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