Social Capital

Social Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 and based in Menlo Park, California. The firm focuses on early-stage investments across North America, Western Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region. Its mission is to advance humanity by addressing significant global challenges through technology. By empowering entrepreneurs and fostering innovative products, Social Capital aims to redistribute power, capital, and opportunity in a more equitable manner. The firm actively invests in a diverse range of sectors, including business products and services, consumer products, financial services, healthcare, information technology, and cleantech.

Grant Hesser

Partner

Thomas Layton

Partner

Daniela Vargas Mallard

Partner

Connor Nowinski

CFO and Partner

Dave Phelan

Partner

Chris Ramesh

Associate

Michael Roytman

Board Partner

Nolan Smith

Partner

Steven Trieu

CFO and Partner

Courtney Wilkinson

Partner and Head of Capital Formation

Reze Wong

Partner

Past deals in Drones

Saildrone

Series C in 2021
Saildrone, Inc. specializes in the design and manufacture of autonomous sailing drones powered by wind and solar energy, enabling efficient and cost-effective ocean data collection. Founded in 2012 and based in Alameda, California, the company operates a fleet of these drones to gather live ocean data for various applications, including weather forecasting, oceanography, climate research, fish stock analysis, and environmental monitoring. By providing comprehensive data, Saildrone supports governments and private entities in addressing ecological challenges and enhancing understanding of planetary systems. The company aims to build the world's largest high-resolution ocean datasets, contributing to improved insights in areas such as climate change and carbon cycling.

Saildrone

Series C in 2021
Saildrone, Inc. specializes in the design and manufacture of autonomous sailing drones powered by wind and solar energy, enabling efficient and cost-effective ocean data collection. Founded in 2012 and based in Alameda, California, the company operates a fleet of these drones to gather live ocean data for various applications, including weather forecasting, oceanography, climate research, fish stock analysis, and environmental monitoring. By providing comprehensive data, Saildrone supports governments and private entities in addressing ecological challenges and enhancing understanding of planetary systems. The company aims to build the world's largest high-resolution ocean datasets, contributing to improved insights in areas such as climate change and carbon cycling.

DroneSeed, Inc.

Series A in 2021
DroneSeed, Inc. is a Seattle-based company that specializes in reforestation services, providing innovative solutions to timber companies, non-profit organizations, and government agencies across the Northwest and Southeast United States. Established in 2015, DroneSeed utilizes advanced drone technology to plant tree seed vessels, apply fertilizers and herbicides, and gather field data. The company is notable for its pioneering achievements, having received multiple FAA approvals that allow it to operate heavy-lift drone swarms, each capable of carrying a 57-pound payload. This capability enables DroneSeed to enhance the scalability of reforestation efforts, which is essential for addressing carbon emissions. By charging clients on a per-acre basis for its services, DroneSeed aims to make a significant impact on environmental restoration and sustainable forestry practices.

Flock

Series A in 2021
Flock, founded in 2015 and based in London, is an Insurtech company that aims to modernize the insurance landscape by leveraging emerging technologies. Initially focused on the commercial drone industry, Flock introduced Europe's first pay-as-you-fly drone insurance product, utilizing real-time data such as population density and wind speed to assess and mitigate flight risks. This innovation has allowed them to insure thousands of drone operations globally, enhancing safety and reducing risk exposure for pilots by an average of 15%. Recently, Flock expanded its offerings to include insurance for commercial motor fleets, catering to the dynamic needs of connected vehicles like cars, vans, and trucks. By providing data-driven insights, Flock helps fleet owners improve safety and manage risks proactively, with the goal of not only addressing claims but also preventing incidents from occurring in the first place.

Swarm Technologies

Series A in 2020
Swarm Technologies, Inc. is a satellite company based in Los Altos, California, focused on providing low-cost global connectivity through its innovative satellite network. Founded in 2015, the company aims to make Internet services accessible worldwide, particularly for businesses in sectors such as agriculture, energy, transportation, global development, shipping, maritime, and automotive. By launching satellites into low Earth orbit, Swarm enables connectivity in remote regions, ensuring that IoT data is available on a global scale. The company's technology incorporates advanced modeling and optimization techniques to deliver a cost-effective communication solution, making data accessible to a wide range of users and devices across the globe.

