# Chamath Palihapitiya

> Chamath Palihapitiya is a Series A investor at LotusFlare backing Software. See 99 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [LotusFlare](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lotusflare)
- Location: Palo Alto, United States
- Total investments: 99
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 37%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/chamath
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/chamath
- Website: https://about.me/chamath
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/chamath

Chamath Palihapitiya is a Series A investor at LotusFlare in Palo Alto focused on Software and Enterprise Software. Chamath Palihapitiya is the Founder and Managing Partner of Social Capital. He previously worked at BMO Nesbitt Burns as an Associate of the Interest Rate Derivatives Group. Chamath Palihapitiya attended the University of Waterloo.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$8M |
| Series A | $3.5M–$20M |
| Series B | $7M–$38M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 13 | 13% |
| Enterprise Software | 11 | 11% |
| Mobile | 8 | 8% |
| FinTech | 8 | 8% |
| Financial Services | 8 | 8% |

143 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 23 | 23% |
| Seed | 18 | 18% |
| Series B | 14 | 14% |
| Series C | 10 | 10% |
| Post-IPO Equity | 8 | 8% |

12 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 51 | 52% |
| Canada | 3 | 3% |
| India | 2 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 2% |
| Russian Federation | 2 | 2% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Objection | Objection.ai is a new AI‑driven platform positioned as an “AI judge” for contested claims in journalism and public‑sphere reporting. |  | Seed | Apr 15, 2026 |  |
| Mast Reforestation | Mast Reforestation built the only vertically integrated solution to reforest the growing pool of millions of acres that have been damaged by wildfire. The company removes the financial, procedural, and seed supply barriers that typically stand in the way of getting reforestation done, which led to a large and growing project pipeline. It recentlyacquired two legacy businesses to become the largest seed and seedling vendor in the West, which is the primary bottleneck to reforestation. Mast is now executing on the project backlog by leveraging project finance to generate high-quality carbon removal credits for corporate buyers. | $25M | Series B | Feb 11, 2025 |  |
| Feastables | Feastables is setting out to build the most engaging brand on the planet, bringing the games, stunts and spectacle. | $60M | Series A | Feb 13, 2024 |  |
| Mitra Chem | Mitra Chem operates as a lithium-ion battery materials manufacturer. It innovates and commercializes iron-based cathode materials to enable mass-market electrification in transportation and energy storage. The company is driven to industrialize these cathodes in purpose-built inflation reduction act-compliant facilities. | $40M | Series B | Aug 16, 2023 |  |
| Flock | Flock is a fully digital insurance company for commercial motor fleets. We're on a mission to make the world quantifiably safer with connected insurance that enables and incentivises safer driving. With Flock, safer fleets pay less. Iit's why hundreds of companies trust us to protect their vehicles and drivers including Virtuo andJaguar Land Rover's luxury leasing firm, The Out. We're proud to be supported by some of the world's leading VCs, including Social Capital and Anthemis. Our goal is to become the world's leading fully digital insurer for connected and autonomous vehicles. | $38.1M | Series B | Feb 27, 2023 |  |
| Syapse | To achieve more precise care for every patient, we need to transform real-world evidence into insights that can directly impact care. At Syapse, that is real-world care. It’s found in the way we empower healthcare organizations to work together in active, transparent partnerships, delivering complete patient insights to answer the questions thatmatter and then purposefully applying it at where patients receive care – driving real impact for cancer patients and beyond. | $35M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 27, 2022 |  |
| Palmetto | Palmetto Clean Technology builds and operates clean energy projects for residential, commercial, and utility customers. It designs and installs solar systems on residential homes, offers customer service support, and financing solutions. Palmetto Clean Technology's products include software technology solutions for home and business thatinclude Palmetto Home where homeowners receive real time energy consumption on in-home devices and solar production on their smart phones, Palmetto Fleet where home management professionals receive real time energy monitoring and solar production insights, and Alchemy, a software solution that empowers solar sales professionals to transform the customer experience and streamline the sales, design, and proposal processes. Christopher Kemper founded Palmetto Clean Technology on February 2, 2010. It has its headquarters in Charleston in South Carolina with additional offices in San Francisco in California, Sea Girt in New Jersey, Charlotte in North Carolina, the District of Columbia, and Greenville in South Carolina. | $375M | Series C | Feb 24, 2022 |  |
| Perimeter Medical Imaging | Perimeter Medical Imaging is a privately held medical device company with offices in Toronto, Canada. Our executive team of medical device leaders holds an excellent track record of successfully building companies and improving outcomes for clinicians and patients. | $38.2M | Post-IPO Equity | Jan 27, 2022 |  |
| Mitra Chem | Mitra Chem operates as a lithium-ion battery materials manufacturer. It innovates and commercializes iron-based cathode materials to enable mass-market electrification in transportation and energy storage. The company is driven to industrialize these cathodes in purpose-built inflation reduction act-compliant facilities. | $20M | Series A | Nov 15, 2021 |  |
| Syndica | Accelerating the Solana blockchain by building robust infrastructure and open source projects while publishing industry leading research. | $8M | Seed | Nov 03, 2021 |  |

10 of 99 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Greylock](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greylock) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [BlackRock](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blackrock) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lightspeed-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Safeguard Scientifics](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/safeguard-scientifics) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Anthemis](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anthemis-group) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [CRV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crvvc) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

## About LotusFlare

VC Fund · Palo Alto, United States

We build awesome digital experiences to drive Growth. Our mission is to bridge established companies with the software stack and Growth mindset of the most successful Internet players. We partner with companies in telecom, finance, media and technology to build intuitive, engaging digital products and to systematically drive user engagement,retention and monetization on these apps and websites. We also create digital B-brands, often focused towards Millenials who expect a 100% digital experience when interacting with companies.

4 contacts available at LotusFlare.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Chamath Palihapitiya | Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chamath-palihapitiya |
| Sam Gadodia | Co-Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sam-gadodia |
| Shao Xia | Co-founder and VP of Engineering | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shao-xia |
| Terry Guo | Co-founder and VP of Product | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/terry-guo |

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## FAQ

### What does Chamath Palihapitiya invest in?

Chamath Palihapitiya invests primarily in Software, Enterprise Software and Mobile startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 99 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Chamath Palihapitiya's check size?

Chamath Palihapitiya typically joins rounds of $1M–$8M at Seed, $3.5M–$20M at Series A and $7M–$38M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Chamath Palihapitiya participates in.

### When did Chamath Palihapitiya last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Chamath Palihapitiya closed in Apr 2026. Shizune tracks 99 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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