SOSV
VC-Founder Matchups
Welcome to the world’s largest matchmaking events in their category
SOSV’s VC-Founder Matchups are VIRTUAL, FREE. and open to all investors and early stage founders worldwide.
SOSV produces the matchups to support the startup ecosystems within the broad scope of “human and planetary health.”
SOSV produces 4-5 matchups each year. Over the course of a week, participants can research investors / founders, request meetings, and by mutual agreement take meetings.
Matchup Stats
2,000
Participated
3,000
Participated
10,000
Arranged
8
2022
How Does it Work?

What to Expect
- High Quality Participants: A typical event welcomes hundreds of investors and founders. We screen to ensure quality.
- 100% Matchmaking: No talks or panels, just founders and investors ready to engage.
- Detailed Startup Profiles: Filter startups according to category, location, funding stage, money raised & more.
- Detailed Investor Profiles: Filter VCs based on category, stage, lead (or syndicate) and region.

Who Should Attend
- Startups: Technology-focused companies from pre-seed up to series B.
- Investors: VCs, CVCs, FOs, syndicates and angel investors with a checkbook.
- Nobody else: Service providers, this event is not for you.
2025 Matchup Events
Join us in 2025 for an exciting series of four Matchup events that will bring together startup founders and investors to tackle pressing global challenges.
Matchup #1: Women’s Health

Dates
February 3-7, 2025
Participants
New theme! 250+ Founders, 150+ Investors
FOCUS
Welcome are startups working on all the medical and health challenges specific to women, including reproductive health, hormonal conditions, and gynecological cancers. as well as startups working broader health challenges that impact women in specific ways, including mental health, heart disease, osteoporosis and more.
Matchup #2: Bio-manufacturing

Dates
April 21-25, 2025
Participants
New theme! Expecting 150+ Founders, 200+ Investors
FOCUS
There are few limits to what can be manufactured with biology, and the startups on this path are chasing everything from industrial chemicals to food and pharmaceuticals. All startups and investors working toward a bio-manufacturing future are welcome.
Matchup #3: Health

Dates
June 23-27, 2025
Participants
Expecting 1,000+ participants.
680 Founders and 420 Investors in 2024.
FOCUS
There are few categories broader than health, and this Matchup invites startups and investors working across the entire waterfront, from medical devices and therapeutics to robotics and diagnostics and more to participate and speed the delivery of better health for humanity.
Matchup #4: Climate

Dates
September 8-12, 2025
Participants
Expecting 1,500+ participants.
980 Founders and 800 Investors in 2024.
FOCUS
The climate matchup is SOSV’s original and largest. The category spans everything from food and ag to energy and transportation, from carbon capture to manufacturing, transportation. We welcome all investors and founders building companies that will decarbonize the planet,
Sample of Past VC and CVC Participants
- 3M Ventures
- Airbus Ventures
- Amazon Climate Pledge Fund
- Aramco Ventures
- Astanor Ventures
- At One Ventures
- BASF Venture Capital
- Bessemer Venture Partners
- Bosch Ventures
- Breakthrough Energy Ventures
- Cargill
- Clean Growth Fund
- Closed Loop Partners
- Coatue Management
- Collaborative Fund
- Counteract
- DCVC
- Dow
- Ecosystem Integrity Fund
- Energy Impact Partners
- European Circular Bioeconomy Fund
- Fifth Wall
- Generate Capital
- Gigascale Capital
- Global Brain
- H&M Group Ventures
- Honda Xcelerator Ventures
- In-Q-Tel
- Khosla Ventures
- Lowercarbon Capital
- Maersk Growth
- Main Sequence Ventures
- Plum Alley
- Ponderosa Ventures
- Prelude Ventures
- ReGen Ventures
- Shell Ventures
- Siemens
- Sony
- Speedinvest
- Stanley Ventures
- Sumitomo Corporation of Americas
- Systemiq Capital
- TDK Ventures
- The Engine Accelerator
- Touchdown Ventures
Q&A
Q: Why are matchups one week long?
Q: What is the duration of meetings?
Q: How many meetings can I book?
Q: I’m a founder. No one is responding to my requests.
Q: I’m a founder. Should I include my pitch deck?
Q: The platform is not convenient. Can I connect outside?
Testimonials
“Super efficient for a virtual event.”
Investor
“The best use of my time this year.”
Investor
“I saw 6 months worth of dealflow in a week.”
Investor
“Excellent for setting up initial meetings.”
Founder
“I met more investors in a week than in a year.”
Founder
“A great help to refine our pitch.”
Founder