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Sean O’Sullivan founded SOSV in 1995 as a “super angel”, basically a guy with a checkbook.
In 1996, while at the helm of his second company, NetCentric, he created “software for inside the Internet” and is credited with co-creating the term “cloud computing” alongside George Favaloro from Compaq.
In 2007, based on the success of several investments, Sean began aggressively expanding SOSV, transitioning it from a personal investment vehicle into an organization which today has over 110 staff supporting investments in over 150 new startups every year.
SOSV general partners Cyril Ebersweiler and Duncan Turner operate HAX, which Ebersweiler launched in 2012 and has offices in Shenzhen, San Francisco, and Tokyo.
In a 2017 TechCrunch / Crunchbase analysis, SOSV was one of only four seed funds with a female founder in 30% or more of portfolio companies.
At the end of 2020, 34% of SOSV’s portfolio companies had at least one female founder.
In October 2021, SOSV and the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) announced they will partner in a five-year, $50 million project to build a new, state-of-the-art facility for HAX in Newark, New Jersey, headed by SOSV HAX Partner Garrett Winther.
In October 2021, SOSV announced that Seven Penn Plaza would be the new, permanent home for IndieBio New York City.
In 2021, SOSV highlighted its long standing commitment to climate tech with the publication of it’s top 100 climate companies and by hosting the SOSV Climate Summit, an ecosystem-wide event.
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