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Social Leverage

Social Leverage

Scottsdale, Arizonasocialleverage.com

Overview

Social Leverage is a venture capital firm that focuses on seed-stage investments in companies operating in the financial services, enterprise software as a service, and consumer sectors. They invest in startups by utilizing their expertise, relationships, and marketing experience to assist entrepreneurs.

Year Founded

2009

Portfolio Companies

81

Investments

Social Leverage investments
CompanyDateStageLead
SyntheticFiJun 2026SeedCo-investor
BoxtradesJun 2026SeedCo-investor
Punchup LiveJan 2026VC RoundCo-investor
AlpacaJan 2026Series DCo-investor
Archive IntelOct 2025Series ACo-investor

Key People

Howard Lindzon

Founder and Managing Partner

Tom Peterson

Founder and Managing Partner

Gary Benitt

Managing Partner

Matt Ober

General Partner

Evan Rapoport

Venture Partner

⭐️ Piyanka Jain ⭐️

VC - Investor

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SeedSeries ASeries BGrowth

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Investment Activity

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Firmographic Details

HeadquartersScottsdale, Arizona
Year Founded2009

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