William Lohse
Founding Partner @ Social Starts
Reno, United States
William Lohse is a Founder Joyance Europe of Joyance Partners.
- Total investments:
- 32
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
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Industries William Lohse invests in
Stages William Lohse invests in
Countries William Lohse invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $60k–$2.7M
- Angel
- $500k–$1M
- Series A
- $1.7M–$6.2M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 9 (28%)
- Advertising 8 (25%)
- Social Media 8 (25%)
- Mobile 5 (16%)
- Publishing 5 (16%)
Stage
- Seed 16 (50%)
- Angel 10 (31%)
- Series A 2 (6%)
- Series B 2 (6%)
- Funding Round 2 (6%)
Country
- United States 26 (81%)
- Japan 3 (9%)
- Canada 2 (6%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| BeaTrust helps each employee to connect easily, accelerating collaboration, and driving innovation. The company was founded in 2020 and based in Tokyo, Japan. | $6.2M / Series A / Apr 27, 2022 | ||
| Fulcrum is a SaaS manufacturing platform designed and built from scratch to bring modern and futuristic concepts to small and mid-sized production shops. The product is a strong vote in favor of decentralized manufacturing, juicing up the system through connectivity and automation. Their long term mission is to create a connected manufacturingsupply chain, reducing tedious data entry, and increasing the speed and efficiency of the entire network supported by the most kickass system available. | $3.1M / Seed / Sep 24, 2020 | ||
| SmartNews is the award-winning news app loved by millions. We are a machine-learning company deeply committed to helping users find quality news beyond the filter bubble. Our algorithms evaluate tens of millions of articles, behaviors and social interactions to deliver only the most interesting and important stories on a global scale—a fascinatingengineering challenge that has attracted a world-class data science and engineering team. SmartNews won numerous “App of the Year” awards and has been downloaded by more than 35 million people and has over 10million monthly active users. SmartNews has offices in Tokyo, San Francisco, and New York. Join our international culture—smart work, smart people and a global mission to bring quality information to the world. Travel between our amazing offices in the U.S. and Japan, and collaborate with coworkers from around the world. | $36M / Series B / Aug 07, 2014 | ||
| Battefy is the most comprehensive eSports management platform available today. Built for organizers, by organizers. They built Battlefy to help you organize eSports with ease. Whether you are a college club, a national eSports organization, or a brand supporting gamers, creating and managing a tournament or league has never been easier and moreprofessional. | $1.3M / Seed / Jan 14, 2014 | ||
| Greenhouse is the hiring software company. We help businesses become great at hiring through our powerful hiring approach, complete suite of software and services, Hiring MaturityTM methodology and large partner ecosystem – so businesses can hire for what's next. Based in New York City with offices in San Francisco, Denver and Dublin,Greenhouse has over 700 employees around the world supporting more than 7,000 customers. Some of the smartest and most successful companies like HubSpot, Buzzfeed, J.D. Power, Booking.com, Scout24 and The Knot Worldwide use the Greenhouse hiring software platform to improve all aspects of hiring, helping them to attract top talent. © 2022, Greenhouse Software, Inc. All rights reserved. "Greenhouse Hiring Maturity", "Talent Makers", and the G Logo are trademarks of Greenhouse Software, Inc. | $2.7M / Seed / Nov 14, 2013 | ||
| vidIQ is the first YouTube audience development and management suite that helps brands and agencies grow their views and subscribers. vidIQ is an end-to-end solution that assists YouTube marketers at every step of their workflow, including uploading their videos at the best time of day, connecting brands with their top influencers, YouTube SEO,monitoring viewer and engagement analytics across Twitter and Facebook, bulk description editing, comment moderation, and Facebook fan page syndication.vidIQ was founded in January of 2012 by ex-Viddler founder Rob Sandie, Todd Troxell, and James Cross. It is backed by some of the biggest names in angel investment, including Mark Cuban, Scott Banister, and David Cohen, among others. | $800K / Seed / Feb 26, 2013 | ||
| Cliptone is a messaging application that enables its users to send creative voice messages to their friends. It allows its users to record a clip up to 10 seconds; apply voice filters and background music; and more. Cliptone was launched on March 3, 2012 in Toronto, Ontario. | Seed / Jan 01, 2013 | ||
| Founded in 2012, Spikes Security is focused on delivering secure, scalable, high performance appliance and software solutions that empower businesses with the freedom to safely leverage the web without fear of cyber-attacks. Its flagship offering is a powerful web malware isolation system that prevents all browser-borne malware from enteringcorporate networks and infecting endpoints, including mobile devices, without requiring installation of any endpoint software.Watch an analyst interview with CEO Branden Spikes here: https://vimeo.com/127027498 | $2.4M / Seed / Jan 01, 2013 | ||
| Lua specializes in powering HIPAA compliant messaging for the healthcare industry. It offers a mobile coordination solution that provides immediate access to the people and information needed to get a job done, anywhere. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in New York, New York. | $2.5M / Seed / Jul 01, 2012 | ||
| Through a proprietary technology and expert services, Adaptly enables the world’s largest advertisers to scale campaigns across walled gardens like Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, and Pinterest. Managed service offerings include strategy, planning, media buying, execution, and analysis.Founded in 2010 by Nikhil Sethi and Garrett Ullom,Adaptly was incubated through DreamIt Ventures with investors including Valhalla Partners, Time Warner Investments, First Round Capital, Charles River Ventures, Lerer Ventures, kbs+p Ventures, and Vivi Nevo. Adaptly is headquartered in New York City and has more than 120 employees in six offices across the globe: Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, London, and Sydney. | $10.5M / Series B / May 09, 2012 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Social Starts
Social Starts is a venture capital firm with a data-driven approach to investing in moment-of-inception and Series A financing rounds. The firm prefers to invest in early-stage companies operating in the technology, health tech, internet, and mobile tech sectors.
Social Starts Contacts
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Nicole Staudinger
Director of Marketing
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Toshi Eguchi
Partner
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Andrew Nealon
Chief Analyst
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Charles Smith
Venture Partner
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Charles Smith
Venture Partner
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FAQ
What does William Lohse invest in?
William Lohse invests primarily in Software, Advertising and Social Media startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 32 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does William Lohse invest in?
William Lohse typically joins rounds of $60k–$2.7M at Seed, $500k–$1M at Angel and $1.7M–$6.2M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not William Lohse's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds William Lohse took part in.
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When did William Lohse last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for William Lohse closed in Apr 2022. Shizune tracks 32 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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