SOSV

SOSV is a global venture capital firm that supports early-stage startups through active, founder-first development programs. Its flagship initiatives HAX and IndieBio provide facilities, engineering resources, services, and laboratory equipment to accelerate product development and prepare companies for subsequent funding rounds. SOSV focuses on deep technology across health, environmental, and cross-border software sectors, aiming to solve human and planetary health challenges. In addition to providing capital, the firm emphasizes intensive programmatic support to help portfolio companies move quickly from seed toward growth, including customer acquisition and scale. The firm operates globally with a bias toward startups targeting rapid international expansion, especially in Asia, and tends to back a small cohort of high-potential companies to accelerate their progress and attract leading investors.

Michael Aberman

Partner

Lindsay Atkenson

Analyst

William Bao Bean

General Partner

Hugh Bowen

Associate

Shawn Broderick

Venture Partner

Past deals in GovTech

Carma

Convertible Note in 2022
Carma is a technology company specializing in innovative solutions for transportation and mobility. It offers a smartphone app that enables users to organize carpools, promoting efficient travel behavior. For over a decade, Carma has partnered with government agencies to implement high occupancy vehicle verification, GPS tolling, road user charging, and dynamic road pricing, all without relying on traditional roadside infrastructure. The company's patented technology has successfully verified tens of millions of road transactions, resulting in significant time and cost savings for commuters. Through its advancements, Carma aims to enhance travel efficiency and encourage sustainable transportation practices.

SensiPass

Convertible Note in 2022
SensiPass Ltd. specializes in developing advanced 3-factor authentication solutions aimed at enhancing digital security. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, the company employs a patented interactive platform that utilizes personal human interaction, registered biometric data, and unique virtual objects to create sophisticated digital signatures. This innovative approach replaces traditional passwords and PINs, significantly mitigating risks associated with identity theft and insider threats, particularly in critical sectors such as energy, transportation, communications, government, and defense. SensiPass’s products, including SensiAR and ImmersiveID, enable rapid authentication in various environments, including augmented and virtual reality. The company has received multiple accolades for its contributions to cybersecurity innovation, underscoring its commitment to providing robust identity assurance for users accessing both digital and physical assets.

Crayonic

Convertible Note in 2022
Crayonic is a developer of secure digital identity and authentication wearables, focusing on smart authentication solutions for enterprises, healthcare providers, and government entities. The company's products utilize advanced biometric technologies, including fingerprint, handwriting, and voice recognition, to provide a passwordless and username-less authentication experience. By streamlining access and enhancing communication, Crayonic empowers organizations to protect critical infrastructure while simplifying digital workflows through the integration of personal staff AI agents.

WiJungle

Seed Round in 2022
WiJungle is an Indian cybersecurity company that develops and markets a unified network security gateway and related online security products and services for on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments. Its offerings can be centrally managed from a single console to provide end-to-end protection, securing threat vectors across on-site and cloud deployments. The platform supports hardware, virtual cloud, and mixed deployments, enabling companies to address security threats, optimize network performance, and protect stored data. WiJungle serves private sector customers and government agencies across more than 25 countries, and its all-in-one solution aims to reduce capital expenditure and simplify security management by consolidating multiple products into a single system.

Sencity

Seed Round in 2022
Sencity is a company focused on developing interconnected infrastructure that enhances interactions among individuals, businesses, and government agencies, aiming to shape the future of livable cities. It specializes in creating public furniture appliances that revitalize city interfaces and repurpose connected public infrastructures. By designing experiences and products tailored to various cultures, demographics, and markets, Sencity seeks to transform traditional cost centers into revenue-sharing opportunities. This approach allows clients to gain spatial and contextual awareness, integrating immediate feedback and commercial implications into public spaces. The company's core values include engagement, technology, empathy, and creativity, which guide its mission to foster more vibrant urban environments.

