# Ray Ko

> Ray Ko is a seed investor at Social Capital backing B2B, Banking and FinTech. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Social Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/social-capital)
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jan 2022
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ray-ko-1898291

Ray Ko is a seed investor at Social Capital focused on B2B and Banking. Ray Ko is the Partner at Social Capital.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| B2B | 1 | 100% |
| Banking | 1 | 100% |
| FinTech | 1 | 100% |
| Big Data | 1 | 100% |
| Software | 1 | 100% |

7 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOTE | Sote is building the digital logistics infrastructure and largest B2B marketplace for Africa. Their mission is to grow the GDP of the African continent by facilitating the growth of trade. They aim to provide a combination of ERP solutions, underwriting models, and software-driven supply chain services across the continent. | $4M | Seed | Jan 20, 2022 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Actions Capital (fka K50 Ventures)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/K50Ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [MaC Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mac-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ribbit Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ribbit-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Social Capital

VC Fund · Palo Alto, United States

Social Capital is a Menlo Park-based investment firm whose mission is to advance humanity by solving the world’s hardest problems. By harnessing technology to address core human needs, they aim to drive a bottom-up redistribution of power, capital and opportunity. To achieve this, they're building a new kind of company and a platform forempowering brilliant entrepreneurs and breakthrough products.Founded in 2011, the company is based in Menlo Park, California, United States.

2 contacts available at Social Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Chamath Palihapitiya | Founder and Chief Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chamath-palihapitiya |
| Ray Ko | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ray-ko |

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## FAQ

### What does Ray Ko invest in?

Ray Ko invests primarily in B2B, Banking and FinTech startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 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 Ray Ko last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ray Ko closed in Jan 2022. Shizune tracks 1 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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