# Social Leverage

> Social Leverage is a VC fund in Phoenix backing Software and FinTech. See 158 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Phoenix, United States
- Total investments: 158
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 23%
- Last fund: Jan 2022
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/socialleverage
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/SocialLeverage
- Website: http://www.socialleverage.com

Social Leverage is a Venture Capital firm which specializes in early-stage and seed-stage investments in the Software, Consumer, and Fintech industries. Their investment selection process combines fundamental business evaluation, supported by two decades of domain experience building, valuing, and selling companies, with a strong deal flowpipeline consisting of top-ranked VC / PE funds, exceptional entrepreneurs and innovative management teams. Social Leverage uses these value drivers to invest in the best capital light companies with a viable product, serving a large addressable market, and solving a known pain point. Notable investments include Robinhood, Kustomer, Angellist, Wag, EToro, and Ticketfly.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$4M |
| Series A | $1.7M–$13M |
| Series B | $3.3M–$50M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 32 | 20% |
| FinTech | 26 | 16% |
| Financial Services | 22 | 14% |
| Mobile | 12 | 8% |
| Finance | 12 | 8% |

153 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 66 | 42% |
| Series A | 32 | 20% |
| Series B | 18 | 11% |
| Funding Round | 11 | 7% |
| Pre-Seed | 5 | 3% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 87 | 55% |
| Canada | 4 | 3% |
| Israel | 1 | 1% |
| Singapore | 1 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tom Peterson | Co-Founder & General Partner | 12 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tom-peterson-5 |
| Gary Benitt | Managing Partner | 24 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gary-benitt |
| Howard Lindzon | Founder & General Partner | 83 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/howard-lindzon |
| Matt Ober | General Partner | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matt-ober |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SyntheticFi | https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/syntheticfi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SyntheticFi | $13M | Seed | Jun 09, 2026 |  |
| Punchup.live | 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 | 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 | 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 | Newcase.ai is a Software Development firm offering risk management solutions on liability cases. | $1.2M | Pre-Seed | Sep 11, 2025 |  |
| LEA | AI platform for financial advisors | $1.8M | Seed | Sep 08, 2025 |  |
| Punchup.live | 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 | 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 | SlashExperts is a cutting-edge platform designed for business-to-business marketing and sales teams. | $2M | Seed | Apr 15, 2025 |  |
| Ribbon | Ribbon is an AI-powered job search tool that helps you discover your dream job faster. It offers a range of services tailored for your job search needs. From creating professional resumes to conducting mock interviews, Ribbon provides personalized guidance at every step of your job search. | $8.2M | Seed | Mar 31, 2025 |  |

10 of 158 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Eniac Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eniac-ventures) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
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- [Portage Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/portag3-ventures) — VC Fund, 7 deals together

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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 158 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 Social Leverage's check size?

Social Leverage typically joins rounds of $1M–$4M at Seed, $1.7M–$13M at Series A and $3.3M–$50M 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 Social Leverage participates in.

### How do I contact Social Leverage?

Public channels for Social Leverage include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### 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 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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