Carma

Convertible Note in 2021
Carma is a technology company specializing in innovative solutions for transportation and mobility. It offers a smartphone app that enables users to organize carpools, promoting efficient travel behavior. For over a decade, Carma has partnered with government agencies to implement high occupancy vehicle verification, GPS tolling, road user charging, and dynamic road pricing, all without relying on traditional roadside infrastructure. The company's patented technology has successfully verified tens of millions of road transactions, resulting in significant time and cost savings for commuters. Through its advancements, Carma aims to enhance travel efficiency and encourage sustainable transportation practices.

Stae

Convertible Note in 2021
Stae empowers cities with advanced technology platforms that foster a healthy ecosystem for data management. It collaborates with local governments to streamline data-sharing processes, enhance operational efficiency, and facilitate informed decision-making through real-time insights.

Crayonic

Seed Round in 2020
Crayonic is a developer of secure digital identity and authentication wearables, focusing on smart authentication solutions for enterprises, healthcare providers, and government entities. The company's products utilize advanced biometric technologies, including fingerprint, handwriting, and voice recognition, to provide a passwordless and username-less authentication experience. By streamlining access and enhancing communication, Crayonic empowers organizations to protect critical infrastructure while simplifying digital workflows through the integration of personal staff AI agents.

Stae

Convertible Note in 2020
Stae empowers cities with advanced technology platforms that foster a healthy ecosystem for data management. It collaborates with local governments to streamline data-sharing processes, enhance operational efficiency, and facilitate informed decision-making through real-time insights.

CITYDATA.ai

Seed Round in 2020
CITYDATA.ai is a geospatial AI company that simulates the presence and movement of people across cities worldwide by building mobility digital replicas to quantify how many people are present and how they move. By aggregating location intelligence from public and private sources, it enables cities and businesses to gain actionable insights for planning and operations. The platform supports resident engagement through mobile apps and chatbots and offers a suite of data and tooling products, including CITYSIM, CITYFLOW, CITYPARKS, CITYCOUNT, CITYOPS, CITYSURVEY, CITYCHAT, and CITYSDK, to support city planning, mobility analysis, park management, survey collection, and field workforce productivity.

TruEnergy Services

Seed Round in 2020
TruEnergy Services is a privately held energy brokerage and consulting firm that specializes in assisting a diverse range of clients, including commercial and industrial businesses, government entities, and educational institutions. The company represents many of the nation's largest retail electricity providers and focuses on delivering significant savings on energy costs. TruEnergy offers a variety of services, such as energy brokerage, sales tax recovery, infrastructure audits, and strategies to minimize delivery costs. By leveraging its expertise, TruEnergy helps clients optimize their energy consumption and maximize savings in the current market.

Stae

Convertible Note in 2020
Stae empowers cities with advanced technology platforms that foster a healthy ecosystem for data management. It collaborates with local governments to streamline data-sharing processes, enhance operational efficiency, and facilitate informed decision-making through real-time insights.

Clarity Movement

Series A in 2020
Clarity Movement transforms how governments, communities, and businesses understand and respond to air pollution with IoT-based air quality monitoring technology. Our turn-key air quality monitoring solution supplements existing regulatory monitors with networks of hundreds to thousands of continuously-calibrated air quality sensors, making air quality management more accessible, cost-effective, and actionable than ever before. Founded in 2014, we have now deployed our next-generation, highly-accurate indicative air quality monitoring networks in more than 60 countries around the world — empowering our customers to build healthier communities with better data.

Carma

Debt Financing in 2020
Carma is a technology company specializing in innovative solutions for transportation and mobility. It offers a smartphone app that enables users to organize carpools, promoting efficient travel behavior. For over a decade, Carma has partnered with government agencies to implement high occupancy vehicle verification, GPS tolling, road user charging, and dynamic road pricing, all without relying on traditional roadside infrastructure. The company's patented technology has successfully verified tens of millions of road transactions, resulting in significant time and cost savings for commuters. Through its advancements, Carma aims to enhance travel efficiency and encourage sustainable transportation practices.

