Vivek Sodera
About Vivek Sodera
Vivek Sodera is the Founder and General Partner of Supercharge.vc. He is based in Austin, Texas, and splits his time between Austin and San Francisco. He holds a double BS in Chemical and Nuclear Engineering from UC Berkeley, and he started his career in nuclear engineering before moving into startups.
He is a serial founder. He co-founded LiveRamp, a marketing technology company that went public in 2018 on the NYSE (RAMP). NFX Signal lists his LiveRamp role as running from 2006 to 2018. He also co-founded Airseed, and Wellfound lists Rapleaf among his earlier companies.
Since 2015 he has been a co-founder of Superhuman, the email client built around speed. Grammarly acquired it, and Crunchbase puts the deal at above the $825M Series C valuation. In October 2025 Grammarly rebranded as Superhuman, and Sodera noted the change on X. In a podcast interview he has described the non-CEO co-founder role, working alongside CEO Rahul Vohra.
Sodera's public bio says he has made more than twenty angel investments in enterprise and AI companies. Public databases show fewer deals, because they only capture disclosed rounds. Crunchbase lists 7 investments across 7 portfolio companies, none as lead investor. NFX Signal lists 9 investments on record.
Earlier profiles describe him as a seed investor in B2B SaaS, prosumer productivity, collaboration and automation, and consumer health. An older podcast bio names Framework, UtilizeCore, Rewatch, Bunches and Playbook among his investments.
He is also an LP in several AI-focused funds: HF0, Forward Deployed VC, and The House Fund's UC Berkeley AI Accelerator.
Dated AI deals in public databases include Cohere, where Tracxn records a seed round in March 2021 that had Initialized Capital and Y Combinator as co-investors. Tracxn also records Writer in a $21M round in November 2021 and Continuum in a $12M Series A in July 2022. NFX Signal lists Writer as a Series A and Tracxn lists it as a Series B, so the round label differs by source.
More recent positions on NFX Signal are pre-seed investments in Orbit, Layers AI and Anvil Robotics (pre-seed and seed). It also lists three stealth AI companies, including an AI research lab and an AI data startup. Crunchbase lists a seed round in Cinder Technologies as his latest personal investment. The investment dates for these are not public.
Supercharge.vc is a first-check, pre-seed fund. Crunchbase describes it as a $15M fund covering enterprise AI, physical AI, productivity and developer tools. Sodera's HumanX speaker bio describes the focus as enterprise AI, physical AI, neolabs, infrastructure and data. His X bio calls him a pre-seed investor in enterprise AI, physical AI and neolabs.
NFX Signal lists an investment range of $250K to $400K with a $300K sweet spot. Evalyze shows the same range. Supercharge.vc has not published these figures, so confirm them with him directly. NFX Signal tags his pre-seed interest as developer tools, enterprise applications, AI, SaaS and generative AI. His networks span the San Francisco Bay Area and Austin.
On what he looks for, he wrote on X that investors should not over-diligence at inception. He agreed with a post saying the decision comes down to the founders and the unique insight that gives them a right to win. He criticized firms that put founders through deep diligence and reference checks at that stage.
- Cohere: foundation model company for enterprise AI. Seed round in March 2021, per Tracxn.
- Writer: enterprise generative AI platform. Participated in a $21M round in November 2021.
- Continuum: invested in its $12M Series A in July 2022, per Tracxn.
- Cinder Technologies: Crunchbase lists a seed round as his most recent personal investment. The date is not public.
- Anvil Robotics: pre-seed and seed investor, per NFX Signal. The year is not public.
- Layers AI: pre-seed investor, per NFX Signal. The year is not public.
- Orbit: pre-seed investor, per NFX Signal. The year is not public.
- Framework, UtilizeCore, Rewatch, Bunches and Playbook: earlier angel investments named in a podcast bio. Years are not given.
Investing activity
Vivek Sodera has made 7 investments according to Crunchbase across 7 portfolio companies, and has seen 2 exits and founded 3 companies.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Vivek Sodera
What stage does Vivek Sodera invest in?
He invests at first check and pre-seed through Supercharge.vc. Some older profiles also list seed, and NFX Signal lists Anvil Robotics as both pre-seed and seed.
What is Vivek Sodera's check size?
NFX Signal lists a range of $250K to $400K with a $300K sweet spot. Supercharge.vc has not published a check size, so treat this as a third-party estimate.
What sectors does Vivek Sodera back?
Crunchbase lists enterprise AI, physical AI, productivity and developer tools. His HumanX bio adds neolabs, infrastructure and data.
What companies has Vivek Sodera founded?
He co-founded LiveRamp, which went public in 2018 (NYSE: RAMP), and Superhuman, which Grammarly acquired. He also co-founded Airseed.
How big is Supercharge.vc?
Crunchbase describes Supercharge.vc as a $15M fund. It invests at first check and pre-seed.
How does Vivek Sodera approach diligence on early founders?
He has said publicly that investors should not over-diligence at inception. In his view the decision rests on the founders and the unique insight that gives them a right to win.
Is Vivek Sodera an angel investor?
Yes. Vivek Sodera invests personally as an angel and is Founder & General Partner at Supercharge.vc. Crunchbase counts 7 investments and 2 exits.
Where is Vivek Sodera based?
Vivek Sodera is based in Austin, Texas, United States.
How can founders reach Vivek Sodera?
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