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What does Founder Collective invest in?
Founder Collective invests most often at Seed and Series A (68% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as AI & Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AI/ML) and B2B.
Founder Collective highlights
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31 cheques in the last 12 months
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Mostly Seed and Series A: 68% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 44 rounds, median $1.7M
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47 exits from the portfolio
What they do
Our mission is to build the most aligned vc fund for founders at the seed stageFrom their own website
- Type
- VC firm
- Cheque size
- Not stated
- Stages
- Pre-seedSeed
- Sectors
- AI & Machine LearningArtificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AI/ML)B2B
- Based in
- Cambridge, United States
- Cold pitches
- Not stated
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first502 appearances
- 2026
24 rounds
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- 2025
41 rounds
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- NovGrainVenture · US$540KWith 3 others
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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 registration5 named
AHAmanda HersonMember of the General PartneriFiling they signed
DADavid Andrew FrankelManaging Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
EBEric B PaleyManaging Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
JPJoseph Paul DefilippiChief Financial OfficeriForm ADV
MRMicah RosenbloomManaging Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
We also hold 26 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
$641Mgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
- Legal name
- Founder Collective Management Co., LLC
- SEC number
- CRD 161453
Who backs their funds
1 LP on record in Founder Collective's funds
- Funds
- 1
The institutions that put money into its funds, which the firm then invests in companies.Source: an LP list.
Cendana Capital1 fundFund Vintage Committed Founder Collective - -
What they claim to have backed
From their own portfolio page (on their website)
29 of 43 we have independently watched raise
AiropsAirtableAkoodaAndelaAnjunaAranyaArtsyAvantgardehealthAyblehealthBetaworksCanopyworksDaltonmillsEzeebitHivemapperIrisfinanceLoveveryMonaireMotorwayObviousOpengovPillpackSeatgeekShieldSmallsSunoThetradedeskUberVerkadaWhoopAboutcoupangAgencyroboticsAltrohealthAppyEm1GetcruiseGreybeamHellosimplyIcorticaInferahealthJoinanselMarine-snowQuitwithjonesTalos
Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed47 in all
HeartThisBought by ThumbtackUndisclosedSept 2015
Blue BoxBought by IBM (International Business Machines)UndisclosedJun 2015
SHIFTBought by Brand Networks$50MMay 2015
BoundlessBought by Valore BooksUndisclosedApr 2015
Periscope CoBought by TwitterUndisclosedMar 2015
ReadyforceBought by LookSharp (powering InternMatch)UndisclosedDec 2014
EmployInsightBought by Get It®UndisclosedNov 2014
Extension EntertainmentBought by RhapsodyUndisclosedAug 2014
GyftBought by First Data Corporation$7.5MJul 2014
HowAboutWeBought by IACUndisclosedJul 2014
VotizenBought by BrigadeUndisclosedJun 2014
LovelyBought by RentPath$13MApr 2014
The latest 20 here. An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.