Investing Profile

Adam Nelson(272)

VCInvestor

Partner at Social Capital LP

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Networks Adam is a member of

Merrill Lynch Network

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Merrill Lynch Network

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Brown University Network

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Twitter Network

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Current Investing Position

Social Capital LP Partner

Investment Range

$250K - $10.0M

Sweet Spot

$5.0M

Investments On Record

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Adam Nelson's Investments On Record (23)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Henry	Series AJul 2026$17M	$41M
Co-investors: Misha Gordon-Rowe (Susa Ventures), Rami Essaid (Pioneer Fund), Yahya Mokhtarzada (500 Global), Yohei Sawayama (500 Global), David Lieb
Velocity	Series AJul 2026$38M	$130M
Co-investors: Gigi Levy-Weiss (NFX), Gbenga Ajayi (QED Investors), Andrew McCormack (Valar Ventures), Judah Taub (Hetz Ventures), John Elton (iNovia Capital), Fabian Hansen (Presight Capital), James Fitzgerald (Valar Ventures), Utsav Somani (iSeed Ventures), Tom Stafford (DST Global), Peter Thiel (The Founders Fund), Shane Weissman (Mars Growth Capital), Shiv Patel (Fuel Ventures), Lonne Jaffe (Precisely), Danny Hadar, Mato Peric, Erik Podzuweit, Philippe Teixeira da Mota, Florian Prucker, Oliver Jung
Payy	SeedMar 2026$6M	$6M
Rain	Series CJan 2026$250M	$590M
Co-investors: Amber Atherton (Patron), Casey Caruso (Paradigm), Jai Das (Sapphire Ventures), Balaji Srinivasan (Andreessen Horowitz), Nigel Morris (QED Investors), Ravi Mhatre (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout), Mamoon Hamid (Kleiner Perkins), Kumar Dandapani (Cadenza Ventures), Amr Abdelaziz (A'Z Angels), Russell Cook (HC9 Ventures), Julian Roeoes (picus-capital), Fritz Lanman (ClassPass), Musaab Hakami (VentureSouq), Ansaf Kareem (Latitude Capital), Justin Overdorff (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout), Paul Veradittakit (Saison Capital / Bessemer Ventures (Intern) / Pantera Capital), Parker Barrile (Norwest Venture Partners), Alex Macdonald (Speedinvest), Apoorva Ruparel (venturerock)
Backflip	Series UnknownNov 2025$10M Series AApr 2024$15M	$33M
Co-investors: Edward Lando (Pareto Holdings), Krishna Srinivasan (LiveOak Venture Partners), Brad Corona (Vertical Venture Partners), Gregory Waldorf
Clerq	Series AOct 2025$12M SeedApr 2024$8M	$20M
Co-investors: Nnamdi Okike (645 Ventures)
Sonar	SeedJan 2025	$460M
Co-investors: Deep Nishar (General Catalyst), Matt Gatto (Insight Partners), Richard Wells (Insight Partners), Vic Singh (ENIAC Ventures), Nihal Mehta (ENIAC Ventures), Hadley Harris (ENIAC Ventures), Tim Young (ENIAC Ventures), William Lohse (Joyance Partners)
Caramel	Series AJul 2024$21M	$21M

Adam Nelson's Experience

Partner Social Capital LP2015 - Present

Business Development Intern XPresent

Investment Banking Analyst (Consumer) Merrill LynchPresent

Investment Associate Lindsay GoldbergPresent

Principal Social CapitalPresent

Managing Director FirstMarkPresent

Partner Social CapitalPresent

Board Partner Social CapitalPresent

Venture Partner South Park CommonsPresent

Analyst Merrill LynchPresent

Head of Revenue Partnerships (Director) Dropbox2015 - 2015

Head of Channel Partnerships Dropbox2012 - 2014

Business Development Intern Twitter2011 - 2011

Associate Lindsay Goldberg2008 - 2010

Adam Nelson's Education

Stanford Graduate School of Business MBA

Brown University Bachelor's degree Political Science

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