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  • IT'S A SOGAL MOVEMENT.

    Not your typical venture capitalists.

  • SoGal Ventures is redefining the next generation

    of diverse founders and funders.

    As the 1st female-led millennial venture capital firm

    SoGal Ventures represents how far our generation has come, and how deep our impact on the world can be.

     

    We believe in the power of diversity, borderless business, and human-centric design.

    We invest in early stage diverse founding teams in the U.S. and Asia, and aim to be the strongest ally for our portfolio companies.

     

    Powered by the SoGal Ecosystem across 40+ cities around the world, we are galvanizing a brand new demographic - millennial & Gen Z women and minorities - to take center stage in entrepreneurship and creation.

     

    This will change EVERYTHING. With that in mind,

    we invest in the future of how we live, work, and stay healthy.

    LIVE

    WORK

    STAY HEALTHY

  • Meet The Founders

    Pocket Sun (@pocketysun)

    Founding Partner

     

    Pocket Sun founded SoGal, one of world's largest communities of diverse entrepreneurs and investors with 40+ chapters worldwide. She has extensive experience working with startups and corporations across the US, China, and Southeast Asia. She has been on the cover of Forbes Asia magazine as a 30 Under 30 in Venture Capital, selected as LinkedIn Top 10 Voices in VC & Entrepreneurship, and interviewed by BBC, CNBC, Fortune, CCTV, Inc., Harper's BAZAAR, etc.

     

    Pocket has been a featured speaker at the most prestigious conferences around the world, including Microsoft CEO Summit, Fortune's Most Powerful Women Summit, and TEDx. She holds a Master of Science degree in Entrepreneurship and Innovation from University of Southern California.

     

    Watch Pocket's TED Talk!

    Elizabeth Galbut (@design4innov8)

    Founding Partner

     

    Elizabeth Galbut is a venture capitalist and business designer. Prior to finishing business school, she founded A-Level Capital, the first student-led venture capital firm powered by Johns Hopkins students. Previously, Elizabeth was a strategy & operations consultant at Deloitte Consulting focusing on large healthcare clients. Outside of her client-facing work, she contributed to business development efforts that led to over $200M of new work. She is an honoree in the 2018 Forbes 30 Under 30 in Venture Capital list.

     

    Elizabeth holds a MBA/MA Design Leadership Dual degree from Johns Hopkins University and Maryland Institute college of Art. She is also a proud alumnus of Georgetown University and London School of Economics.

     

    Read Elizabeth's story!

  • Investments

    The two managing partners have invested in 65+ startups with world-class founders

    in the US, Asia Pacific and Europe, and supported their rapid and sustainable global growth.

    EverlyWell

    Austin

    SGV Fund I

    Lovevery

    Idaho

    SGV Fund I

    Winky Lux

    New York

    SGV Fund I

    Function of Beauty

    New York

    SGV Fund I

    Proscia

    Philadelphia

    SGV Fund I

    Little Spoon

    San Francisco

    SGV Fund I

    ADAY

    New York

    SGV Fund I

    Werk

    New York

    SGV Fund I

    Anomalie

    San Francisco

    SGV Fund I

    Unbound

    New York

    SGV Fund I

    Archer Roose

    Boston

    SGV Fund I

    Noken

    New York

    SGV Fund I

    Torigen

    Farmington

    SGV Fund I

    HelloAva

    New York

    SGV Fund I

    Kids on 45th

    Seattle

    SGV Fund I

    Quirktastic

    Charlotte

    SGV Fund I

    Real

    New York

    SGV Fund I

    SWAAY

    New York

    SGV Fund I

    The Right.Fit

    Sydney

    SGV Fund I

    Moby Mart

    Sweden

    SGV Fund I

    GuavaPass

    Singapore

    SGV Fund I

    Acquired by ClassPass

    Hidrate Spark

    Boulder

    Junzi

    New York

    Mogul

    New York

    Tueo Health

    Redwood City

    Acquired by Apple

    Kitt.ai

    Seattle

    Acquired by Baidu

    birdi

    San Francisco

    Acquired by Luma

    Wisebanyan

    New York

    Acquired by Axos

    Kylie.ai

    San Francisco

    Acquired by Directly

    Progressly

    Redwood City

    Acquired by Box

    Premier Lacrosse

    Los Angeles

    Siren Care

    San Francisco

    Osmosis

    Baltimore

    Negotiatus

    New York

    Helium

    Nigeria

    Insilico Medicine

    Baltimore

    GiveCampus

    Washington D.C.

    emocha

    Baltimore

    Yet Analytics

    Baltimore

    Glidian

    Palo Alto

    Sonavex

    Baltimore

    Voga Coffee

    San Francisco

    Motiva

    Palo Alto

    Mindshare Medical

    Seattle

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