Social Leverage
VC Fund
Phoenix, United States
Social Leverage is a seed stage venture capital firm founded in 2009 in Scottsdale, Arizona. We invest in founders building the future of finance and vertical AI. We are typically the first institutional check into a company that has raised less than $2M, writing $1M to $2M initially, and often lead or co-lead. The firm manages five funds and a fund of funds, with $300M+ AUM and 150+ portfolio companies including Robinhood, beehiiv, Kustomer, and Manscaped. Managing partners are Howard Lindzon, Tom Peterson, Gary Benitt, and Matt Ober.
- Total investments:
- 164
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 23%
- Fund size:
- $85M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Social Leverage invests in
Stages Social Leverage invests in
Countries Social Leverage invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $925k–$4M
- Series A
- $1.7M–$13M
- Series B
- $4M–$50M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 34 (21%)
- FinTech 26 (16%)
- Financial Services 26 (16%)
- Finance 13 (8%)
- Mobile 12 (7%)
Stage
- Seed 69 (42%)
- Series A 34 (21%)
- Series B 19 (12%)
- Pre-Seed 7 (4%)
- Funding Round 7 (4%)
Country
- United States 93 (57%)
- Canada 5 (3%)
- Israel 1 (1%)
- Singapore 1 (1%)
- United Kingdom 1 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Tom Peterson
Co-Founder & General Partner
|
Co-Founder & General Partner | Total investments: 12 | Find email | |
Gary Benitt
Managing Partner
|
Managing Partner | Total investments: 24 | Find email | |
Howard Lindzon
Founder & General Partner
|
Founder & General Partner | Total investments: 85 | Find email | |
Matt Ober
General Partner
|
General Partner | Total investments: 5 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elio Mortgage LLC is an AI-native mortgage brokerage startup designed to blend human relationships with automated backend support. The company functions as a modern alternative to traditional retail lenders and legacy brokerages. | $5.1M / Pre-Seed / Sep 29, 2026 | ||
| https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/syntheticfi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SyntheticFi | $13M / Seed / Jun 09, 2026 | ||
| Punchup is developing innovative tools to allow live entertainers to own and activate the relationship with their fans | $2.1M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 20, 2026 | ||
| Alpaca is a financial technology company that provides developer-first APIs and brokerage infrastructure for programmatic access to stock, options, and cryptocurrency markets, enabling businesses and individual traders to integrate trading and investing capabilities into their applications. Its platform offers REST, WebSocket, and event-driveninterfaces that support algorithmic trading, automated strategy execution, real-time market data, backtesting, and portfolio management workflows. Alpaca’s services also include brokerage account functionality, clearing and settlement services, and tools that allow firms to embed investing features into their products or to build custom trading systems on top of its API-centric architecture. The company supports global fintech partners with solutions such as tokenization, high-yield cash programs, multi-leg options trading, and advanced order types that align with diverse trading and investment use cases. Its technology is used by developers, quant traders, fintech platforms, and financial institutions seeking programmable market access and integrated financial services. | $150M / Series D / Jan 14, 2026 | ||
| Archive Intel is an innovative artificial intelligence archiving and surveillance Software as a Service (SaaS) company dedicated to assisting financial institutions in optimizing their ecomms compliance processes. Our comprehensive solution seamlessly captures emails, social media content, text messages, podcasts, and website data, all within auser-friendly platform tailored for compliance officers. With pricing starting at just $99 per month for the initial three users, and a nominal $10 per month for additional connectors, our AI-driven solution offers unparalleled value and efficiency. | $6.3M / Series A / Oct 02, 2025 | ||
| Newcase.ai is a Software Development firm offering risk management solutions on liability cases. | $1.2M / Pre-Seed / Sep 11, 2025 | ||
| AI platform for financial advisors | $1.8M / Seed / Sep 08, 2025 | ||
| Punchup is developing innovative tools to allow live entertainers to own and activate the relationship with their fans | $2.3M / Seed / Jun 17, 2025 | ||
| Seeds empowers financial advisors to more deeply understand investors and to automatically deliver custom portfolios that align. Founded in 2019, Seeds is enabling the evolution toward truly intentional, purposeful, and personalized investing. | $10M / Series A / May 14, 2025 | ||
| SlashExperts is a cutting-edge platform designed for business-to-business marketing and sales teams. | $2M / Seed / Apr 15, 2025 | ||
| See all 164 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Social Leverage invest in?
Social Leverage invests primarily in Software, FinTech and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 164 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Social Leverage invest in?
Social Leverage typically joins rounds of $925k–$4M at Seed, $1.7M–$13M at Series A and $4M–$50M at Series B. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Social Leverage's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Social Leverage took part in.
How do I contact Social Leverage?
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Who are the partners at Social Leverage?
The team at Social Leverage includes Tom Peterson (Co-Founder & General Partner), Gary Benitt (Managing Partner) and Howard Lindzon (Founder & General Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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