Social & Community: venture funds and startups
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◆ Funds tracked
13
◆ Combined AUM
$12.8B
◆ Startups tracked
3
◆ Raised between them
$23.9M
◆ Overview
Fusion42 tracks 13 venture funds in Social & Community with $12.8B in combined assets under management, and 3 startups that have raised $23.9M between them. The data below is live from the same database that powers Raise and Scout, and is continuously enriched as new rounds and funds are announced.
Part of the Raise fund database and the Scout startup database by Fusion42 — the same live data Arthur reasons over.
◆ Highlights
Active funds in Social & Community include Union Square Ventures, Catalyze479 Fund, Northwest Arkansas Innovation Fund, Vicus Ventures and Norrsken Launcher; startups in Social & Community include Utsav, Ginastee and Wabi. Each name links through to a full machine-readable profile — its backers, rounds and related Wire analysis — and the tables below list every entity Fusion42 tracks in Social & Community, refreshed as new rounds and funds are announced.
◆ Funds in Social & Community (13 tracked)
| Fund | Type | HQ |
|---|---|---|
| Union Square Ventures | vc | United States |
| Catalyze479 Fund | vc | United States |
| Northwest Arkansas Innovation Fund | vc | United States |
| Vicus Ventures | vc | United States |
| Norrsken Launcher | vc | Sweden |
| Benchmark 12 | vc | United States |
| SustainVC Fund 3 | vc | United States |
| Carazon Capital | vc | United States |
| Archetype III | vc | United States |
| Ship2B Ventures | vc | Spain |
| WPower fund | vc | Japan |
| Niko Bonatsos | vc | United States |
| WASEDA University Impact Capital | vc | Japan |
◆ Startups in Social & Community (3 tracked)
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