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SOSV

SOSV

SOSV (formerly SOS Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 1995 by Sean O'Sullivan that provides growth, seed, and venture capital funding to startups. SOSV runs six seed accelerator programs: HAX Accelerator, Chinaccelerator, MOX, IndieBio, RebelBio, and Food-X.

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sosventures.com
sosv.com
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Company
Company
Investor
Investor
Organization
Organization
Venture capital firm
Venture capital firm

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Industry
Venture capital firm
Venture capital firm
Accelerator
Accelerator
Financial services
Financial services
Finance
Finance
Clean technology
Clean technology
Smart contract
Smart contract
Cellular agriculture
Cellular agriculture
Blockchain
Blockchain
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Location
Princeton, New Jersey
Princeton, New Jersey
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United States
United States
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B2X
B2B
B2B
CEO
Bradford Higgins
Bradford Higgins
Founder
Sean O'Sullivan (engineer)
Sean O'Sullivan (engineer)
AngelList URL
angel.co/sosventures-1
Pitchbook URL
pitchbook.com/profiles.../51322-24
Legal Name
SOSV Limited0
Parent Organization
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HAXLR8R
HAX Accelerator
HAX Accelerator
Subsidiary
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LEAP Axlr8r
IndieBio
IndieBio
Chinaccelerator
Chinaccelerator
dlab
dlab
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RebelBio
RebelBio
Food-X
Food-X
Carma Axlr8r
Carma Axlr8r
HAX Accelerator
HAX Accelerator
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Legal classification
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Limited Liability Company
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Spinout
URBAN-X
URBAN-X
dlab
dlab
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Number of Employees (Ranges)
51 – 200
Email Address
hello@sosv.com0
Number of Employees
250
Full Address
174 Nassau Street, #3000 Princeton, New Jersey 08542, US0
Founded Date
2011
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Competitors
Sequoia Capital
Sequoia Capital
Y Combinator
Y Combinator
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)
Applied Materials
Applied Materials
Business Model
Commerce
Glassdoor ID
593830
CTO
Pae Wu
Pae Wu
CFO
Stephen McCann (entrepreneur)
Stephen McCann (entrepreneur)
Key People
Sean O'Sullivan (engineer)
Sean O'Sullivan (engineer)
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Benjamin Joffe
Benjamin Joffe
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Alan Clayton
Alan Clayton
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Bill Liao
Bill Liao
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Stephen McCann (entrepreneur)
Stephen McCann (entrepreneur)
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Shawn Broderick
Shawn Broderick
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Arvind K Gupta
Arvind K Gupta
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William Bao Bean
William Bao Bean
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Wellfound ID
sosventures-1

Venture Capital Firm attributes

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Athletec
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Atmosoar
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Auroma Brewing Company
Endless West
Endless West
Avidbots
Avidbots
AWB Health
AWB Health
AYLIEN
AYLIEN
B2 Talent Asia
B2 Talent Asia
...
Blog
sosv.com/news/
sosv.com/blog

Other attributes

Company Operating Status
Active
Latest Signed Investment Fund Date
October 16, 2018
Medium URL
medium.com/sosv-accelerator-vc
Partner
Bradford Higgins
Bradford Higgins
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Sean O'Sullivan (engineer)
Sean O'Sullivan (engineer)
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Cyril Ebersweiler
Cyril Ebersweiler
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William Bao Bean
William Bao Bean
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Oscar Ramos
Oscar Ramos
0
Benjamin Joffe
Benjamin Joffe
0
Bill Liao
Bill Liao
0
Total Offering Amount (USD)
200,000,000
Wikidata ID
Q17154958

SOSV (formerly SOS Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 1995 by Sean O'Sullivan that provides growth, seed, and venture capital funding to startups. SOSV runs six seed accelerator programs: HAX Accelerator, Chinaccelerator, MOX, IndieBio, RebelBio, and Food-X. Each accelerator offers a 3-6 month co-located incubation/accelerator program and funding to selected start ups. According to SOSV, the acceptance rate of companies applying to become a part of their accelerators is less than 5%. SOSV has headquarters in the United States (Princeton, New Jersey; New York City, New York; and San Francisco, California), Europe (Cork, Ireland and London, England), and Asia (Shenzhen, China; Shanghai, China; and Taipei, Taiwan). SOSV typically invests in technology companies that focus on hardware, software, biotechnology, energy, robotics, medical devices and food.

Investment portfolio

Investment portfolio

Company
Location
Type
Accelerator
Link

247tickets

Shanghai, China

Series-A

Chinaccelerator

https://sosv.com/portfolio/247/

A2A Pharmaceuticals

New York City, New York, USA

Seed

IndieBio

https://sosv.com/portfolio/a2a/

Abby's Better

Mooresville, North Carolina, USA

Seed

FOOD-X

https://sosv.com/portfolio/abbys-better/

aBioBot

Dublin, Ireland

Seed

IndieBio

https://sosv.com/portfolio/abiobot/

Actvcotent

Sunnyvale, California, USA

Seed

HAX growth

https://sosv.com/portfolio/actvcontent/

...

SOSventures is a venture capital firm that is interested in multi-stage investments to scale and develop positive ideas. The firm was founded by Sean O'Sullivan in 1994, in Princeton, New Jersey, United States.

The firm was responsible for supplying startups with rocket fuel in the late 90s and early 2000s. The firm is interested in areas of hardware, software, biology, food, robotics, medical devices, transportation, green energy, and more. SOSventures looks to invest in companies such as Instoried, allrites.com, Mechasys, and ARKADEMI.

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Accelerator Batches

Funding Rounds

Products

Acquisitions

SBIR/STTR Awards

Patents

Funding Rounds Participated In

Further Resources

Title
Author
Link
Type
Date

'Humanity's future is in the hands of engineers' - entrepreneur Seán O'Sullivan

Mary Anne Carriganmcarrigan@engineersireland.ieAdministratorEngineers Journal

http://www.engineersjournal.ie/2017/11/21/sean-osullivan-engineer-sosv-venture-capital/

Web article

Bill Gates and Breakthrough Energy: Accelerating viability at the SOSV Climate Tech Summit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz5eEnnTuKY

Web

October 21, 2021

Boston Metal: Decarbonizing Steel Production | SOSV Climate Tech Summit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t198JsfTPuA

Web

October 21, 2021

Founder Story: Inso Biosciences CEO Harvey Tian

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56M3KjsqOX4

Web

January 11, 2022

Founder Story: RizLab Health CEO Mehdi Javanmard

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72zQoWdHjvU

Web

January 11, 2022

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