The firm specializes in technology startups, providing seed funding, venture capital, and private equity.

[1][2] The firm has "stood out strategically", according to Fortune, "with a focus on ... healthcare, financial services and education ... when those fields were ... neglected by the VC community.

[9] In August 2017, Hamid left Social Capital to join Kleiner Perkins as a general partner and managing member.

Later in 2018, then-partners Arjun Sethi, Jonathan Hsu, and Ted Maidenberg left the firm to co-found Tribe Capital.

[12][13] As of March 2024, Mr. Palihapitiya is the sole investing partner remaining at Social Capital according to Pitchbook records.