| 词条 | Social Capital (venture capital) |
| 释义 |
| name = Social Capital | logo = Social Capital Logo.png | type = Private | industry = Private equity | foundation = 2011 | founder = Chamath Palihapitiya | location = Palo Alto, California, United States | products = Venture capital | assets = $1.2 billion | num_employees = | homepage = {{Official website|www.socialcapital.com}} }}Social Capital, formerly known as Social+Capital Partnership, is a venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, California. The firm specializes in technology startups, providing seed funding, venture capital and private equity.[1][1] The firm has "stood out strategically", according to Fortune, "with a focus on...healthcare, financial services and education...when those fields were...neglected by the VC community."[1] HistorySocial Capital was founded in 2011 by Chamath Palihapitiya, who had previously worked at Facebook.[1] Mamoon Hamid and Ted Maidenberg also joined the firm that year as General Partners.[2][3] In January 2015, Fortune reported that Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers was in acquisition talks with Social Capital,[4] but the acquisition reportedly fell through.[5] In May 2015, Social Capital raised $600 million in their third and largest venture capital fund.[6] PayPal cofounder Peter Thiel praised Palihapitiya's approach, and as of 2015 served as a limited partner.[7][8] In 2018, then-partners Arjun Sethi, Jonathan Hsu and Ted Maidenberg left the firm to co-found Tribe Capital.[9] InvestmentsSocial Capital invested in Yammer in 2011, which was later bought by Microsoft.[7] In 2012, the firm invested in Impermium, which was acquired by Google in 2014.[10] Also in 2012, the firm was a venture investor in InstaEDU, acquired by Chegg in 2014. Social Capital led a round of Series B funding for Wave Accounting. In May 2015, the firm was a leading investor in a funding round for Slack Technologies.[11] In 2018, the firm co-led a $22.7 million round of funding for SFOX, a cryptocurrency trading platform, alongside former peers at Tribe Capital.[9] References1. ^{{cite web|last1=de la MERCED|first1=MICHAEL J.|title=Silicon Valley Investment Funds Still Lack Diversity, Study Shows|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/07/business/dealbook/silicon-valley-still-lacks-diversity-study-shows.html|website=New York Times|publisher=New York Times|accessdate=23 October 2015}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2011/06/03/facebook-vp-chamath-venture-socialcapital/|title = Facebook VP Chamath Palihapitiya Forms New Venture Fund, The Social+Capital Partnership|last = Arrington|first = Michael|publisher = TechCrunch|date = 2011-06-03|accessdate = 2013-04-23}} 3. ^{{cite web|last1=Kim|first1=Eugene|title=These Two Charts Explain Why Kleiner Perkins Wanted To Buy This Four-Year-Old VC Firm|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/kleiner-perkins-social-capital-deal-why-2015-1|website=Business Insider|publisher=Business Insider|accessdate=9 October 2015}} 4. ^{{cite web|url = http://fortune.com/2015/01/26/exclusive-kleiner-perkins-tried-to-acquire-socialcapital-partnership/|title = Exclusive: Kleiner Perkins tried to 'acquire' Social+Capital Partnership|last = Primack|first = Dan|publisher = Fortune|date = January 26, 2015|accessdate = July 8, 2015}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2015/03/31/why-the-kleiner-social-capital-deal-fell-apart/|title = Why The Kleiner Perkins-Social+Capital Deal Fell Apart|last = Lynley|first = Matthew|date = March 31, 2015|accessdate = July 8, 2015|publisher = TechCrunch}} 6. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|last1=Rao|first1=Leena|title=Is Social+Capital's Chamath Palihapitiya the future of venture capital?|url=http://fortune.com/2015/05/18/is-socialcapitals-chamath-palihapitiya-the-future-of-venture-capital/|website=Fortune|publisher=Fortune|accessdate=9 October 2015}} 7. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-07-26/social-plus-capital-the-league-of-extraordinarily-rich-gentlemen|title = Social+Capital, the League of Extraordinarily Rich Gentlemen|last = Bennett|first = Drake|date = 2012-07-26|accessdate = 2013-04-23}} 8. ^{{cite web|last1=Bennett|first1=Drake|title=Social+Capital, the League of Extraordinarily Rich Gentlemen|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2012-07-26/social-plus-capital-the-league-of-extraordinarily-rich-gentlemen|website=Bloomberg|publisher=Bloomberg|accessdate=9 October 2015}} 9. ^1 {{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-16/former-social-capital-partners-make-first-investment-since-exit|title=Former Social Capital Partners Make First Investment Since Exit|last=Verhage|first=Julie|date=16 August 2018|publisher=Bloomberg L.P.|access-date=5 February 2019}} 10. ^{{cite web|last1=Shontell|first1=Alyson|title=That Big Round Ex-Yahoos Were Raising? It Closed And Here Are The Details|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/that-big-round-ex-yahoos-were-raising-it-closed-and-here-are-the-details-2011-11|publisher=Business Insider|accessdate=26 August 2015}} 11. ^{{cite web| url=https://www.inc.com/magazine/201512/jeff-bercovici/slack-company-of-the-year-2015.html| publisher=Inc| title=Slack Is Our Company of the Year. Here's Why Everybody's Talking About It| author=Jeff Bercovici| date=December 2015| access-date=February 7, 2018}} External links
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