Investing Profile

Adam Nelson(272)

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Partner at Social Capital LP
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49 Investors

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Aileen Lee (Cowboy Ventures), Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), and 46 other investors on Signal.

Networks Adam is a member of
Merrill Lynch Network
181 CONNECTIONS
Merrill Lynch Network
181 CONNECTIONS
Brown University Network
145 CONNECTIONS
Twitter Network
75 CONNECTIONS
Dropbox Network
51 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Social Capital LP Partner
Investment Range
$250K - $10.0M
Sweet Spot
$5.0M
Investments On Record
29

Adam Nelson is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Adam Nelson's Investments On Record (21)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Payy
SeedMar 2026$6M
$6M
Rain
Series CJan 2026$250M
$590M
Co-investors: Justin Overdorff (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Casey Caruso (Paradigm), Amber Atherton (Patron), Paul Veradittakit (Pantera Capital), Jai Das (Sapphire Ventures), Nigel Morris (QED Investors), Julian Roeoes (Picus Capital), Parker Barrile (Norwest Venture Partners), Amr Abdelaziz (A'Z Angels), Russell Cook (HC9 Ventures), Fritz Lanman (ClassPass), Musaab Hakami (BECO Capital), Kumar Dandapani (Cadenza Ventures), Ravi Mhatre (Anthropic), Alex Macdonald (sequel), Apoorva Ruparel (venturerock), Ansaf Kareem, Balaji Srinivasan
Backflip
Series UnknownNov 2025$10M
Series AApr 2024$15M
$33M
Co-investors: Brad Corona (Vertical Venture Partners), Krishna Srinivasan (LiveOak Venture Partners), Edward Lando (Biowear), Gregory Waldorf
Clerq
Series AOct 2025$12M
SeedApr 2024$8M
$20M
Co-investors: Nnamdi Okike (645 Ventures)
Sonar
SeedJan 2025
$460M
Co-investors: Matt Gatto (Insight Partners), Richard Wells (Insight Partners), Vic Singh (ENIAC Ventures), Nihal Mehta (ENIAC Ventures), Hadley Harris (ENIAC Ventures), Tim Young (ENIAC Ventures), Deep Nishar (SoftBank Investment Advisers), William Lohse (Social Starts), Marta-Gaia Zanchi (Nina Capital)
Caramel
Series AJul 2024$21M
$21M
Authentic Insurance
Series AMar 2024$11M
$17M
Co-investors: Sam Lessin (Slow Ventures)
Revela
Series ANov 2023$9M
$9M

Adam Nelson's Experience

Partner Social Capital LP2015 - Present
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