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What does Social Leverage invest in?
Social Leverage invests most often at Seed and Series A (75% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Wealthtech, Finserv and Software.
Social Leverage highlights
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7 cheques in the last 12 months
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Mostly Seed and Series A: 75% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 10 rounds, median $2.0M
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12 exits from the portfolio
What they do
Social Leverage is a seed stage venture capital firm founded in 2009, investing in exceptional founders building the future of finance and vertical AI.From their own website
- Type
- VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- $100K – $500K as they say
- Stages
- Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
- Sectors
- WealthtechFinservSoftware
- Based in
- Scottsdale, United States
- Cold pitches
- Not accepted
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first113 appearances
- 2026
7 rounds
- Oct
- Oct
- Sept
- Jun
- Jun
- Jan
- Jan
- 2025
7 rounds
- Sept
- Sept
- Jun
- May
- Apr
- Mar
- Jan
- 2024
5 rounds
- Dec
- Dec
- May
- Apr
- Jan
- 2023
9 rounds
- Nov
- Oct
- Oct
- Jul
- Apr
- Apr
- Apr
- Mar
- Jan
- 2022
6 rounds
- Oct
- Jul
- Jul
- Jul
- May
- Mar
- 2021
1 round
- Nov
- 2019
8 rounds
- Oct
- Oct
- Sept
- Jul
- Jul
An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.
The team
Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration7 named
GDGary David BenittManaging Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
HAHoward Andrew LindzonManaging Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
KTKordell TheadfordCCOiForm ADV
MGMatthew G. OberManager of the General PartneriFiling they signed
RGRyan GilbertManageriFiling they signed
TGThomas Grant PetersonManager of the General PartneriFiling they signed
TPTom PetersonManaging Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
We also hold 9 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.
What the register says
From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law
$444Massets it managesOct 2026
Registeredinvestment adviserfull reporting to the SEC
- Legal name
- Social Leverage Advisors, LLC
- SEC number
- CRD 292690
Funds on its Form ADV
10 private funds, $274M in gross assets · filed Aug 2024
- Social Leverage Capital Fund III, L.P.Venture130 investors$172M
- Social Leverage Capital Fund IV, L.P.Venture169 investors$36M
- Social Leverage Access Fund I, L.P.Venture85 investors$26M
- Social Leverage Capital Fund II, L.P.Venture90 investors$22M
- Social Leverage Associates Fund III, L.P.Venture18 investors$11M
- Social Leverage Capital Fund I, L.P.Venture43 investors$4.3M
- SL TA I, L.P.Venture7 investors$762K
- SL LC I, L.P.Venture5 investors$715K
- SL GV I, L.P.Venture3 investors$612K
- SL MSC III, L.P.Venture3 investors$341K
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed12 in all
ONtheGO PlatformsBought by Atheer LabsUndisclosedDec 2015
RevolvBought by Nest LabsUndisclosedOct 2014
Smart ToyBought by Cartwheel KidsUndisclosedOct 2014
MobileDevHQBought by TuneUndisclosedAug 2014
awe.smBought by UnifiedUndisclosedMay 2014
LaunchRockBought by FundableUndisclosedMar 2014
GoInstantBought by Salesforce$70MJul 2012
FoodzieBought by JoyusUndisclosedJun 2012
DeskBought by Salesforce$50MSept 2011
An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.