# Elizabeth Galbut

> Elizabeth Galbut is a seed investor at SoGal Ventures (New York) backing Beauty and Cosmetics. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [SoGal Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sogal-ventures-2)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Feb 2019
- Lead investor: 40%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/egalbut
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/design4innov8

Elizabeth Galbut is a venture capitalist and business designer. Prior to finishing business school, she founded A-Level Capital, the first student-led venture capital firm powered by Johns Hopkins students. Prior to graduate school, Elizabeth was a strategy & operations consultant at Deloitte Consulting focusing on large healthcare clients.Outside of her client-facing work, she contributed to business development efforts that led to over $200M of new work.Elizabeth holds a MBA/MA Design Leadership Dual degree from Johns Hopkins University and Maryland Institute college of Art. She is also a proud alumnus of Georgetown University and London School of Economics.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Beauty | 2 | 40% |
| Cosmetics | 2 | 40% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 40% |
| Retail | 1 | 20% |
| Fashion | 1 | 20% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 80% |
| Series A | 3 | 60% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Torigen Pharmaceuticals | Torigen Pharmaceuticals focuses on providing cancer care solutions for animals. They strive to bring novel approaches to the market to tackle companion animal cancers, building on years of existing scientific research and pushing the boundaries of innovation.The company was founded in 2013 by Ashley Kalinauskas and Mark Suckow and is based inFarmington, Connecticut, United States. | $3.1M | Series A | Feb 04, 2019 |  |
| SWAAY Media | SWAAY is a ground-breaking media and online publishing company that harnesses the style and glamour of today’s business-minded woman. At SWAAY women’s interests are much more diverse than what traditional magazines portray. We are dedicated to celebrating the stories of established and emerging entrepreneurs to advance more women into theforefronts of innovation and entrepreneurship through visually inspiring and intellectually engaging content. |  | Seed | Jun 16, 2017 |  |
| Function of Beauty | Function of Beauty offers personalized hair care products tailored to its customers' specific hair profile and goals.It enables users to create shampoos, conditioners, and styling products based on their individual hair type, hair goals, and aesthetic preferences (including color + fragrance). It uses ingredients that are free of sulfates,parabens, phthalates, or any other potentially harmful toxins or ingredients in their formulas.The New York, New York-based company was founded in 2015 by Hien Nguyen, Joshua Maciejewski, and Zahir Dossa. | $9.6M | Series A | Mar 07, 2017 |  |
| Function of Beauty | Function of Beauty offers personalized hair care products tailored to its customers' specific hair profile and goals.It enables users to create shampoos, conditioners, and styling products based on their individual hair type, hair goals, and aesthetic preferences (including color + fragrance). It uses ingredients that are free of sulfates,parabens, phthalates, or any other potentially harmful toxins or ingredients in their formulas.The New York, New York-based company was founded in 2015 by Hien Nguyen, Joshua Maciejewski, and Zahir Dossa. | $1M |  | Jan 04, 2017 |  |
| Function of Beauty | Function of Beauty offers personalized hair care products tailored to its customers' specific hair profile and goals.It enables users to create shampoos, conditioners, and styling products based on their individual hair type, hair goals, and aesthetic preferences (including color + fragrance). It uses ingredients that are free of sulfates,parabens, phthalates, or any other potentially harmful toxins or ingredients in their formulas.The New York, New York-based company was founded in 2015 by Hien Nguyen, Joshua Maciejewski, and Zahir Dossa. | $1M | Seed | Jan 04, 2017 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bessemer-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bullish](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bullish-co) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Connecticut Innovations](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/connecticut-innovations) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Emerald Development Managers](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emerald-development-managers) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About SoGal Ventures

VC Fund · New York, United States

SoGal invests in underrepresented founders, from undercapitalized geographies, and solving underserved problems. We lead pre-seed and seed rounds for world-class women and diverse entrepreneurs who are revolutionizing the future of living, working, and staying healthy for younger generations.

3 contacts available at SoGal Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Elizabeth Galbut | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elizabeth-galbut |
| Ian Cluroe | Limited Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ian-cluroe |
| Pocket Sun | Co-Founder & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pocket-sun |

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## FAQ

### What does Elizabeth Galbut invest in?

Elizabeth Galbut invests primarily in Beauty, Cosmetics and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Elizabeth Galbut last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Elizabeth Galbut closed in Feb 2019. Shizune tracks 5 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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