About SOSV
SOSV is a venture capital firm founded in 1995. It is primarily based out of Cork, Ireland. As of Apr 2025, SOSV is an active investor, having invested in 960 companies, with 15 new investments in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Seed round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from High Tech to Enterprise Applications and Consumer. Most recently it led the $15M Series A round of Hoofprint along with Breakthrough Energy. This round also saw participation from Good Growth Capital and other investors.
Overall, SOSV portfolio has seen 5 unicorns, 4 IPOs and 61 acquisitions including key companies like DraftKings, Getaround and ARRIS. A lot of funds co-invest with SOSV, with names like Artesian sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.
SOSV has team of 75 people including 32 partners.
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SOSV's List of Top Investments
SOSV has a portfolio of 960 companies, including 5 unicorns. Their most notable investments are in Feel Therapeutics and Chinova Bioworks.Their portfolio spans across United States, China, United KingdomÌý²¹²Ô»å 53 more locations. They have invested in High Tech, Enterprise Applications, ConsumerÌý²¹²Ô»å 35 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A Ìý²¹²Ô»å 5 more. Here is the list of top investments by SOSV:
1. DraftKings
Provider of online fantasy sports platform. It provides users with fantasy sports platforms for multiple sports. It offers daily leagues for fantasy esports,football,baseball,basketball and more.
Key facts about DraftKings
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: Boston (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $3.67B as on Dec 31, 2023
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $719M
- Employee Count: 1,974 as on Dec 31, 2022
- Investors: Sunrise Ventures, Wellington and 49 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Sep 02, 2020
- Highlight: Public
2. Getaround
App-based peer-to-peer carsharing platform. The platform enables car owners to rent their cars to a community of drivers using their smartphones. Drivers can find the car using an app and reserve it through the app for using the car. Their app is available for iOS and Android devices.
Key facts about Getaround
- Founded Year: 2011
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Last Known Valuation: $1.7B as on Sep 06, 2019
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $736M
- Employee Count: 128 as on Dec 31, 2022
- Investors: Triangle Peak Partners, K2 Global and 71 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Conventional Debt, Jan 24, 2024
- Highlight: Acquired
3. Particle
Developer of a prototype to production connectivity platform for IoT. Its Photon Wi-Fi and the Electron 2G3G cellular are primary prototyping platforms for integrating connectivity into devices. The product is primarily aimed at designers and developers rather than at enterprises.
Key facts about Particle
- Founded Year: 2011
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $130M
- Employee Count: 109 as on Dec 31, 2022
- Investors: Industry Ventures, Western Technology Investment and 20 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Dec 09, 2022, $12.2M
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. ARRIS
ARRIS provides IP, video, and broadband solutions to the cable operators and broadband services providers. It develops, manufactures and supplies cable telephony, video, and high-speed data equipment. Its products include set-top boxes, gateways, DSLs and cable modems, and embedded multimedia terminal adapters and voice/data modems. It also provides cable transport products like cable modem termination system, converged cable access platform, multichannel video programming distributors, programmer equipment, Ad insertion technologies, and equipment in the ground or on transmission poles.
Key facts about ARRIS
- Founded Year: 1991
- Location: Suwanee (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $6.74B as on Dec 31, 2018
- Stage: Acquired
- Investors: Venrock, Sageview Capital and 4 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Dec 28, 2017, $5M
- Highlight: Acquired
5.
Online platform offering learning solutions to crack board exams. It offers courses in maths, physics, chemistry, and more for students in class 9th to 12th. It also provides curriculum video lessons, study notes, sample papers, and question papers. The app is available for Android users.
Key facts about Vidyakul
SOSV's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
SOSV has invested in 960 companies over the last 18 years, with an average of 33 new investments annually in the last 10 years. In 2024, it made 29 investments, while as of Apr 2025, it has made 9 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in PunaBio and most recent follow-on round was in Ria Health.
Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1stÌý¸é´Ç³Ü²Ô»å | Follow-on | Total | |
2025 (YTD) | 6 | 3 | 9 |
2024 | 24 | 5 | 29 |
2023 | 20 | 22 | 42 |
2022 | 55 | 28 | 83 |
2021 | 51 | 26 | 77 |
2020 | 44 | 19 | 63 |
2019 | 37 | 11 | 48 |
2018 | 24 | 2 | 26 |
2017 | 27 | 5 | 32 |
2016 | 21 | 4 | 25 |
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SOSV's Investments by Stage
SOSV has made 304 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $1.74M, 64 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $8.7M and 10 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $36.1M.Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 304 |
Series A | 64 |
Series B | 10 |
Series C | 5 |
Angel | 3 |
Others | 4 |
SOSV's Investments by Sector
SOSV has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the High Tech, Consumer, Enterprise Applications, Life Sciences and Retail. Notably, it has invested in 765 Tech companies, 531 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 378 Consumer (B2C) companies and at least 250 companies focusing on Software.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
High Tech | 135 |
Consumer | 101 |
Enterprise Applications | 91 |
Life Sciences | 80 |
Retail | 65 |
Others | 557 |
SOSV's Investments by Geography
SOSV has made most investments in United States (146), followed by India where it has made 46 investments.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 146 |
India | 46 |
Ireland | 26 |
Canada | 25 |
United Kingdom | 24 |
Others | 124 |
SOSV's recent investments
Here are the most recent investments by SOSV:
Date | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Apr 22, 2025 | Argentina | Series B | Undisclosed | [+4] | |
Mar 13, 2025 | United States | Series A | $11M | [+7] | |
Mar 06, 2025 | United States | Series A | Undisclosed | Peloton Equity [+2] | |
Feb 27, 2025 | United States | Series A | $15M | The Climate Pledge [+6] | |
Feb 25, 2025 | United States | Series A | $4.3M | [+6] |
Get the detailed list of all investments by SOSV. Download now!Unicorns in SOSV's Portfolio
Here is a list of unicorns in SOSV's portfolio:
ÃØÃÜÑо¿Ëù Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
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56 | Provider of cell-based meat alternatives | 2015 | Berkeley | Series C | prjqkum | ||
58 | Provider of dairy products through fermentation | 2014 | Berkeley | Series E | gdugelq | ||
64 | Developer of pipetting robot for lab automation | 2013 | Brooklyn | Series C | fliejko | ||
63 | Manufacturer of plant-based products | 2016 | Santiago | Series D | xd{x{bj | ||
66 | Manufacturer of low force SLA technology based desktop 3D printers | 2011 | Somerville | Series E | mrxebae |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in SOSV's Portfolio
Here are SOSV's portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Oct 19, 2021 | - | - | - | |
Nov 08, 2019 | - | - | - | |
Jul 25, 2019 | - | - | - | |
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Acquired companies in SOSV's Portfolio
Here are SOSV's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
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May 16, 2025 | - | - | - | |
Apr 23, 2025 | Jun 04, 2018 | Seed | $351K | |
Oct 29, 2024 | - | - | - | |
Mar 11, 2024 | May 15, 2019 | Seed | $1.4M | |
Jan 16, 2024 | - | - | - |
Team profile of SOSV
SOSV has a team of 75 membersÌýincluding 32 Partners, 3 Venture Partners and 18 PrincipalsÌýlocated in United States, China and . SOSV's team sits on the board of 1 company.Here is a list of top team members in SOSV:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact details |
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Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | Beverly Hills | - | ||
Partner | Lisbon | - | ||
Partner | Jing an | - | ||
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | Lisbon | - | ||
Partner | Ireland | Synthace and SoundBounce | ||
Partner | Ireland | - | ||
Partner | New York City | - | ||
Partner | Hong Kong | - | ||
Partner | New York City | - |
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Over the past 18 years, 3759 investors have co-invested in SOSV's portfolio companies.
- Invested before SOSV:ÌýHAX, IndieBio and 537 others have invested in rounds before SOSV. There are 56 companies where HAX has invested before SOSV and 49 companies where IndieBio has invested before SOSV.
- Top Co-investors of SOSV:Ìý1114 investors entered a company along with SOSV. These include investors like Artesian (20 companies).
- Invested after SOSV:ÌýA total of 2106 investors have invested in SOSV's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Orbit Startups (20 companies), (10 companies) and EIC Fund (7 companies).
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