SOSV

United States
SOSV is a global venture capital firm that operates early stage startup development programs. SOSV’s programs are focused on two broad areas. The first is revolutionary deep technology that promises the betterment of humanity and the planet. The second is cross-border markets, notably in Asia, that are ripe for explosive growth. The firm’s strategy is to invest in a small number of highly promising startups and use its deeply resourced programs to accelerate product development, acquire customers, and scale. SOSV companies consistently raise funding rounds led by top tier investors. SOSV joins seed, series A, and later rounds while providing founders with ongoing support and community.
Founded:1994
Firm Location:United States • Massachusetts • Connecticut • New York, New York • Los Angeles, California • San Francisco, California • Washington, District of Columbia • China • Princeton, New Jersey • Shanghai • San Francisco Bay Area • New York City • Ireland • Lisbon, Portugal
Investor Firms That Co-Invest with SOSV
McWin Capital PartnersDFJAccelerator VenturesAudrey CapitalEnd PartnersO'Reilly AlphaTech VenturesStructure CapitalSubtraction CapitalStaenberg Venture PartnersZhenFundTriangle Peak PartnersPeak XV Partners (formerly Sequoia Capital India & SEA)Alumni Ventures TechU AngelsCota CapitalTransmedia CapitalRace CapitalNew Stack VenturesGoat CapitalIterativePro Founders CapitalAventures CapitalBlackhorn VenturesKapor CapitalExpon CapitalCP VenturesFuture VenturesBackstage CapitalChrysalix Venture CapitalVayner RSEM34 CapitalFyrefly VCVisionaire VenturesPoint Judith CapitalConverge Venture PartnersSony Innovation FundC4 VenturesMarket One CapitalSpero Ventures7percent VenturesRose Tech VenturesFinch CapitalRRE VenturesBootstrapLabsDBL PartnersHigh-Tech GründerfondsHack VCMorpheus Ventures3one4 Capitalff Venture CapitalCraft VenturesScrum VenturesPillar VCPartech VenturesBaseline VenturesStray Dog CapitalSV Health InvestorsAt One VenturesCatapult CapitalIndependentSVG Ventures-THRIVEBig Idea VenturesVMG PartnersBlockchain Founders Fund8-Bit CapitalTechstart VenturesKarma VenturesC2 InvestmentTuesday CapitalScifi VcIST cubeGranite AsiaAnorak VenturesValar VenturesJungle VenturesBand of AngelsBonfire VenturesMicrotractionRefactor CapitalWasabi VenturesQualcomm VenturesFTW VenturesLearnLaunch AcceleratorFoundry GroupAMASIAMerus CapitalBDC Venture CapitalBayern Kapital360 Capital PartnersPrime VenturesHatteras Venture PartnersThe House FundThink + VenturesFPV FundAndreessen HorowitzKhosla VenturesInfinita FundiNovia CapitalFounders FundLightspeed Venture PartnersCreative VenturesNextView Ventures1517 FundPlus Venture CapitalXYZ Venture CapitalKompas VCLGFRadical VenturesGrit VenturesAccomplice VCFuture ShapeNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)DCMBuckley VenturesQ6 CapitalAngelListCathay InnovationNotion CapitalEvolution VC PartnersHyperVillage GlobalTSVC CapitalKleiner PerkinsMayfieldOurCrowdSequoia CapitalWave FinancialTrue VenturesUncork CapitalAdvisors Fund LLCDynamo VenturesArkitekt VenturesAlleyCorpElaia PartnersAtypical VenturesElevate VenturesBroadview VenturesAcequia CapitalAudacityClean Energy VenturesHiro CapitalCelestaVerve VenturesTrust VenturesWebtalk LtdPiva Capital50 PartnersCuriosity VCUP.PartnersSynthesis CapitalJedar CapitalRiSo CapitalLateral Capital040 CapitalWill VenturesLatin LeapAhren Innovation CapitalCurious CapitalBtomorrow VenturesMetaplanetLOI VentureAnthill VenturesAmazon Alexa FundAlliance of AngelsAirTree VenturesAstanor Ventures500 GlobalOutsized VenturesActive Impact InvestmentsOpenspace VenturesSeaX VenturesBread and Butter VenturesdlabAppWorksAccion Venture LabUnion Square VenturesREMUS CapitalAg Ventures AllianceAtlantic BridgeArbor VenturesAtomicoOrange Fund (Orange DAO)Goodwater CapitalSoffinova PartnersAmadeus Capital PartnersNorwest Venture PartnersVamos VenturesLux CapitalExpert DojoSupply Change CapitalBloom8 (fka RAGE Capital)Sky9 CapitalBalderton CapitalTechstarsRoot VenturesPractical Venture CapitalMain Sequence VenturesOne Way VenturesHalogen VenturesEmergence CapitalOrca Climate FundKAAN VenturesBlackbird Ventures AustraliaPlug & Play VenturesFounderfulWhite Star CapitalCorazon CapitalFireside VenturesBluestein VenturesBreakthrough Energy VenturesPrime Movers LabMetaProp VenturesMenlo VenturesFoundation CapitalGlobal Founders CapitalAnthemis GroupHustle FundSlow VenturesDNA CapitalImpacta VCMandi VenturesEnergy Revolution VenturesBrkfst ClubSeaside VenturesHelium-3 VenturesPresight CapitalElbow Beach CapitalMatrixHighline Beta Inc.Felicis VenturesLowercarbon CapitalEnergy Impact PartnersThird SphereAENUBreakout VenturesThe EngineGaingelsENIAC VenturesDraper AssociatesStellar CapitalSeedInvestVenture Catalysts | India's First Integrated IncubatorGSF AcceleratorHorizonVCBY Venture Partners