Swarm Technologies

Series A in 2020
Swarm Technologies, Inc. is a satellite company based in Los Altos, California, focused on providing low-cost global connectivity through its innovative satellite network. Founded in 2015, the company aims to make Internet services accessible worldwide, particularly for businesses in sectors such as agriculture, energy, transportation, global development, shipping, maritime, and automotive. By launching satellites into low Earth orbit, Swarm enables connectivity in remote regions, ensuring that IoT data is available on a global scale. The company's technology incorporates advanced modeling and optimization techniques to deliver a cost-effective communication solution, making data accessible to a wide range of users and devices across the globe.

Swarm Technologies

Series A in 2019
Swarm Technologies, Inc. is a satellite company based in Los Altos, California, focused on providing low-cost global connectivity through its innovative satellite network. Founded in 2015, the company aims to make Internet services accessible worldwide, particularly for businesses in sectors such as agriculture, energy, transportation, global development, shipping, maritime, and automotive. By launching satellites into low Earth orbit, Swarm enables connectivity in remote regions, ensuring that IoT data is available on a global scale. The company's technology incorporates advanced modeling and optimization techniques to deliver a cost-effective communication solution, making data accessible to a wide range of users and devices across the globe.

Swarm Technologies

Series A in 2019
Swarm Technologies, Inc. is a satellite company based in Los Altos, California, focused on providing low-cost global connectivity through its innovative satellite network. Founded in 2015, the company aims to make Internet services accessible worldwide, particularly for businesses in sectors such as agriculture, energy, transportation, global development, shipping, maritime, and automotive. By launching satellites into low Earth orbit, Swarm enables connectivity in remote regions, ensuring that IoT data is available on a global scale. The company's technology incorporates advanced modeling and optimization techniques to deliver a cost-effective communication solution, making data accessible to a wide range of users and devices across the globe.

Saildrone

Series B in 2018
Saildrone, Inc. specializes in the design and manufacture of autonomous sailing drones powered by wind and solar energy, enabling efficient and cost-effective ocean data collection. Founded in 2012 and based in Alameda, California, the company operates a fleet of these drones to gather live ocean data for various applications, including weather forecasting, oceanography, climate research, fish stock analysis, and environmental monitoring. By providing comprehensive data, Saildrone supports governments and private entities in addressing ecological challenges and enhancing understanding of planetary systems. The company aims to build the world's largest high-resolution ocean datasets, contributing to improved insights in areas such as climate change and carbon cycling.

DroneSeed, Inc.

Venture Round in 2017
DroneSeed, Inc. is a Seattle-based company that specializes in reforestation services, providing innovative solutions to timber companies, non-profit organizations, and government agencies across the Northwest and Southeast United States. Established in 2015, DroneSeed utilizes advanced drone technology to plant tree seed vessels, apply fertilizers and herbicides, and gather field data. The company is notable for its pioneering achievements, having received multiple FAA approvals that allow it to operate heavy-lift drone swarms, each capable of carrying a 57-pound payload. This capability enables DroneSeed to enhance the scalability of reforestation efforts, which is essential for addressing carbon emissions. By charging clients on a per-acre basis for its services, DroneSeed aims to make a significant impact on environmental restoration and sustainable forestry practices.

Skyways

Seed Round in 2017
Skyways is creating a new form of transportation to advance our civilization. The company's focus in the immediate future is on cargo transportation with the idea to then fund a new personal air transportation vehicle that will be operated as a service. Skyways has a big focus on software to enable full autonomy and large scale fleet operations. Skyways was founded in 2017, is YC-backed and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Skyways

Seed Round in 2017
Skyways is creating a new form of transportation to advance our civilization. The company's focus in the immediate future is on cargo transportation with the idea to then fund a new personal air transportation vehicle that will be operated as a service. Skyways has a big focus on software to enable full autonomy and large scale fleet operations. Skyways was founded in 2017, is YC-backed and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Saildrone

Series A in 2017
Saildrone, Inc. specializes in the design and manufacture of autonomous sailing drones powered by wind and solar energy, enabling efficient and cost-effective ocean data collection. Founded in 2012 and based in Alameda, California, the company operates a fleet of these drones to gather live ocean data for various applications, including weather forecasting, oceanography, climate research, fish stock analysis, and environmental monitoring. By providing comprehensive data, Saildrone supports governments and private entities in addressing ecological challenges and enhancing understanding of planetary systems. The company aims to build the world's largest high-resolution ocean datasets, contributing to improved insights in areas such as climate change and carbon cycling.

