Pocket Sun
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
About
Pocket Sun is Co-founder and Managing Partner of SoGal Ventures, a pioneering early-stage venture capital firm with $55M+ in assets and championing world-class women and diverse entrepreneurs outside of Silicon Valley. Pocket and her co-founder Elizabeth Galbut have invested in 150+ startups since 2015, identifying five unicorns at their earliest stages and delivering top-quartile returns to 200+ diverse LPs.
Focused on transforming the future of living, working, and staying healthy through a sustainability lens, Pocket lights up for category-defining startups leveraging cutting-edge technology and science to solve massive unmet needs.
Pocket's work has earned recognition on the cover of Forbes Asia, features in Fortune, CNBC, BBC and Bloomberg, and accolades such as Entrepreneur Magazine’s 100 Most Powerful Women, VC Journal Rising Stars, and LinkedIn Top Voices.
Pocket has been featured in the award-winning documentary Show Her The Money, appeared as a guest judge on Entrepreneur Media’s Elevator Pitch, hosted Start-Up Season 5 across 26 Asian markets, contributed to 5 business books, and engaged over one million listeners via her Chinese business podcast. Driven by a commitment to feminism, queer communities, and activism, Pocket Sun continues to shape the future of inclusive, high-impact investing.