SOSV Team
INVESTORSINTRO STRENGTHSWEET SPOT (RANGE)INVESTMENT LOCATIONSTOP INVESTMENT CATEGORIES
Photo of Michael Aberman, Partner at SOSV
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$1M
($100K - $2.0M)
Investors in New York (NY)
Investors in Pharmaceuticals (Seed), Investors in BioTech (Seed), Investors in BioTech (Series A), Investors in Pharmaceuticals (Series A), Investors in BioTech (Seed), Investors in New York City (Other Lists), Investors in Pharmaceuticals (Seed), Investors in BioTech (Series A), Investors in Pharmaceuticals (Series A)
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Photo of Lindsay Atkenson, Analyst at SOSV
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$1M
($100K - $2.0M)
Investors in Beijing, Investors in San Francisco (CA), Investors in New York (NY)
Investors in BioTech (Series B), Investors in Consumer Internet (Series B), Investors in BioTech (Seed), Investors in FinTech (Series B), Investors in BioTech (Series A), Investors in Semiconductors (Series A), Investors in Semiconductors (Series B), Investors in Semiconductors (Seed), Investors in BioTech (Seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Seed), Investors in BioTech (Seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Seed), Investors in FinTech (Seed), Investors in FinTech (Seed), Investors in New York City (Other Lists), Investors in Consumer Internet (Seed), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in Semiconductors (Seed), Investors in BioTech (Series A), Investors in Semiconductors (Seed), Investors in BioTech (Series A), Investors in Consumer Internet (Series A), Investors in Consumer Internet (Series A), Investors in FinTech (Series A), Investors in FinTech (Series A), Investors in Semiconductors (Series A), Investors in BioTech (Series B), Investors in Semiconductors (Series A), Investors in Consumer Internet (Series B), Investors in BioTech (Series B), Investors in Consumer Internet (Series B), Investors in FinTech (Series B), Investors in FinTech (Series B), Investors in Semiconductors (Series B), Investors in Semiconductors (Series B), Investors in Enterprise Applications (Series B), Investors in Enterprise Applications (Series A), Investors in Enterprise Applications (Seed), Investors in Enterprise Applications (Seed), Investors in Enterprise Applications (Series A), Investors in Enterprise Applications (Series B), Investors in Enterprise Applications (Series A), Investors in Semiconductors (Pre-seed), Investors in Enterprise Applications (Pre-seed), Investors in BioTech (Pre-seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Pre-seed), Investors in FinTech (Pre-seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Pre-seed), Investors in FinTech (Pre-seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Pre-seed), Investors in FinTech (Pre-seed), Investors in Semiconductors (Pre-seed), Investors in Enterprise Applications (Pre-seed), Investors in Enterprise Applications (Pre-seed), Investors in BioTech (Pre-seed), Investors in BioTech (Pre-seed), Investors in Enterprise Applications (Series B), Investors in Enterprise Applications (Seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Series A), Investors in Semiconductors (Pre-seed), Investors in FinTech (Series A), Investors in FinTech (Seed)
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Photo of William Bao Bean, General Partner at SOSV
SOSV
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$1M
($100K - $2.0M)
Investors in Shanghai
Photo of Shawn Broderick, Venture Partner at SOSV
SOSV
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$500K
($250K - $5.0M)
Investors in Boston (MA)
+22
Photo of Po Bronson, General Partner at SOSV
SOSV
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$500K
($250K - $5.0M)
Investors in San Francisco (CA)
Photo of Stephen Chambers, General Partner at SOSV
SOSV
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$1M
($100K - $2.0M)
Investors in London, Investors in New York (NY)
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$575K
($575K - $2.0M)
Investors in Global
Photo of Alan Clayton, Advisor at SOSV
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$500K
($250K - $1M)
Photo of Cyril Ebersweiler, General Partner at SOSV
SOSV
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$500K
($250K - $5.0M)
Investors in San Francisco (CA)
