Social Discovery Ventures

Social Discovery Ventures (SDV) is a global investment management firm founded in 2014. It applies a data-driven approach to portfolios spanning venture capital, private equity, public markets and commercial real estate. The firm allocates capital across 32 venture capital and private equity funds and manages more than 30 commercial real estate properties worldwide. Its balanced public markets portfolio has consistently outperformed benchmarks.

The firm's methods rest on rigorous data analysis, proprietary algorithms and artificial intelligence, applied to quantitative investment strategies and risk management. It describes its approach as conviction-driven, combining technology with economic analysis, and emphasises disciplined risk management and above-market returns.

Alongside its financial portfolios, SDV makes impact investments in technologies supporting social discovery, meaningful connections, mental well-being and longevity. This reflects founder Dmitry Volkov's stated mission to counter loneliness and improve quality of life through digital innovation in AI and social technology. The firm operates globally and has been running for over a decade.

SDV was founded by a group of investors and works across the verticals of investment management, venture capital, private equity, public markets, commercial real estate, artificial intelligence, social technology, and mental well-being and longevity technology.