# Socially Financed

> Socially Financed is a VC fund backing FinTech and Financial Services. See 25 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Chatham, United States
- Total investments: 25
- Last investment: Jun 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/sociallyfinancd
- Website: https://sociallyfinanced.com

Socially Financed is a VC fund in Chatham focused on FinTech and Financial Services. We're a group of SoFi employees, alumni, and friends. We support early stage entrepreneurs that are transforming financial services.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$7M |
| Pre-Seed | $1M–$3.5M |
| Series A | $10M–$20M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 8 | 32% |
| Financial Services | 7 | 28% |
| Real Estate | 4 | 16% |
| Information Technology | 4 | 16% |
| Software | 3 | 12% |

40 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 14 | 56% |
| Pre-Seed | 5 | 20% |
| Series A | 5 | 20% |
| Secondary Market | 1 | 4% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 17 | 68% |
| France | 1 | 4% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Stephen Sikes | Co-founder, Managing Partner | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stephen-sikes |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Meanwhile | Meanwhile is a licensed and regulated life insurance business. | $19M | Seed | Jun 06, 2023 |  |
| Ownify | Ownify is rebuilding the path to homeownership to make it achievable for the next generation of homebuyers. Our fractional ownership platform allows first-time buyers to buy their home "brick by brick". Zero debt & no surprises. At the same time, we offer real estate investors fractional ownership in single-family homes, combiningrental income, home price appreciation, and social impact investing. | $7M | Seed | May 15, 2023 |  |
| StellarFi | StellarFi is a fintech infrastructure company building white-label and private-label credit card rails for brands and platforms serving non-prime and near-prime consumers. Its technology enables companies to embed Visa-issued credit cards into their products without building the underlying stack, powered by a proprietary underwriting and servicinglayer built for the complexity of thin-file and credit-damaged borrowers.The company's thesis is that the non-prime credit market is underserved not because of a lack of demand, but because of a lack of responsible, scalable infrastructure. Founded as a direct-to-consumer credit-building platform, StellarFi evolved into an infrastructure business after identifying that durable impact in non-prime credit requires reaching consumers at scale through trusted distribution partners rather than through a standalone consumer brand. | $15.5M | Series A | Mar 28, 2023 |  |
| Opkit | Opkit is a Y Combinator-backed startup building AI phone calls for the healthcare industry. Our HIPAA-compliant software platform automates routine, essential phone calls for healthcare provider organizations. | $1M | Seed | Mar 07, 2023 |  |
| Blaze.tech | Blaze is the smarter no-code platform for teams to build internal tools. Create beautiful client portals, admin panels, inventory management systems, and automated workflows without needing to write any code. Trusted by enterprise companies for security and scale. Loved by startup entrepreneurs for being so easy to use and build applications. | $3.5M | Pre-Seed | Jan 11, 2023 |  |
| Daylight | Daylight is the first and only digital banking platform in the U.S. specifically designed for and by the LGBT+ community. Daylight’s card, app and digital services prepare members for the future faster by helping them to navigate the finance system, generate smarter habits and connect with a community working together to build the life they deservewithout compromise.Daylight was founded in 2020 and is located at West Hollywood, California. | $15M | Series A | Nov 18, 2022 |  |
| Here | Here enables anyone anywhere to invest in vacation rentals online and earn passive income from the highest-yielding asset class in real estate — without ever lifting a finger. | $3.5M | Seed | Jul 13, 2022 |  |
| 1v1Me | 1v1Me is an application that allows the user to play one on one matches in their favorite video games for cash. It is a community where anyone can meet and play with other members. The company was founded in 2020 and based in New York. | $2M | Seed | Jun 27, 2022 |  |
| Freightpay | Freightpay’s mission is to enable the global supply chain to transact more efficiently. | $2M | Seed | Mar 10, 2022 |  |
| Here | Here enables anyone anywhere to invest in vacation rentals online and earn passive income from the highest-yielding asset class in real estate — without ever lifting a finger. | $1.5M | Pre-Seed | Mar 02, 2022 |  |

10 of 25 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Gaingels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gaing) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Mucker Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/muckercapital) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Bragiel Brothers](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bragiel-bros) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Fiat Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fiat-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Anthemis](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anthemis-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Socially Financed invest in?

Socially Financed invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Real Estate startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 25 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 Socially Financed's check size?

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

### How do I contact Socially Financed?

Public channels for Socially Financed include 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 Socially Financed?

The team at Socially Financed includes Stephen Sikes (Co-founder, Managing 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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