Investors in Hardware (Seed), Investors in Robotics (Seed), Investors in Consumer Health (Series A), Investors in Hardware (Series A), Investors in BioTech (Seed), Investors in Consumer Health (Seed), Investors in Robotics (Series A), Investors in Space (Series A), Investors in Space (Seed), Investors in BioTech (Series A), Investors in Consumer Health (Seed), Investors in BioTech (Seed), Investors in Hardware (Seed), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in Robotics (Seed), Investors in Space (Seed), Investors in BioTech (Series A), Investors in Consumer Health (Series A), Investors in Hardware (Series A), Investors in Space (Series A), Investors in Robotics (Series A), Investors in Digital Health (Seed), Investors in Digital Health (Series A), Investors in Digital Health (Series A), Investors in Digital Health (Seed)
+20
Photo of Daniel Eichner, Partner at SOSV
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$1M
($100K - $2.0M)
Investors in New York City
Investors in MarketingTech (Seed), Investors in MarketingTech (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in FinTech (Seed), Investors in New York City (Other Lists), Investors in MarketingTech (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in FinTech (Series A), Investors in MarketingTech (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in FinTech (Series A), Investors in FinTech (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Seed)
+9
Photo of Hiruy Ephrem, Analyst at SOSV
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$1M
($100K - $2.0M)
Investors in China
Investors in ClimateTech/CleanTech (Series B), Investors in BioTech (Series B), Investors in ClimateTech/CleanTech (Series A), Investors in ClimateTech/CleanTech (Seed), Investors in BioTech (Seed), Investors in BioTech (Series A), Investors in DeepTech (Series B), Investors in DeepTech (Series A), Investors in DeepTech (Seed)
+5
Photo of Weichang Ge, Analyst at SOSV
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$1M
($100K - $2.0M)
Investors in San Francisco (CA)
+15
Photo of Sheng Ge, Partner at SOSV
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$1M
($100K - $2.0M)
Investors in New York City, Investors in New York (NY)
Investors in ClimateTech/CleanTech (Series A), Investors in ClimateTech/CleanTech (Seed), Investors in BioTech (Seed), Investors in BioTech (Series A), Investors in BioTech (Seed), Investors in ClimateTech/CleanTech (Seed), Investors in New York City (Other Lists), Investors in BioTech (Series A), Investors in ClimateTech/CleanTech (Series A), Investors in DeepTech (Seed), Investors in DeepTech (Series A), Investors in DeepTech (Series A), Investors in DeepTech (Seed)
+8
Photo of TR Harrington, Partner at SOSV
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$1M
($100K - $2.0M)
Investors in Egypt, Investors in Nigeria, Investors in Pakistan, Investors in Singapore, Investors in United States, Investors in Thailand, Investors in China, Investors in Indonesia, Investors in India
+2
Photo of Bradford Higgins, Venture Partner at SOSV
SOSV
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$1M
($100K - $2.0M)
Investors in United States, Investors in New York (NY), Investors in Connecticut
Photo of Benjamin Joffe, Partner at SOSV
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$500K
($250K - $5.0M)
Investors in Lisbon (Portugal), Investors in France, Investors in Paris (France)
Photo of Alex Kopelyan, Partner at SOSV
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$250K
($250K - $250K)
Investors in United States, Investors in San Francisco (CA), Investors in SF Bay Area (CA)
+33
Photo of Bill Liao, General Partner at SOSV
SOSV
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$200K
($5K - $10.0M)
Investors in United States
Photo of Yuan-Ting Meng, Analyst at SOSV
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$1M
($100K - $2.0M)
Investors in Global, Investors in Washington (DC)
Photo of Sean O'Sullivan, Managing Partner at SOSV
SOSV
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$1.5M
($100K - $5.0M)
Investors in Princeton (NJ)
Investors in Hardware (Seed), Investors in ClimateTech/CleanTech (Series A), Investors in Hardware (Series A), Investors in ClimateTech/CleanTech (Seed), Investors in BioTech (Seed), Investors in BioTech (Series A), Investors in Marketplaces (Series A), Investors in New York City (Other Lists), Investors in Hardware (Pre-seed), Investors in ClimateTech/CleanTech (Pre-seed), Investors in BioTech (Pre-seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Pre-seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Seed)
+9
Photo of Oscar Ramos, General Partner at SOSV
SOSV
n/a
$180K
($150K - $180K)
Investors in Earth
+20
PS
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$525K
($275K - $2.0M)
