# We Are Social

> We Are Social is a VC fund in London backing Marketing and Machine Learning. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Aug 2015
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/we-are-social
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/wearesocial
- Website: http://wearesocial.net
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/wearesocial

We Are Social is a VC fund in London focused on Marketing and Machine Learning. We Are Social delivers businesses and brands with marketing campaigns and strategies that are based on social insights. The company has provided its services for brands such as Adidas, Audi, Google, and Netflix.We Are Social has offices in London, New York, San Francisco, Paris, Milan, Munich, Berlin, Singapore, Shanghai, Sydney, and Sao Paulo.It was founded in 2008.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Marketing | 1 | 100% |
| Machine Learning | 1 | 100% |
| Social Media Marketing | 1 | 100% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 100% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Edu Pou | Executive Creative Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/edu-pou |
| Jean-Pierre Van Der Berg | Director | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dr-jeanpierre-vdberg |
| Nathan McDonald | Co-Founder & Group CEO | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nathan-mcdonald-d9a0 |
| Pete Lin | Regional Managing Director, North Asia | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pete-lin |
| Sarah Hecks | Head of Editorial | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sarah-hecks |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Metigy | Metigy uses AI and deep learning to deliver real time insights and actions that radically enhance reach and converison | $1.5M | Seed | Aug 01, 2015 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does We Are Social invest in?

We Are Social invests primarily in Marketing, Machine Learning and Social Media Marketing startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact We Are Social?

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### Who are the partners at We Are Social?

The team at We Are Social includes Edu Pou (Executive Creative Director), Jean-Pierre Van Der Berg (Director) and Nathan McDonald (Co-Founder & Group CEO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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