Socratic Partners
Status
ACTIVE
Global HQ
San Francisco, United States
Countries of investment
- United States
Investment stages
- Seed
- Series A
Industries
- Enterprise Software
- Fintech
About
Socratic Partners is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage enterprise software investments. Comprised of former operators, they provide both capital and deep operational expertise to help founders build and scale their companies.
Socratic Partners is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage enterprise software investments. Comprised of former operators, they provide both capital and deep operational expertise to help founders build and scale their companies.
Investment Thesis
Socratic Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in the next generation of enterprise software companies. They partner with exceptional founders who are passionate about solving specific, challenging problems. As a team of former operators and investors, their unique value proposition is providing hands-on support, leveraging their experience in building and scaling software companies from the earliest stages to help founders build enduring businesses.
Manager's Experience
The two managing partners, Paul Buser and Vassil Mladjov, co-founded the firm after working together at Pritzker Group Venture Capital. Paul brings a background in investment banking from Barclays, while Vassil has deep operational experience from engineering and product roles at Intel and Motorola. Their combined expertise covers both the financial and technical aspects of their investment thesis in industrial technology and hard tech.
Team
Paul St. John - Founder & Managing Partner
Michael Clarke - Partner
Sarah Wang - Partner
David Hsu - Principal
Emily Chen - Associate
Portfolio
Notion
Vercel
Scale
Loom
LaunchDarkly
Rippling
Retool
Sentry
Supabase
Drata
Vanta
Modern Treasury
Airbase
Ashby
Census