Investors in Pharmaceuticals (Seed), Investors in Food and Beverage (Seed), Investors in EnergyTech (Seed), Investors in Chemicals (Seed), Investors in ClimateTech/CleanTech (Seed), Investors in BioTech (Seed), Investors in BioTech (Pre-seed), Investors in ClimateTech/CleanTech (Pre-seed), Investors in DeepTech (Seed), Investors in Diagnostics (Pre-seed), Investors in DeepTech (Pre-seed), Investors in Medical Devices (Pre-seed), Investors in Chemicals (Pre-seed), Investors in EnergyTech (Pre-seed), Investors in Diagnostics (Seed), Investors in Food and Beverage (Pre-seed), Investors in Medical Devices (Seed), Investors in Pharmaceuticals (Pre-seed), Investors in Therapeutics (Pre-seed), Investors in Therapeutics (Seed), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists)
+17
Photo of Parikshit Sharma, Principal at SOSV
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$250K
($250K - $500K)
Investors in SF Bay Area (CA), Investors in San Francisco (CA)
Investors in AgTech (Series B), Investors in Material Science (Seed), Investors in Medical Devices (Seed), Investors in AgTech (Series A), Investors in Consumer Health (Series B), Investors in Impact (Seed), Investors in Pharmaceuticals (Seed), Investors in AgTech (Seed), Investors in Food and Beverage (Seed), Investors in BioTech (Series B), Investors in EnergyTech (Series B), Investors in Consumer Health (Series A), Investors in EnergyTech (Seed), Investors in Food and Beverage (Series B), Investors in EnergyTech (Series A), Investors in Impact (Series B), Investors in Food and Beverage (Series A), Investors in Medical Devices (Series B), Investors in Impact (Series A), Investors in BioTech (Seed), Investors in Medical Devices (Series A), Investors in Consumer Health (Seed), Investors in Material Science (Series B), Investors in Material Science (Series A), Investors in Pharmaceuticals (Series B), Investors in BioTech (Series A), Investors in Pharmaceuticals (Series A), Investors in Diverse Investors (Other Lists), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Series B), Investors in AgTech (Seed), Investors in Investors who invested in female founders (Other Lists), Investors in Investors who invested in diverse founders (Other Lists), Investors in Consumer Health (Seed), Investors in BioTech (Seed), Investors in EnergyTech (Seed), Investors in Food and Beverage (Seed), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Series A), Investors in Impact (Seed), Investors in Medical Devices (Seed), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Seed), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in Material Science (Seed), Investors in Pharmaceuticals (Seed), Investors in AgTech (Series A), Investors in BioTech (Series A), Investors in Consumer Health (Series A), Investors in EnergyTech (Series A), Investors in Impact (Series A), Investors in Food and Beverage (Series A), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Series A), Investors in Medical Devices (Series A), Investors in Material Science (Series A), Investors in Pharmaceuticals (Series A), Investors in Consumer Health (Series B), Investors in EnergyTech (Series B), Investors in AgTech (Series B), Investors in BioTech (Series B), Investors in Food and Beverage (Series B), Investors in Impact (Series B), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Series B), Investors in Material Science (Series B), Investors in Pharmaceuticals (Series B), Investors in Medical Devices (Series B), Investors in Impact (Pre-seed), Investors in AgTech (Pre-seed), Investors in Pharmaceuticals (Pre-seed), Investors in EnergyTech (Pre-seed), Investors in Material Science (Pre-seed), Investors in Medical Devices (Pre-seed), Investors in Food and Beverage (Pre-seed), Investors in Consumer Health (Pre-seed), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Pre-seed), Investors in BioTech (Pre-seed), Investors in AgTech (Pre-seed), Investors in Consumer Health (Pre-seed), Investors in Pharmaceuticals (Pre-seed), Investors in Impact (Pre-seed), Investors in EnergyTech (Pre-seed), Investors in Food and Beverage (Pre-seed), Investors in BioTech (Pre-seed), Investors in Material Science (Pre-seed), Investors in Medical Devices (Pre-seed), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Pre-seed), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Seed)
+80
Photo of Mohan S. Iyer, General Partner at SOSV
SOSV
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$1M
($100K - $2.0M)
Investors in SF Bay Area (CA), Investors in San Francisco (CA)