DolphinChat

Seed Round in 2019
DolphinChat is a social intelligence organization focused on enhancing communication between citizens and government authorities within Smart Cities. By leveraging conversational artificial intelligence, DolphinChat develops a customer engagement platform that facilitates seamless interaction, enabling governments to improve public service delivery and responsiveness. The platform allows businesses to implement AI-driven chatbots across various messaging platforms and websites, enhancing customer service and personalizing communication. This dual approach not only bridges the data and knowledge gap between the public and government entities but also empowers citizens by fostering collaboration and ensuring that government services are tailored to meet their needs.

Carma

Convertible Note in 2019
Carma is a technology company specializing in innovative solutions for transportation and mobility. It offers a smartphone app that enables users to organize carpools, promoting efficient travel behavior. For over a decade, Carma has partnered with government agencies to implement high occupancy vehicle verification, GPS tolling, road user charging, and dynamic road pricing, all without relying on traditional roadside infrastructure. The company's patented technology has successfully verified tens of millions of road transactions, resulting in significant time and cost savings for commuters. Through its advancements, Carma aims to enhance travel efficiency and encourage sustainable transportation practices.

Stae

Series A in 2019
Stae empowers cities with advanced technology platforms that foster a healthy ecosystem for data management. It collaborates with local governments to streamline data-sharing processes, enhance operational efficiency, and facilitate informed decision-making through real-time insights.

Crayonic

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Crayonic is a developer of secure digital identity and authentication wearables, focusing on smart authentication solutions for enterprises, healthcare providers, and government entities. The company's products utilize advanced biometric technologies, including fingerprint, handwriting, and voice recognition, to provide a passwordless and username-less authentication experience. By streamlining access and enhancing communication, Crayonic empowers organizations to protect critical infrastructure while simplifying digital workflows through the integration of personal staff AI agents.

Stae

Series A in 2019
Stae empowers cities with advanced technology platforms that foster a healthy ecosystem for data management. It collaborates with local governments to streamline data-sharing processes, enhance operational efficiency, and facilitate informed decision-making through real-time insights.

Carma

Series B in 2018
Carma is a technology company specializing in innovative solutions for transportation and mobility. It offers a smartphone app that enables users to organize carpools, promoting efficient travel behavior. For over a decade, Carma has partnered with government agencies to implement high occupancy vehicle verification, GPS tolling, road user charging, and dynamic road pricing, all without relying on traditional roadside infrastructure. The company's patented technology has successfully verified tens of millions of road transactions, resulting in significant time and cost savings for commuters. Through its advancements, Carma aims to enhance travel efficiency and encourage sustainable transportation practices.

Vivokey Technologies

Seed Round in 2017
VivoKey Technologies Inc. is a company that focuses on the development of blockchain-enabled bionic implant chips designed for data security and privacy. Founded in 2018 and based in Seattle, Washington, VivoKey offers innovative implant technologies that cater to personal, enterprise, and government markets, enabling applications in security, identity, and payment processing. The company's secure subdermal identity platform combines advanced cryptographic security with biometric convenience, allowing users to replace traditional access cards and payment methods. VivoKey's near-field communication transponders facilitate passwordless logins, contactless entry, and serve as NFC-enabled identification badges, thereby enhancing digital identity protection and fostering trust in online interactions.

Sencity

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Sencity is a company focused on developing interconnected infrastructure that enhances interactions among individuals, businesses, and government agencies, aiming to shape the future of livable cities. It specializes in creating public furniture appliances that revitalize city interfaces and repurpose connected public infrastructures. By designing experiences and products tailored to various cultures, demographics, and markets, Sencity seeks to transform traditional cost centers into revenue-sharing opportunities. This approach allows clients to gain spatial and contextual awareness, integrating immediate feedback and commercial implications into public spaces. The company's core values include engagement, technology, empathy, and creativity, which guide its mission to foster more vibrant urban environments.

Citiesense

Seed Round in 2017
Citiesense, LLC is a marketing platform focused on promoting real estate development projects in cities such as New York, Bridgeport, Derby, and New Haven. Founded in 2013 and based in New Haven, Connecticut, the company provides a Neighborhood Knowledge Platform that assists municipalities in managing and disseminating information regarding growth and development initiatives. This platform enables city organizations to organize and utilize data effectively, leading to improved decision-making for new constructions, infrastructure enhancements, and business openings. Additionally, Citiesense supports property owners, developers, and brokers in showcasing available listings alongside development projects, facilitating collaboration and progress tracking within the community.

