# SoGal Ventures

> SoGal Ventures is a VC fund in New York backing Wellness and Health Care. See 70 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 70
- Last investment: Sep 2025
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last fund: Nov 2018
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sogal-ventures/
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/sogalventures
- Website: http://sogalventures.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iamsogal/

SoGal Ventures is a VC fund in New York focused on Wellness and Health Care. 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.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $615k–$6M |
| Series A | $3.1M–$14M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Wellness | 10 | 14% |
| Health Care | 10 | 14% |
| E-Commerce | 8 | 11% |
| Fashion | 6 | 9% |
| Women's | 5 | 7% |

84 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 31 | 44% |
| Series A | 10 | 14% |
| Funding Round | 10 | 14% |
| Pre-Seed | 7 | 10% |
| Grant | 1 | 1% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 38 | 54% |
| Canada | 2 | 3% |
| China | 1 | 1% |
| Sweden | 1 | 1% |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1% |

9 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Elizabeth Galbut | Managing Partner | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elizabeth-galbut |
| Ian Cluroe | Limited Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ian-cluroe |
| Pocket Sun | Co-Founder & Managing Partner | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pocket-sun |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MoldCo | MoldCo helps individuals to reclaim their health from mold. | $8M | Seed | Sep 18, 2025 |  |
| Mappa.ai | Use Mappa to hire thoroughly vetted Latin American rockstars in just 48 hours.No two people are the same, and neither are two companies—by applying AI, voice analysis, and big data, we identify what makes each person unique and build powerful connections that drive business success. Our 12-layer brain includes a proprietary voice analysis systemthat extracts 128 voice parameters and integrates with other data models to leverage over 100,000 parameters per user. This helps companies fill open roles in less than a week, saving over 300 work hours and up to 80% in costs. Go from finding to hiring with no upfront fees or hidden costs.Formerly Free The Freela. | $3.4M | Seed | Sep 09, 2025 |  |
| Silicon Data | Silicon Data is a data product that brings essential intelligence and efficiency to markets. | $4.7M | Seed | Mar 20, 2025 |  |
| indē wild | The First Ever Ayurvedic Beauty Brand, People Powered & Expert Backed. Combining 5000 Years Of Ayurvedic Rituals With Modern Dermatology & Clean Ingredients. | $5M | Seed | Mar 07, 2025 |  |
| ZZ Driggs | ZZ Driggs creates, designs, crafts, and restores furniture, creating a solution to an industry that urgently requires change. Since its inception in 2014 in Brooklyn, New York, ZZ Driggs keep ranges from the designers and fabricators who construct the furniture in their library of design, to the master woodworkers, to the expert upholsterers, tothe true — and often overlooked — historians who supply their collectible and antique works. |  | Seed | Dec 19, 2024 |  |
| Lite-1 | Lite-1 offers eco-friendly colors derived from naturally occurring microbes. Their approach provides a closed-loop system that can prevent waste from going to landfill. While securing the future of our vibrant world, they give value to elements that would otherwise be seen as worthless. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2024 |  |
| Welbi | Welbi improves the quality of life of older adults like our parents and grandparents by transforming the way senior living communities provide care to them every day. We do this by streamlining their processes so staff can spend more time keeping residents active and engaged. This allows them to build deeper connections with residents and stayahead of their changing needs so that no resident is socially isolated. | $2.3M | Seed | Jul 13, 2022 |  |
| Try Your Best | Try Your Best is a blockchain technology company. | $9.8M | Seed | Jun 02, 2022 |  |
| August | A lifestyle period brand working to reimagine periods to be powerful. | $3.7M | Seed | May 25, 2022 |  |
| 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. | $13M | Series A | May 24, 2022 |  |

10 of 70 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [BBG Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bbg-ventures) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Female Founders Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/female-founders-fund) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [FEMPIRE x SoGal](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fempire-x-sogal) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Gaingels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gaing) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Outlander Fund I Archimedes](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arena-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Emerald Development Managers](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emerald-development-managers) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does SoGal Ventures invest in?

SoGal Ventures invests primarily in Wellness, Health Care and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 70 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 SoGal Ventures's check size?

SoGal Ventures typically joins rounds of $615k–$6M at Seed and $3.1M–$14M 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 SoGal Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact SoGal Ventures?

Public channels for SoGal Ventures 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 SoGal Ventures?

The team at SoGal Ventures includes Elizabeth Galbut (Managing Partner), Ian Cluroe (Limited Partner) and Pocket Sun (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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