We're a group of fintech operators, investors, and entrepreneurs with hard-won experience building financial services and technology businesses. We leverage our network and expertise to identify and, most importantly, support early stage entrepreneurs that are transforming financial services.
Want to join? You can invest with us via our Venture Fund and Syndicate, follow us on Twitter, or join our Slack community
About Us
Founders
Albert Cheng
Product exec and ex-entrepreneur who loves supporting passionate founders.
Deep experience across fintech (SoFi, New Wave) and consumer (YouTube, Duolingo, Chariot). I've made over 40 startup investments and am always happy to share insights and my network.
Stephen Sikes
COO of Public.com. Responsible for operations, revenue, customer support, legal, compliance, and risk (among many other things).
Formerly SoFi Invest business lead & founding team member, McKinsey engagement manager focused on growth & digital strategies for financial services companies, and US Army Cavalry officer.
Aaron Larue
CTO of EasyKnock.
Previously Co-founder @ Balance Homes (Acquired by EasyKnock), Product Leader @ Zillow, SoFi & Clara Lending (Acquired by SoFi).
Excited about remote work. Film nerd at heart. Amateur pit master. Occasional writer.
Members
Our members include operators from across the Fintech universe, many of our co-investors, and most of our founders. If you’re interested in joining, get in touch!
Self-directed IRAs for crypto & alternative asset investing
Invest in world-changing startups
Investing as a service for a consumer fintech companies
Bennie is an employee benefits platform that helps companies create a healthier workplace.
Acccess + analyze credit data
Weddings done differently
Ejara is an app for Africa and its diasporas to access various investment offers fractional shares, commodities, cryptocurrency, and more.
The easiest way to connect, verify, pay, manage your users' debts
Fastest bank-as-a-service platform
Next-generation fixed income tools
All-in-one Payments, Forms & Signatures — for Schools
Embedded mortgage lending platform
Institutional crypto trading tech
Close more deals, faster with Vartana's B2B payment plans
Community
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Contact
If you are a prospective partner, founder, vc, or anyone else, we would love to hear from you - contact@sociallyfinanced.com.
Investing in early-stage companies has significant risk. Socially Financed vehicles are only open to accredited investors.
Socially Financed has no affiliation with Public Holdings Inc, Open to the Public Investing Inc, Social Finance, Inc (SoFi) or any subsidiary or related entity