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The Social Internet Fund
The Social Internet Fund is a private equity based in New York, founded 2012; the Altss profile covers its classification, headquarters, registration, AUM...
The Social Internet Fund
The firm invests in primary or secondary shares of tech companies in mobile, social, cloud, security, big data, and crowdfunding sectors.
General information
Firm type
Private Equity
Year founded
2012
Location
Region
North America
Country
United States
City
New York
Corporate office
New York, NY, United States
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
What investment stages does The Social Internet Fund target?
The firm deploys across early-stage seed, expansion and late-stage rounds, and secondary-market purchases. This structure allows it to initiate positions at formation-stage valuations and add exposure as companies mature without waiting for primary allocations in competitive rounds. The secondary capability is particularly relevant in the social-internet category, where high-growth platforms often remain private for extended periods.
Which companies has The Social Internet Fund backed?
Confirmed portfolio positions include Discord, the gaming and community communications platform, and Reddit, the community-driven content aggregator that completed its IPO in March 2024. Both are archetypes of the firm's thesis: platforms where user-generated content and social graph distribution drive compounding engagement and monetization.
Why does the firm focus exclusively on social-internet companies?
The social-internet thesis targets businesses where the core asset is the community network itself — user growth directly increases product utility, creating defensibility that software features alone cannot replicate. By concentrating exclusively on this category, the firm develops pattern recognition for network-effect risk, community-governance dynamics, and monetization sequencing that generalist funds cannot match through episodic exposure.
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