Investing Profile

Chamath Palihapitiya

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CEO at Social Capital
socialcapital.comSan Francisco Bay Area
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Current Investing Position
Social Capital Managing Partner
Investment Range
$2.0M - $15.0M
Sweet Spot
$6.0M
Investments On Record
97
Current Fund Size
$600M

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Chamath Palihapitiya's Investments On Record (59)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Mitra Chem
Series BAug 2023$40M
Series ANov 2021$20M
$60M
Co-investors: Paulina Szyzdek (Robert Bosch Venture Capital), Ron Pragides
Flock
Series BFeb 2023$38M
Series AJul 2021$17M
$100M
Co-investors: Matthew Jones (Anthemis Group), Ruth Foxe Blader (Anthemis Group), Justin Saslaw (Ribbit Capital), Ross Mason (Dig Ventures), Michael Tefula (Ada Ventures), Malcolm Ferguson (Octopus Ventures), Will Brooks, Will Martin, Bhavin Turakhia
Syapse
Series UnknownJul 2022$35M
Series FMay 2020$30M
Series DNov 2017$30M
Series CJan 2016$25M
Series BJul 2014$10M
Series AJan 2013$3M
$220M
Co-investors: Jay Zaveri (Social Capital), John Kuelper (Ascension Ventures), Noah Lewis (GE Ventures), Andrea Jackson (Northpond Ventures)
Palmetto Clean Technology
Series CFeb 2022$380M
$410M
Co-investors: Ian Pinnington (ArcTern Ventures), Will Szczerbiak (Greycroft), Joanne Bradford, Nirav Tolia
Perimeter Medical Imaging
Post Ipo EquityJan 2022$38M
$38M
Syndica
SeedNov 2021$8M
$8M
Co-investors: Joe McCann (Asymmetric)
Berkshire Grey
Post Ipo EquityJul 2021$170M
$430M
Co-investors: Sven Strohband (Khosla Ventures)
Sunlight Financial
Post Ipo EquityJul 2021$250M
$250M

Chamath Palihapitiya's Experience

Associate - Interest Rate Derivatives Group BMO Nesbitt BurnsPresent
Product & Bus Dev Winamp & Spinner.comPresent
Director then Executive Director, Product AOLPresent
Vice President & General Manager, AIM + ICQ AOLPresent
Venture Capitalist Mayfield FundPresent
VP, Platform & Monetization FacebookPresent
Co-founder + Executive Chairman Athos2012 - Present
Owner Golden State Warriors2011 - Present
Founder + CEO Social Capital LP2011 - Present
Chairman Integrated Plasmonics Corporation2012 - 2014
VP, User Growth, Mobile & International Facebook2011

Chamath Palihapitiya's Education

University of Waterloo B. A. Sc. Electrical Engineering, First Class Honours