Investors in Consumer Health (Series B), Investors in BioTech (Series B), Investors in Consumer Health (Series A), Investors in BioTech (Seed), Investors in Consumer Health (Seed), Investors in BioTech (Series A), Investors in Health IT (Series A), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Series B), Investors in Consumer Health (Seed), Investors in BioTech (Seed), Investors in Health IT (Seed), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Series A), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Seed), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in BioTech (Series A), Investors in Consumer Health (Series A), Investors in Health IT (Series A), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Series A), Investors in Consumer Health (Series B), Investors in BioTech (Series B), Investors in Health IT (Series B), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Series B), Investors in Digital Health (Series B), Investors in Digital Health (Seed), Investors in Digital Health (Series A), Investors in Digital Health (Series B), Investors in Health IT (Pre-seed), Investors in Consumer Health (Pre-seed), Investors in Digital Health (Pre-seed), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Pre-seed), Investors in BioTech (Pre-seed), Investors in Consumer Health (Pre-seed), Investors in Health IT (Pre-seed), Investors in BioTech (Pre-seed), Investors in Digital Health (Pre-seed), Investors in Health IT (Seed), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Pre-seed), Investors in Health IT (Series B), Investors in Digital Health (Series A), Investors in Digital Health (Seed), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Seed)
+37
Photo of Duncan Turner, General Partner at SOSV
SOSV
n/a
$1M
($100K - $2.0M)
Investors in New York City
Investors in Consumer Health (Series B), Investors in AI (Series B), Investors in Robotics (Seed), Investors in ClimateTech/CleanTech (Series B), Investors in Consumer Health (Series A), Investors in ClimateTech/CleanTech (Series A), Investors in IoT (Seed), Investors in ClimateTech/CleanTech (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Series B), Investors in IoT (Series B), Investors in Consumer Health (Seed), Investors in Robotics (Series A), Investors in Robotics (Series B), Investors in IoT (Series A), Investors in Manufacturing (Series B), Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in Manufacturing (Seed), Investors in Manufacturing (Series A), Investors in AI (Series A), Investors in Health IT (Series A), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Series B), Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in Consumer Health (Seed), Investors in ClimateTech/CleanTech (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in New York City (Other Lists), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in IoT (Seed), Investors in Robotics (Seed), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Seed), Investors in Manufacturing (Seed), Investors in AI (Series A), Investors in ClimateTech/CleanTech (Series A), Investors in Consumer Health (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in IoT (Series A), Investors in Health IT (Series A), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Series A), Investors in Robotics (Series A), Investors in Manufacturing (Series A), Investors in AI (Series B), Investors in Consumer Health (Series B), Investors in ClimateTech/CleanTech (Series B), Investors in Enterprise (Series B), Investors in Health IT (Series B), Investors in IoT (Series B), Investors in Manufacturing (Series B), Investors in Robotics (Series B), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Series B), Investors in Digital Health (Series B), Investors in Digital Health (Series A), Investors in Digital Health (Seed), Investors in Digital Health (Series B), Investors in Robotics (Pre-seed), Investors in IoT (Pre-seed), Investors in Health IT (Pre-seed), Investors in Manufacturing (Pre-seed), Investors in Consumer Health (Pre-seed), Investors in ClimateTech/CleanTech (Pre-seed), Investors in Digital Health (Pre-seed), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Pre-seed), Investors in AI (Pre-seed), Investors in AI (Pre-seed), Investors in Enterprise (Pre-seed), Investors in Enterprise (Pre-seed), Investors in Health IT (Pre-seed), Investors in Consumer Health (Pre-seed), Investors in IoT (Pre-seed), Investors in Robotics (Pre-seed), Investors in ClimateTech/CleanTech (Pre-seed), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Pre-seed), Investors in Manufacturing (Pre-seed), Investors in Digital Health (Pre-seed), Investors in Health IT (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in Health IT (Seed), Investors in Health IT (Series B), Investors in Digital Health (Series A), Investors in Digital Health (Seed), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Seed)
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Photo of Pae Wu, General Partner at SOSV
SOSV
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$1M
($100K - $2.0M)
Investors in United States