CITYDATA.ai

Seed Round in 2017
CITYDATA.ai is a geospatial AI company that simulates the presence and movement of people across cities worldwide by building mobility digital replicas to quantify how many people are present and how they move. By aggregating location intelligence from public and private sources, it enables cities and businesses to gain actionable insights for planning and operations. The platform supports resident engagement through mobile apps and chatbots and offers a suite of data and tooling products, including CITYSIM, CITYFLOW, CITYPARKS, CITYCOUNT, CITYOPS, CITYSURVEY, CITYCHAT, and CITYSDK, to support city planning, mobility analysis, park management, survey collection, and field workforce productivity.

Carma

Convertible Note in 2016
Carma is a technology company specializing in innovative solutions for transportation and mobility. It offers a smartphone app that enables users to organize carpools, promoting efficient travel behavior. For over a decade, Carma has partnered with government agencies to implement high occupancy vehicle verification, GPS tolling, road user charging, and dynamic road pricing, all without relying on traditional roadside infrastructure. The company's patented technology has successfully verified tens of millions of road transactions, resulting in significant time and cost savings for commuters. Through its advancements, Carma aims to enhance travel efficiency and encourage sustainable transportation practices.

Clarity Movement

Series A in 2016
Clarity Movement transforms how governments, communities, and businesses understand and respond to air pollution with IoT-based air quality monitoring technology. Our turn-key air quality monitoring solution supplements existing regulatory monitors with networks of hundreds to thousands of continuously-calibrated air quality sensors, making air quality management more accessible, cost-effective, and actionable than ever before. Founded in 2014, we have now deployed our next-generation, highly-accurate indicative air quality monitoring networks in more than 60 countries around the world — empowering our customers to build healthier communities with better data.

Carma

Convertible Note in 2016
Carma is a technology company specializing in innovative solutions for transportation and mobility. It offers a smartphone app that enables users to organize carpools, promoting efficient travel behavior. For over a decade, Carma has partnered with government agencies to implement high occupancy vehicle verification, GPS tolling, road user charging, and dynamic road pricing, all without relying on traditional roadside infrastructure. The company's patented technology has successfully verified tens of millions of road transactions, resulting in significant time and cost savings for commuters. Through its advancements, Carma aims to enhance travel efficiency and encourage sustainable transportation practices.

Stae

Pre Seed Round in 2016
Stae empowers cities with advanced technology platforms that foster a healthy ecosystem for data management. It collaborates with local governments to streamline data-sharing processes, enhance operational efficiency, and facilitate informed decision-making through real-time insights.

Carma

Convertible Note in 2016
Carma is a technology company specializing in innovative solutions for transportation and mobility. It offers a smartphone app that enables users to organize carpools, promoting efficient travel behavior. For over a decade, Carma has partnered with government agencies to implement high occupancy vehicle verification, GPS tolling, road user charging, and dynamic road pricing, all without relying on traditional roadside infrastructure. The company's patented technology has successfully verified tens of millions of road transactions, resulting in significant time and cost savings for commuters. Through its advancements, Carma aims to enhance travel efficiency and encourage sustainable transportation practices.

Clarity Movement

Venture Round in 2016
Clarity Movement transforms how governments, communities, and businesses understand and respond to air pollution with IoT-based air quality monitoring technology. Our turn-key air quality monitoring solution supplements existing regulatory monitors with networks of hundreds to thousands of continuously-calibrated air quality sensors, making air quality management more accessible, cost-effective, and actionable than ever before. Founded in 2014, we have now deployed our next-generation, highly-accurate indicative air quality monitoring networks in more than 60 countries around the world — empowering our customers to build healthier communities with better data.

