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S2 Capital

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S2 Capital is a San Francisco-based micro venture capital fund that invests in seed-stage companies.

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01.01.2014

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Founded in 2014 by Samvit Ramadurgam and Sohail Prasad, S2 Capital focuses on early-stage firms in the information technology, SaaS, mobile, artificial intelligence, and machine learning sectors. Their investment thesis prioritizes companies that address a pressing need, have technical and market differentiation, leverage emerging trends, and have a clear path to revenue. The firm deploys over $25 million annually and has seen their portfolio companies cumulatively increase in value by over $5 billion.
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Samvit Ramadurgam
Samvit Ramadurgam

Samvit Ramadurgam

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Sohail Prasad
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Sohail Prasad

Sohail is the Founder & CEO of Destiny (D/XYZ). Sohail is also Founder & former Co-CEO of Forge, the stock market for private companies. He has an extensive background in product management, engineering, and business. As an eighteen-year-old, he was among the youngest founders to go through Y Combinator. Over the years, Sohail has advised and invested in over 100 startups, including notable startups such as Zenefits and Rappi. He continues to invest actively through S2 Capital, and serves as its Founding Partner. Prior to founding Equidate, Sohail managed mobile product at Zynga. He previously joined mobile advertising firm Chartboost as its second engineering hire, and has held roles at Google and the MIT Media Lab. Sohail was awarded TCU's Texas Youth Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2010, and was later named a Thiel Fellow by the Thiel Foundation. He previously attended Carnegie Mellon University where he studied Electrical & Computer Engineering.

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Destiny (D/XYZ)

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Sohail Prasad

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Sohail Prasad

Sohail Prasad

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Samvit Ramadurgam

Samvit Ramadurgam

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