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Social Leverage

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Social Leverage: venture capital firm investing in early-stage software, consumer, and fintech.

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founded date

01.01.2009

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IPO status

Private

Description

Founded in 2009, Social Leverage provides capital, syndication support, and strategic guidance to emerging web businesses. With a focus on investing in capital light companies that solve known pain points in large addressable markets, Social Leverage has made notable investments in companies like Robinhood, Kustomer, Angellist, Wag, EToro, and Ticketfly. The firm's partners have invested in over 100 early-stage web businesses and have extensive experience as founders and executives. Their mission is to help entrepreneurs build great companies.
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Tom Peterson
Tom Peterson

Tom Peterson

Tom is a General Partner and Co-Founder of Social Leverage. Tom and Howard were recognized by Institutional Investor as one of the “super angels,” where they were depicted as helping to reorganize early-stage investing with disciplined capital, uniform investing rules, and a sense of community that traditional venture capital took notice of. As an angel investor and fund manager for over a decade, Peterson has closed 100+ investments. He manages the day-to-day business of Social Leverage and assists portfolio companies in need with operational and corporate development expertise. He has a strong fiduciary presence with experience as President & COO of NASDAQ ($NTRL) prior to leading the privatization of the company.

current job

Social Leverage
Social Leverage

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3

count Of Exists

2

Tom Peterson

Howard Lindzon
Howard Lindzon

Howard Lindzon

current job

Social Leverage
Social Leverage

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25

count Of Exists

12

Howard Lindzon

Employee Profiles
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Matt Ober

Matt Ober

General Partner

Gary Benitt

Gary Benitt

General Partner

Howard Lindzon

Howard Lindzon

Founder & General Partner

Tom Peterson

Tom Peterson

Co-Founder & General Partner

Mike Kasten

Mike Kasten

CFO

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