Investing Profile

Adam Nelson(272)

VCInvestor

Partner at Social Capital LP

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Adam Nelson's investing connections

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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

216 CONNECTIONS

Twitter Network

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Dropbox 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), Yohei Sawayama (Coral Capital), Rami Essaid (Pioneer Fund), Yahya Mokhtarzada (500 Global), David Lieb
Velocity	Series AJul 2026$38M	$130M
Co-investors: Gigi Levy-Weiss (NFX), Gbenga Ajayi (QED Investors), Shiv Patel (Fuel Ventures), Abhinav Asthana (Postman), Yevgeny Dibrov (Cyberstarts VC), Ben Bernstein (ICONIQ Capital), Nadir Izrael (Cyberstarts VC), Lonne Jaffe (Precisely), Fabian Hansen (Presight Capital), Judah Taub (Hetz Ventures), John Elton (iNovia Capital), James Fitzgerald (Valar Ventures), Utsav Somani (iSeed Ventures), Tom Stafford (DST Global), Peter Thiel (The Founders Fund), Shane Weissman (Mars Growth Capital), Andrew McCormack (Valar Ventures), Oliver Jung, Danny Hadar, Mato Peric, Florian Prucker, Erik Podzuweit, Philippe Teixeira da Mota
Payy	SeedMar 2026$6M	$6M
Rain	Series CJan 2026$250M	$590M
Co-investors: Paul Veradittakit (Pantera Capital), Jai Das (Sapphire Ventures), Balaji Srinivasan (Andreessen Horowitz), Casey Caruso (Paradigm), Amber Atherton (Patron), Nigel Morris (QED Investors), Parker Barrile (Norwest Venture Partners), Justin Overdorff (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout), Ravi Mhatre (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout), Alex Macdonald (Speedinvest), Apoorva Ruparel (venturerock), Musaab Hakami (BECO Capital), Kumar Dandapani (Cadenza Ventures), Mamoon Hamid (Kleiner Perkins), Amr Abdelaziz (A'Z Angels), Russell Cook (HC9 Ventures), Julian Roeoes (picus-capital), Fritz Lanman (ClassPass), Ansaf Kareem (Latitude Capital)
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), Vic Singh (ENIAC Ventures), Nihal Mehta (ENIAC Ventures), Hadley Harris (ENIAC Ventures), Richard Wells (Insight Partners), Tim Young (ENIAC Ventures), Deep Nishar (General Catalyst), William Lohse (Joyance Partners), Marta-Gaia Zanchi (Nina Capital)
Caramel	Series AJul 2024$21M	$21M

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

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