# Sorenson Impact

> Sorenson Impact is a VC fund backing Education and Information Technology. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Salt Lake City, United States
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Feb 2025
- Lead investor: 29%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sorenson-global-impact-investing-center
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/SGIICenter
- Website: http://sorensonimpact.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sorensonimpact

Sorenson Impact is a VC fund in Salt Lake City focused on Education and Information Technology. The mission and purposes of the James Lee Sorenson Global Impact Investing Center (SGII Center) are to accelerate and advance the understanding and application of principles of free enterprise to create scalable and sustainable, global societal change.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Sorenson Impact. Shizune tracks 3 team members at Sorenson Impact. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/sorenson-impact-center?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $960k–$1.1M |
| Series A | $3M–$10M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Education | 2 | 29% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 29% |
| Medical | 1 | 14% |
| Handmade | 1 | 14% |
| Internet | 1 | 14% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 43% |
| Series A | 3 | 43% |
| Private Equity | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 5 | 71% |
| India | 1 | 14% |
| Kenya | 1 | 14% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| James Lee Sorenson | Founder | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-lee-sorenson |
| Patrick Mullen | Executive Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/patrick-mullen |
| Dustin Shay | Head of Impact Labs | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dustin-shay |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rebel Medicine | Rebel Medicine is developing safe and effective alternatives to opioid-free pain management. | $6M | Series A | Feb 06, 2025 |  |
| homium | Homium is a computer software company that specializes in digital real-estate and blockchain. It transforms home equity into an investment commodity. The company was founded in 2018 and headquartered in Sherman Oaks, California. | $10M | Series A | Apr 16, 2024 |  |
| The Mentor Method | The Mentor Method is a social enterprise that provides curated mentor matches, connecting the next generation of tech leaders with change-making mentors at the top of their game. ​ Their process focuses on people and value-fit first, to foster authentic, lasting connections. The result is stronger teams and inclusive workplace cultures. ​ Theystarted The Mentor Method because they wanted to create a world where minorities and women in tech are viewed as assets, not a way to check a box. | $1M | Seed | Jun 08, 2021 |  |
| Blackrock Neurotech | Blackrock Neurotech’s mission is to provide innovative tools and neurotech expertise to translate technology into a novel, implantable clinical solutions that improve human lives. | $10M | Private Equity | May 19, 2021 |  |
| Beeverso (formerly BeeReaders) | Beereaders is a digital platform that promotes literacy skills among Spanish-speaking students presenting personalized learning and using original Spanish content in a game-like experience. | $960K | Seed | Nov 01, 2020 |  |
| Lal10 | Lal10 enables creative manufacturing MSMEs to easily digitize, manage and sell their inventories for cross-border wholesale. Lal10 is Shopify + Alibaba for Indian MSMEs. Small manufacturers use Lal10’s Karigar application to digitize physical inventories which are available for RFQs on our global wholesale platform. We are creating a maker’srevolution by digitizing micro and small manufacturers to take their creative products to global markets. India has over 1.2mn such MSMEs involved in the manufacturing of apparel, home furnishings, decor products. We have digitized 30k SKUs to date and are the largest vertical platform for MSMEs for cross-border wholesale in India. Post pandemic layers of middlemen/ export houses and traditional channels of sales like exhibitions have been disrupted. We have created an efficient alternative with innovative technology-led solutions catering to these large and untapped supplies. We are seeing strong organic adoption of technology for quick market access by local manufacturers and pandemic has only accelerated its requirement. We believe that the future of retail is local. We are targeting small & medium-sized buyers in the US, UK, and Middle east using efficient data analytics and aggressive marketing. We provide them the benefits of a big-box retailer, i.e. affordable sourcing, contemporary design curation & assortment of products. These buyers are resellers on Amazon, Etsy, or Mom & Pop shops, Private labels, and have traditionally been only dependent tradeshows. | $1.1M | Seed | Mar 13, 2020 |  |
| Eneza Education | Eneza Education, a.k.a. MPrep, was founded in 2011 by Kenyan teachers and educators serious about making technology useful for their students. From the rural areas of Nyanza to Wajir Town and the Mombasa Coast, Kenyan teachers united to create the content of our initial Class 7 and Class 8 study tool. We wanted a tool that combined the best ofgreat teaching practices: scaffolded assessments, direct feedback, and high engagement. And we wanted to make sure ALL kids had access to our system. What better way to start than with a simple SMS-based system? | $3M | Series A | Mar 01, 2018 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Sorenson Impact invest in?

Sorenson Impact invests primarily in Education, Information Technology and Medical startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 7 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 Sorenson Impact's check size?

Sorenson Impact typically joins rounds of $960k–$1.1M at Seed and $3M–$10M 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 Sorenson Impact participates in.

### How do I contact Sorenson Impact?

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### Who are the partners at Sorenson Impact?

The team at Sorenson Impact includes James Lee Sorenson (Founder), Patrick Mullen (Executive Director) and Dustin Shay (Head of Impact Labs). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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