Iris Automation

Seed Round in 2017
Iris Automation Inc. develops collision avoidance systems for operating industrial drones. The company offers an artificial intelligence computer that blends real-time images and 3D maps to track incoming objects. Its onboard software tracks and avoids dynamic and static objects on the ground and in the air at short-range and long-range. The company’s system is built to process visual data in real-time holding the capability to see structures that suddenly appear, such as a plane, flock of birds, and another drone. It serves the avionics industry worldwide. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in San Francisco, California with an additional operation in Reno, Nevada.

Swarm Technologies

Seed Round in 2016
Swarm Technologies, Inc. is a satellite company based in Los Altos, California, focused on providing low-cost global connectivity through its innovative satellite network. Founded in 2015, the company aims to make Internet services accessible worldwide, particularly for businesses in sectors such as agriculture, energy, transportation, global development, shipping, maritime, and automotive. By launching satellites into low Earth orbit, Swarm enables connectivity in remote regions, ensuring that IoT data is available on a global scale. The company's technology incorporates advanced modeling and optimization techniques to deliver a cost-effective communication solution, making data accessible to a wide range of users and devices across the globe.

Saildrone

Series A in 2016
Saildrone, Inc. specializes in the design and manufacture of autonomous sailing drones powered by wind and solar energy, enabling efficient and cost-effective ocean data collection. Founded in 2012 and based in Alameda, California, the company operates a fleet of these drones to gather live ocean data for various applications, including weather forecasting, oceanography, climate research, fish stock analysis, and environmental monitoring. By providing comprehensive data, Saildrone supports governments and private entities in addressing ecological challenges and enhancing understanding of planetary systems. The company aims to build the world's largest high-resolution ocean datasets, contributing to improved insights in areas such as climate change and carbon cycling.

DroneSeed, Inc.

Funding Round in 2016
DroneSeed, Inc. is a Seattle-based company that specializes in reforestation services, providing innovative solutions to timber companies, non-profit organizations, and government agencies across the Northwest and Southeast United States. Established in 2015, DroneSeed utilizes advanced drone technology to plant tree seed vessels, apply fertilizers and herbicides, and gather field data. The company is notable for its pioneering achievements, having received multiple FAA approvals that allow it to operate heavy-lift drone swarms, each capable of carrying a 57-pound payload. This capability enables DroneSeed to enhance the scalability of reforestation efforts, which is essential for addressing carbon emissions. By charging clients on a per-acre basis for its services, DroneSeed aims to make a significant impact on environmental restoration and sustainable forestry practices.

AirMap

Series A in 2016
AirMap, Inc. is a digital airspace and automation company that specializes in providing software solutions to enhance drone operations in low-altitude airspaces. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Santa Monica, California, with additional offices in Europe and Asia, the company offers a UAS Traffic Management (UTM) platform that integrates airspace geometries, restrictions, terrain data, and population density information. This platform facilitates airspace automation, flight automation, and dataflow automation, ensuring low-altitude situational awareness for various stakeholders, including airspace authorities, enterprise operators, and developers. AirMap aims to support the integration of drones into everyday life by organizing critical low-altitude information, enabling safe and efficient drone flight across multiple applications such as agriculture, public safety, and aerial photography. The company collaborates with industry partners and is actively involved in initiatives like the Small UAV Coalition and the NASA UTM program to advance the future of unmanned aviation.

Camp Six

Seed Round in 2016
Camp Six Labs, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2016 that specializes in the development of flying robots for the cleaning and maintenance of wind turbine blades. In addition to this focus, the company is also working on an aerial freight transportation network, utilizing unmanned aircraft capable of delivering payloads of up to 1,000 pounds over distances of 1,000 miles. Through its innovative technologies, Camp Six Labs aims to enhance transportation solutions, particularly for remote areas, thereby improving access and quality of life in diverse communities.

AirMap

Seed Round in 2015
AirMap, Inc. is a digital airspace and automation company that specializes in providing software solutions to enhance drone operations in low-altitude airspaces. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Santa Monica, California, with additional offices in Europe and Asia, the company offers a UAS Traffic Management (UTM) platform that integrates airspace geometries, restrictions, terrain data, and population density information. This platform facilitates airspace automation, flight automation, and dataflow automation, ensuring low-altitude situational awareness for various stakeholders, including airspace authorities, enterprise operators, and developers. AirMap aims to support the integration of drones into everyday life by organizing critical low-altitude information, enabling safe and efficient drone flight across multiple applications such as agriculture, public safety, and aerial photography. The company collaborates with industry partners and is actively involved in initiatives like the Small UAV Coalition and the NASA UTM program to advance the future of unmanned aviation.
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