series A), Investors in AR/VR (Seed), Investors in E-commerce (Seed), Investors in BioTech (Seed), Investors in E-commerce (Seed), Investors in E-commerce (Seed), Investors in Health IT (Seed), Investors in Health IT (Seed), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Series A), Investors in Social Networks (Seed), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Seed), Investors in Social Networks (Seed), Investors in AR/VR (Series A), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Seed), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in BioTech (Series A), Investors in AR/VR (Series A), Investors in E-commerce (Series A), Investors in BioTech (Series A), Investors in E-commerce (Series A), Investors in Health IT (Series A), Investors in Health IT (Series A), Investors in Social Networks (Series A), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Series A), Investors in Social Networks (Series A), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Series A), Investors in London (Other Lists), Investors in Social Networks (Series A), Investors in Health IT (Seed), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Seed)
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Andy Nealon
Social Starts·Analyst
Sweet spot: $500K
Range: $50K - $1M
Investors in New York
Investors in Data Services (Seed), Investors in Data Services (Series A), Investors in Health IT (Series A), Investors in Health IT (Seed)
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Charles Smith
Social Starts·Venture Partner
Sweet spot: $500K
Range: $50K - $1M
Investors in Brooklyn (NY), Investors in New York (NY)
Investors in Entertainment & Sports (Seed), Investors in Entertainment & Sports (Series A), Investors in Media/Content (Seed), Investors in Media/Content (Series A), Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in AI (Series A), Investors in New York City (Other Lists), Investors in Entertainment & Sports (Seed), Investors in Media/Content (Seed), Investors in AI (Series A), Investors in Entertainment & Sports (Series A), Investors in Media/Content (Series A)