Social Commerce Investors

Social Starts is a set of early-stage venture funds that employs analytics to identify and invest in high-potential companies across various sectors. Their data-driven approach has led them to discover significant value in areas such as e-commerce, employment platforms, digital brands, next-generation food, and education. Their current fund, Social Starts Health and Happiness, focuses on startups that aim to help people live longer, live better, or both.

At Social Capital, we make big bets on transformational ideas, technology, and people. We strategically invest in smart, profit-minded opportunities and forward-thinking social investments that have the potential to shape a better future. Social Capital invests from a balance sheet of permanent capital to support entrepreneurship at all stages.

Social Leverage LLC was founded in 2009, to provide capital, help syndicate and offer strategic guidance to emerging web businesses. The partners of Social Leverage have invested in over 100 early stage web businesses and have served as founders and executives of numerous companies. Our passion is helping entrepreneurs build great companies.

Commerce Ventures is a thematic venture capital firm that partners with entrepreneurs building the platforms and infrastructure required for the future of retail and financial services.

Fondo Bolsa Social is a social impact investment fund with €22M under management, focusing on young companies that generate positive and measurable social and environmental impact in areas like health, education, and climate action.

RSF Social Finance is a financial services organization that provides loans and investments to social enterprises and nonprofits focused on food and agriculture, climate and energy, and education.

Social Impact Capital specializes in impact investing, which we define as investments that can deliver top decile returns in addition to a positive social impact. We focus on the "essentials of human need"​ — energy, water, food, health, environment, education, housing, access to capital, and social justice.Social Impact Capital works with a variety of investors including family offices, high net worth individuals, endowments (university and foundation), and funds (pension and sovereign wealth) helping them make direct investments in high growth companies. We source deals, and can lead due diligence, monitor the investments, and report on financial returns and/or social impact.

NCA is a venture-scale investment firm and accelerator that connects B2B startups with a network of over 25 corporate LPs. Since 2017, they have invested in 77 startups across sectors like B2B SaaS, AI, logistics, and circularity, providing capital, mentorship, and corporate pilot opportunities.

Social Discovery Ventures is the international umbrella brand for group of technology and software engineering companies which provide platforms for social discovery, personal development, and online entertainment. We invest into, develop and support a range of B2C internet projects and brands under the framework of social discovery. Some of those projects are online dating, the finding of travel companions, social games, language learning and practicing communities etc.

Social Ventures Australia (SVA) is a not-for-profit organisation that works with partners to alleviate disadvantage – towards an Australia where all people and communities thrive. We influence systems to deliver better social outcomes for people by learning about what works in communities, helping organisations be more effective, sharing our perspectives and advocating for change.

Promotora Social Mexico (PSM) is an impact investing organization that seeks to positively impact the development and well-being of Mexicans by investing in innovative, scalable and profitable businesses in order to solve critical problems in the education, healthcare, and economic development sectors. PSM is an organization of Risk Philanthropy and Impact Investment that promotes initiatives of social entrepreneurs that are aimed at improving the quality of life of the less favored people in society.

A Matching Fund that aims to foster Co-investment in high growth startups in Portugal, with national or international private Co-investors

We invest in US-based seed-stage social enterprises that have a measurable social impact.

U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Investment Arm is a venture capital firm specializing in seed, startup, early venture, mid venture, late venture, emerging growth and growth capital investments. The firm seeks to invest in commercial services and supplies, distributors, and manufacturing services. It invests in the United States of America. The firm invests between $5 million to $15 million in companies having sales value of at least $1 million. U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Investment Arm is based in Washington, District of Columbia.

Founded in 1999, General Pension and Social Security Authority (GPSSA) is a public pension fund based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Established in 1999, The funds provide pension benefits and social security for society members. It aims to secure the future of UAE nationals and their families. The authority is mandated to apply the pension and retirement benefits for the UAE nationals in accordance with the provisions of federal laws regarding pensions and social security. The assets of the fund are managed by the executive management team. The General Pension and Social Security Authority (GPSSA) is the responsible UAE-based federal authority mandated to apply pension and retirement benefits for Emiratis (males/females) working in a public or private sector in the UAE or GCC Region, given that they are between 18 to 60 years of age and are fit to work. Employers are required to register their Emirati employees with the Authority no later than one month from their joining date in order to ensure insured individuals, pensioners and beneficiaries enjoy salary contributions upon retirement.

The American Family Insurance Institute for Corporate and Social Impact is a venture capital firm specializing in seed/startups and series A stage investments. The Firm prefers to invest in sectors including resilient communities; education with a focus on learning and academic achievement; economic opportunity; and healthy youth development. It prefers to invest in United States. The American Family Insurance Institute for Corporate and Social Impact was founded in 2018 and is based Madison, Wisconsin.

