Deep Tech for Human and Planetary Health
SOSV is a global venture capital firm that offers multi-stage investment starting in our deeply resourced, deep tech startup programs, IndieBio and HAX, with locations in New York City, Newark and San Francisco.
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Funded with $57 million from DCVC, Lowercarbon Capital and SOSV, among others, unspun aims to eliminate 1% of global carbon emissions
While it might look like a plant-based food company, NotCo is in the data and AI business—and aims to disrupt R&D in many industries that use animal and plant ingredients.
Miranda Wang and Jeanny Yao have an uncanny talent for finding value where others see waste. Their plastics upcycling company, Novoloop, just raised a $21m Series A to prove it.
While volunteering in a Syrian refugee camp, stem cell biologist Deniz Kent saw what climate change could do to humanity at a massively greater scale. He co-founded Prolific Machines with Max Huisman and Declan Jones to address a top source of greenhouse gas emissions: livestock.
It was 2015, and Chiu Chau was on the ropes. He had pitched nearly 150 venture capital firms. No one would invest. Everyone doubted the startup with the open-source laboratory robot.
To find the future of food, you may have to look no further than Emeryville, CA, a small city by the San Francisco Bay, where Upside Foods has built a 53,000-square-foot production facility for cultivated meat.
In a timeless dilemma for new parents, Radhika and her husband Bharath discovered early that their baby daughter was a fussy sleeper. The situation left them tired and frustrated; being effective at work became a challenge.
Gilberto Loureiro grew up inspecting fabrics in a Portuguese textile factory. With Smartex, he and co-founders Antonio Rocha and Paulo Ribeiro are eliminating textile defects—and their enormous cost both to manufacturers and the environment.
Adebayo (“Ade”) Alonge and Amy Kao, co-founders of RxAll had invented a handheld scanner for detecting counterfeit prescription drugs—an illicit, multibillion-dollar industry that kills an estimated 1 million people annually around the world and 100,000 in Africa.
First Check in Deep TechTM
With more than $1.5 billion in assets under management, SOSV makes 200+ deep tech investments per year, including 75 pre-seed and seed rounds in startups that join our industry leading HAX and IndieBio startup development programs. Our pre-seed, “first checks” range from $250,000 to $525,000, and we follow on in later rounds. SOSV is the most active deep tech venture investor in the world.
Human & Planetary Health
SOSV’s core mission is to launch visionary founders who are destined to have a radically beneficial impact on human and planetary health. That ranges from the vast effort to make humanity’s means of production more sustainable to curing disease and improving healthcare. As of April 2023, our top 100 climate tech companies have an aggregate valuation of $11.69 billion and have raised $3.77 billion, while our top 100 health startups are valued at $6.47 billion with $1.42 billion raised. SOSV is consistently ranked by PitchBook as a top investor in both categories.
Built for Builders
SOSV’s HAX and IndieBio programs offer 80,000 square feet of bio, chem, mech and EE labs at three locations—New York, Newark and San Francisco. Our founders have access to sophisticated lab and fabrication equipment ranging from 3D printers to mass spectrometers, and they work side-by-side with our GPs and staff to turn their research into scalable commercial reality. 62% of program graduates raise their next round within 12 months.
That Next Check Too
SOSV’s pre-seed or seed investment is just the beginning. With more than 1,000 co-investors in SOSV’s syndicates, we have a powerful global network to match investors with our founders for series seed, A and beyond. We join those later rounds as well, through our core funds as well as the SOSV Select Fund. Between 2020 to 2023, our deep tech portfolio raised $4.02 billion and SOSV joined 449 rounds.
Diversity for the Win
SOSV believes that great founders come from all geographies, genders and cultures. Our 1,690 deep tech founders represent 75 nationalities and operate in 40 countries. 44% have PhDs earned at 70 universities around the world. And 33% of our startups have at least one female founder. What all SOSV founders have in common is a drive to deliver incredible science and technology that will make the world a better place today and for generations to come.
SOSV for Life
The friendships founders build in the HAX and IndieBio programs last forever, and so do their ties to our general partners, who long remain trusted advisors. We continue helping founders raise funds, make connections, and win press coverage long after they finish our programs. We also produce unique, high profile events to showcase our founders as well as drive the overall climate and health ecosystem, including the SOSV Climate Tech Summit, the SOSV VC-Founder Matchups (Sustainable Industry, Health, and Climate), and our SOSV Climate 100 and Health 100 lists. SOSV is for life.
SOSV Programs
SOSV staff at HAX and IndieBio work with founders around the world
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Learn more about SOSV pre-seed investment and startup development programs.
Invest with SOSV
SOSV welcomes co-investors in portfolio companies as well as limited partners in SOSV funds
Invest in our Companies
SOSV’s portfolio companies raise 200 follow-on rounds each year, and the co-investors in SOSV’s 1000+ portfolio number in the 100s. SOSV aims to build a global, diverse network of investors, and new co-investors are always welcome.
Invest in our Funds
SOSV is a multi-stage VC that invests in 100+ pre-seed startups each year and joins hundreds of follow-on rounds through SOSV’s core and select funds. New limited partners interested in “human and planetary health” are welcome.