Social Capital

Social Capital's mission is to build the future by identifying emerging technology trends and partnering with entrepreneurs trying to solve some of the world's hardest problems, helping them build substantial commercial and economic outcomes. The firm believes the next decade of technology innovation will create multiple $10T markets — from deep tech, where frontier technologies can now be commercialized into sustainable businesses, to life sciences where drug discovery is moving into the hands of computer scientists, to the global energy transition, to the creator economy where media and distribution are being disrupted and atomized. Founded in 2011 by Chamath Palihapitiya, Social Capital has historically stood out strategically with a focus on healthcare, financial services, and education when those fields were neglected by the VC community. Since 2019, the firm operates primarily as a proprietary capital vehicle — investing Palihapitiya's personal capital rather than outside LP commitments — spanning early-stage to late-stage companies in both private and public markets, with concentrated bets on regulated sectors like healthcare, clean energy, AI infrastructure, and space technology.