Best VCs for Social

50 venture capitalists actively investing in Social.

Active VCs

Funds

Deals

$1.5B

Total Invested

#1Chris Dixon

General Partner, a16z crypto (Founder & Lead)

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)

The crypto conviction investor. Founded and leads a16z's crypto practice, which has deployed billions across five funds. Author of 'Read Write Own' (2024), arguing that blockchain enables a new era of

$1M-$100M+ (from $2B+ crypto funds — 5th fund raising in 2026)

1 deals

SeedSeries ASeries B

#2Anjney Midha

General Partner

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)

Leads a16z's AI investments from the $5.2B AI allocation — the firm's largest sector bet ever. Anjney came to AI from an unusual path: he previously led a16z's crypto gaming investments, giving him de

$1M-$100M+ (from a16z's $5.2B AI fund, largest sector allocation in 2026)

1 deals

SeedSeries ASeries B

#3Jared Hecht

Venture Partner

Union Square Ventures (USV)

Jared brings a repeat founder's consumer-product lens to networks at the intersection of AI and crypto. His published thesis favors strange, initially fringe behaviors that create genuinely new social

No individual check range is published. USV's firm-wide range is $1 million to $30 million, but Jared's special-advisor placement does not establish personal decision authority; the partnership discusses investments collectively without a vote.

1 deals

Pre-SeedSeedSeries A

#4Jesse Walden

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Variant Fund

Ownership economy. Users should own a stake in the networks they contribute to.

1 deals

SeedSeries A

#5Li Jin

Co-Founder & General Partner

Variant Fund

Creator economy, passion economy, crypto-enabled creator business models.

1 deals

SeedSeries A

#6Alana Levin

Investment Partner

Variant Fund

Investing in the ownership economy at Variant Fund. Focuses on projects that shift value capture from platforms to users through token-based models.

1 deals

SeedSeries A

#7Jack Gorman

Investor

Variant Fund

Investing in ownership economy and user-owned networks at Variant Fund. Believes in shifting value capture from platforms to users and contributors.

1 deals

SeedSeries A

#8Jess Sloss

Founder

Seed Club Ventures

DAO tooling, social tokens, creator economy. Building the DAO accelerator ecosystem.

1 deals

Pre-seedSeed

#9Sarah Tavel

Venture Partner

Benchmark

Sarah's investing worldview is built on a few interlocking beliefs: (1) The best consumer companies create compounding engagement loops where users do MORE over time, not less. She formalized this int

$5M-$15M

Series ASeries B

#10Chris Dixon

Founder, Managing Partner

a16z crypto

Chris invests behind blockchains as a new computing and ownership primitive for the internet. His core thesis is that token-enabled networks can align builders, users, and owners; bootstrap network ef

No personal check-size range is published. The official profile's aggregate fund-raising figure and public financing announcements describe firm resources and transactions, not Chris's individual authority or a reliable minimum/maximum check.

SeedEarly StageGrowth

#11Chris Fralic

Board Partner

First Round Capital

Chris is now a portfolio-support and board partner rather than an active new-investment partner. His historical investing centered on advertising and marketing technology, social and mobile products,

Not applicable to his current role: First Round states that Chris has made no new investments since becoming a Board Partner in 2019. Historical round or check data should not be used to imply current investment authority.

Existing Portfolio SupportBoard Service

#12Nataly Laktionova

Marketing, Portfolio Development

Polymorphic Capital

Nataly's Polymorphic work sits at the application and portfolio-development edge: finding and supporting products that use web3 infrastructure to transform markets beyond crypto-native users, particul

No Nataly-specific check size is public. Polymorphic's verified OpenVC-style profile lists firm-level initial bands spanning $250K–$3M, says it can lead, and covers pre-seed through Series B. Treat these as firm guidance rather than Nataly's authority; confirm the relevant partner, current allocation, stage and ownership target after intake.

Pre-seedSeedSeries A

#13Brett Shear

GENERAL PARTNER

1confirmation

Brett focuses on crypto-native consumer products that bridge onchain ownership with mainstream culture. His published work looks for applications built around existing behaviors—playing games for mone

No personal check-size or allocation authority is published. 1confirmation describes itself as an early-stage venture fund; firm assets or round sizes should not be treated as Brett's personal range.

Pre-SeedSeedEarly Stage

#14Linda Xie

Builder & Former Crypto Investor

Historical Scalar lens, not a current investment mandate: back genuinely new crypto systems where decentralization or censorship resistance is essential, people have a real reason to use the product,

No current check size or active angel mandate is verified. Scalar Capital stopped deploying new capital in September 2023 and moved into maintenance mode; Linda continued supporting its existing portfolio while transitioning back to building.

Historical: Early StageHistorical: Liquid CryptoassetsNot Currently Investing

#15Jin Ming Neo

Sr. Investment Research Associate

HashKey Capital

Jin Ming Neo contributes to broad, research-led sector evaluation across Web3. HashKey's coauthored 1H 2024 analysis favors teams with defined technical advantages, credible go-to-market, or proven ex

No reliable personal check range or individual signing authority is public. Jin Ming Neo is a research associate, so founders should treat HashKey Capital's fund strategy—not a directory estimate—as the relevant context and confirm stage, allocation, lead role, ownership, token/equity structure, and decision process with the investment team.

SeedSeries AEarly Stage

#16Gabby Dizon

Angel Investor & Founder

YGG is the largest blockchain gaming guild, pioneering the play-to-earn economy. YGG Ventures invests in gaming, metaverse, and the creator economy in web3.

SeedSeries A

#17Anay Simunovic

Investor

Blockchain Capital

Anay focuses on the intersection of consumer behavior and crypto. Her work favors products that hide blockchain complexity inside a trusted, culturally native experience: mobile-first financial platfo

No personal check range or unilateral authority is publicly disclosed. Blockchain Capital is a multi-stage investor in equity and crypto assets; its September 2026 NG.CASH article announces a $15M BCAP investment, but that figure is a specific firm investment co-authored with a GP, not Anay's standard ticket.

SeedEarly StageMulti-Stage

#18Evan Feng

Partner

CoinFund

Evan applies fundamental-investing discipline to both venture and liquid crypto: identify the metrics that genuinely drive an asset, forecast them, define thesis-invalidation points in advance, and pr

Personal check size is not publicly disclosed. CoinFund invests from pre-seed through Series A and in liquid digital assets across multiple strategies.

Pre-SeedSeedSeries A

#19John Lindfors

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

DST Global

John's documented investment record centers on globally scaling internet and consumer-technology platforms. Public profiles associate him with DST investments in Spotify, JD.com and Didi and exits or

No John-specific check range is public. DST Global is known for large growth-stage internet investments, but historical firm deal sizes or assets should not be converted into a personal allocation promise. Founders should confirm current stage, geography and round fit directly.

Growth StageLate StageGlobal internet scale-up

#20Leontine Brandt-Corstius

Venture Partner

4impact capital

Leontine Brandt-Corstius is listed by 4impact capital as Venture Partner. The profile is aligned to the firm's published thesis: Backs tech4good companies that combine market-rate financial potential

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