2 investors at Social Capital, based in Palo Alto, CA with $1.2B under management.
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Partner, Social Capital
Chamath Palihapitiya is a former Facebook executive who led the Growth team that scaled the platform from tens of millions to hundreds of millions of users, and he now applies this growth systems perspective to venture investing at Social Capital. He models his approach on Warren Buffett by building Social Capital as a permanent-capital holding company focused on concentrated, high-conviction bets, and he has become known for using SPACs and other capital-market structures to give public investors access to high-growth technology companies traditionally reserved for private markets.

Board Partner, Social Capital
Chamath Palihapitiya is a former Facebook executive who led the Growth team that scaled the platform from tens of millions to hundreds of millions of users, and he now applies this growth systems perspective to venture investing at Social Capital. He models his approach on Warren Buffett by building Social Capital as a permanent-capital holding company focused on concentrated, high-conviction bets, and he has become known for using SPACs and other capital-market structures to give public investors access to high-growth technology companies traditionally reserved for private markets.
Social Capital's investment team consists of 2 professionals, headquartered in Palo Alto, CA and managing $1.2B in assets. The team brings diverse backgrounds and specialized expertise to evaluate and support portfolio companies.
Across the team, Social Capital's investors cover expertise in Digital Health, Fintech, Enterprise, Climate, Deeptech. This breadth of sector knowledge enables the firm to evaluate opportunities across multiple verticals and provide specialized post-investment support to founders.
Social Capital has 2 investors and partners on their team, based in Palo Alto, CA. Each team member brings specialized expertise across different sectors and investment stages.
Social Capital's team consists of 2 investment professionals. View individual investor profiles above for detailed backgrounds, focus areas, and portfolio companies.
Social Capital manages approximately $1.2B in assets under management with a team of 2 investment professionals, headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.
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