SensiPass

Seed Round in 2013
SensiPass Ltd. specializes in developing advanced 3-factor authentication solutions aimed at enhancing digital security. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, the company employs a patented interactive platform that utilizes personal human interaction, registered biometric data, and unique virtual objects to create sophisticated digital signatures. This innovative approach replaces traditional passwords and PINs, significantly mitigating risks associated with identity theft and insider threats, particularly in critical sectors such as energy, transportation, communications, government, and defense. SensiPass’s products, including SensiAR and ImmersiveID, enable rapid authentication in various environments, including augmented and virtual reality. The company has received multiple accolades for its contributions to cybersecurity innovation, underscoring its commitment to providing robust identity assurance for users accessing both digital and physical assets.

SensiPass

Seed Round in 2013
SensiPass Ltd. specializes in developing advanced 3-factor authentication solutions aimed at enhancing digital security. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, the company employs a patented interactive platform that utilizes personal human interaction, registered biometric data, and unique virtual objects to create sophisticated digital signatures. This innovative approach replaces traditional passwords and PINs, significantly mitigating risks associated with identity theft and insider threats, particularly in critical sectors such as energy, transportation, communications, government, and defense. SensiPass’s products, including SensiAR and ImmersiveID, enable rapid authentication in various environments, including augmented and virtual reality. The company has received multiple accolades for its contributions to cybersecurity innovation, underscoring its commitment to providing robust identity assurance for users accessing both digital and physical assets.

Carma

Series A in 2010
Carma is a technology company specializing in innovative solutions for transportation and mobility. It offers a smartphone app that enables users to organize carpools, promoting efficient travel behavior. For over a decade, Carma has partnered with government agencies to implement high occupancy vehicle verification, GPS tolling, road user charging, and dynamic road pricing, all without relying on traditional roadside infrastructure. The company's patented technology has successfully verified tens of millions of road transactions, resulting in significant time and cost savings for commuters. Through its advancements, Carma aims to enhance travel efficiency and encourage sustainable transportation practices.

Carma

Series A in 2010
Carma is a technology company specializing in innovative solutions for transportation and mobility. It offers a smartphone app that enables users to organize carpools, promoting efficient travel behavior. For over a decade, Carma has partnered with government agencies to implement high occupancy vehicle verification, GPS tolling, road user charging, and dynamic road pricing, all without relying on traditional roadside infrastructure. The company's patented technology has successfully verified tens of millions of road transactions, resulting in significant time and cost savings for commuters. Through its advancements, Carma aims to enhance travel efficiency and encourage sustainable transportation practices.

Carma

Venture Round in 2009
Carma is a technology company specializing in innovative solutions for transportation and mobility. It offers a smartphone app that enables users to organize carpools, promoting efficient travel behavior. For over a decade, Carma has partnered with government agencies to implement high occupancy vehicle verification, GPS tolling, road user charging, and dynamic road pricing, all without relying on traditional roadside infrastructure. The company's patented technology has successfully verified tens of millions of road transactions, resulting in significant time and cost savings for commuters. Through its advancements, Carma aims to enhance travel efficiency and encourage sustainable transportation practices.

Carma

Seed Round in 2009
Carma is a technology company specializing in innovative solutions for transportation and mobility. It offers a smartphone app that enables users to organize carpools, promoting efficient travel behavior. For over a decade, Carma has partnered with government agencies to implement high occupancy vehicle verification, GPS tolling, road user charging, and dynamic road pricing, all without relying on traditional roadside infrastructure. The company's patented technology has successfully verified tens of millions of road transactions, resulting in significant time and cost savings for commuters. Through its advancements, Carma aims to enhance travel efficiency and encourage sustainable transportation practices.

Carma

Seed Round in 2007
Carma is a technology company specializing in innovative solutions for transportation and mobility. It offers a smartphone app that enables users to organize carpools, promoting efficient travel behavior. For over a decade, Carma has partnered with government agencies to implement high occupancy vehicle verification, GPS tolling, road user charging, and dynamic road pricing, all without relying on traditional roadside infrastructure. The company's patented technology has successfully verified tens of millions of road transactions, resulting in significant time and cost savings for commuters. Through its advancements, Carma aims to enhance travel efficiency and encourage sustainable transportation practices.
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