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What does Foundation Capital invest in?
Foundation Capital invests most often at Series A and Seed (43% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Finserv, Fintech and Financial Services.
Foundation Capital highlights
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25 cheques in the last 12 months
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Mostly Series A and Seed: 43% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 47 rounds, median $5.3M
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55 exits from the portfolio
What they do
For thirty years, we’ve backed extraordinary founders from day zero.From their own website
- Type
- VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- $250K – $15M as they say
- Stages
- Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BGrowthPre-IPO
- Sectors
- FinservFintechFinancial Services
- Based in
- Palo Alto, United States
- Cold pitches
- Not stated
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first550 appearances
- 2026
22 rounds
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- Sept
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- Jul
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- May
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- 2025
29 rounds
- Dec
- DecPrime SecuritySeries A · US$20MWith 2 others
- Nov
- Oct
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- Sept
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An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.
The team
Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration13 named
ADAngus DavisManager of the Managing MemberiFiling they signed
ASAshmeet S. SidanaManager of Foundation Capital Management Co. VII, L.L.C.iFiling they signed
ABAshu B. GargManager of Foundation Capital Management Co. VII, L.L.C.iFiling they signed
CPCharles Peter MoldowManager of Foundation Capital Management Co. VII, L.L.C.iFiling they signed
DEDavid Eugene ArmstrongGeneral Counsel and Administrative PartneriForm ADV
JCJoanne ChenManager of the General PartneriFiling they signed
PGPaul G. KoontzManager of Foundation Capital Management Co. VII, L.L.C.iFiling they signed
PRPaul R. HollandManager of Foundation Capital Management Co. VII, L.L.C.iFiling they signed
RGRodolfo GonzalezManager of the Managing MemberiFiling they signed
SVSteve VassalloManager of the General PartneriFiling they signed
SPSteven Patrick VassalloManager of Foundation Capital Management Co. VII, L.L.C.iFiling they signed
WMWarren M. WeissManager of Foundation Capital Management Co. VII, L.L.C.iFiling they signed
WBWilliam B. ElmoreManager of Foundation Capital Management Co. VII, L.L.C.iFiling they signed
We also hold 28 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.
What the register says
From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law
$4.8Bgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
- Legal name
- Foundation Capital, LLC
- SEC number
- CRD 159838
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed55 in all
AltspaceVRBought by MicrosoftUndisclosedOct 2017
Refresh.ioBought by LinkedInUndisclosedApr 2015
Interact Public SafetyBought by Constellation SoftwareUndisclosedMar 2015
StitchBought by SugarCRMUndisclosedMar 2015
PrivateCoreBought by FacebookUndisclosedAug 2014
PropellerBought by Palantir TechnologiesUndisclosedJul 2014
SifteoBought by 3D RoboticsUndisclosedJul 2014
Jasper Design AutomationBought by Cadence Design Systems$170MApr 2014
AverailBought by MobileIronUndisclosedApr 2014
Revel TouchBought by RollickUndisclosedDec 2013
ResponsysBought by Oracle Corporation$1.5BDec 2013
CheggListed$188MNov 2013
Aggregate KnowledgeBought by Neustar$119MOct 2013
The latest 20 here. An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.