PPF Group is a web of teams and thousands of people contributing unique experience and expertise from an array of disciplines. Every day, they work with phenomena, facts and events that not only help to shape the world we share today, but also mould the future of markets and services.Insights is a platform where PPF drops and shares selected topics and projects from its operations that can inspire and help many others to find a way forward.Facts and StrategiesPPF Group is an international investment group founded in the Czech Republic in 1991. It has grown to manage operations in 25 countries across Europe, North America, and Asia with financial services, telecommunications, media, real estate, mechanical engineering, and biotechnology as its core lines of business. Our priority is to create value by developing innovations, implementing new technologies, and improving the quality of management.PPF’s thirty-year history, its present-day standing, and its vision tell the story of the drive, work ethic, and professionalism of the many people who work to fulfill the vision and courage of Petr Kellner, PPF’s founder.PPF Group’s values and business strategies have remained constant in the areas that matter since its inception. We believe that growth and success are nurtured by developing long-term investment projects in both traditional and new sectors and by building modern infrastructure within a digital world. Our solid foundations were built by welding Czech talent and capabilities with global opportunities.Investments into innovation and advanced technologies combined with efficient management and operations enable PFF Group companies to offer highly competitive services that are constantly honed and updated to deliver value to our customers while also often inspiring others and facilitating a maturing of the market as a whole.We are also keenly aware of the broader social responsibility we shoulder. We go out of our way in our business to support talent and unlock opportunities for those who have the courage to follow their own path, change the world for the better, and inspire others to do the same.Our StrategyWe seek out possibilities and opportunities to develop companies, commerce, and services not only in fast-developing and high-potential fields, but also in areas that may be overlooked or perceived as too risky. Our priority is to create value at the companies in which we invest. We remain undaunted by the prospect of entering new markets and new – often synergetic – fields. When considering new business, we primarily target markets with high retail potential and those with rapidly developing infrastructure, and we focus on transactions where our contribution exceeds €100 million. We prefer to act as the majority owner, but we are also keen to work with partners espousing a business philosophy that dovetails with our own. We have built and will continue to shape PPF Group as a portfolio of companies where sectoral and geographical diversification offers stability and opportunities for vertical integration.We scout companies that need to restructure as we can provide them with strong financial backing, implement strict financial and corporate discipline, introduce promising business models, and improve the quality of management. The rate of returns on our investments relies on the professionalism and knowledge of our people and on the experience and expertise we have gained in the formation and restructuring of numerous companies in Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and Asia. Our teams, which through their efforts feed PPF’s success, share a common vision, as well as a high level of commitment, loyalty, and professionalism.No matter where we are, we strive to nurture and grow the values that underpin our approach to business. Our watchwords are readiness, responsibility, and creativity. We bring with us a spirit of enterprise, a global perspective, and the ability to spot and embrace new business opportunities. We are sensitive to and actively promote the need for sustainability and corporate social responsibility, and we respect the cultural and political differences of the markets where we operate. We foster relationships with the public sector and help build communities in all the countries where we do business.

Olist is an SMB commerce enabler ecosystem that specializes in the fields of logistics and capital. Commerce has changed and platforms like shopify, amazon, meli, alibaba and their peers are more and more relevant to our economy throughout the globe. This movement triggered a new generation of enablers to support small businesses navigate in suchrich and fragmented ecosystem. Olist is leading the way as the #1 commerce enabler for SMBs in Brazil, now expanding globally.The company started with a single core connecting merchants to marketplaces and evolved to a complete ecosystem of integrated products in 3 dimensions. (1) Commerce: (a) Olist Store is the leading solution to sell on marketplaces; (b) Olist Shops is our ecommerce solution, mobile first, natively connected to social media, present in 180 countries. (2) Logistics: Olist Pax is a leading cloud based logistics and fulfillment network provider operating in Brazil. (3) Capital: Olist Credit and Olist Pay.

Walvis Participaties is a venture capital firm specializing in seed, start-ups, early stage, and series A funding in Fintech companies. It typically invests in internet technology companies with focus on sectors such as consumer web/internet, e-commerce, business to business, m-commerce, market places, enterprise software and cloud-services (enterprise), financial technology (fintech), digital health (health), internet of things, software, Big Data, video, and social cloud computing and mobility and also considers investments in sectors including travel, entertainment, and digital media. The firm seeks to invest in Dutch companies. The firm considers equity investments between €1.5 million ($1.68 million) and €5 million ($5.92 million) with annual revenue above €1 million ($1.14 million) or MRR is above €0.08 million ($0.09 million) in a first round in exchange for a minority share in its portfolio companies. The firm also takes majority in travel related companies. Walvis Participaties was founded in 2012 and is based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands with an additional office in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

AHG Lab is a venture capital firm specializing in pre-idea to seed stage, startups, early-stage, middle stage, later stage, incubation, growth capital and pre-seed. The firm is sector-agnostic. The firm seeks to invest in AI-enabled, accelerator, cleantech, e-commerce, edtech, fintech, foodtech, fund, healthtech, HR tech, marketing agency, ops and services, proptech+, social network, techdev and travel tech. The firm seeks to invest in the Philippines, Middle East, Southeast Asia and beyond. AHG Lab is headquartered in Makati City, Philippines with additional offices in Singapore, Singapore and Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.