United States · What does Founders First invest in?
Founders First says it invests in Venture Capital & Private Equity.
What they do
NYC Early-Stage Venture Capital FundFrom their own website
- Type
- VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- $25K – $100K as they say
- Stages
- SeedSeries A
- Sectors
- Venture Capital & Private Equity
- Based in
- New York, United States
- Cold pitches
- Not stated
The record
No rounds observed yet. That is a limit of the sources we read, not a finding about the firm. If it has invested, a round will put it here. Know a round it was in? Tell us.
The team
Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration4 named
JLJeremy LevineMemberiForm ADV
JNJeremy NeilsonManaging Director of the General Partner's ManageriFiling they signed
JFJordan FliegelMemberiForm ADV
RTRichard ThomsOfficer of the General Partner's ManageriFiling they signed
We also hold 2 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
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
- Legal name
- Founders First Advisors, LLC
- SEC number
- CRD 326614
Who backs their funds
8 LPs on record in Founders First's funds
- Funds
- 1
The institutions that put money into its funds, which the firm then invests in companies.Source: fund news.
- Wells Fargo Foundation1 fund
Fund Vintage Committed Founders First Change Catalyst Fund - - 
Community Reinvestment Fund, USA1 fundFund Vintage Committed Founders First Change Catalyst Fund - - - Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation1 fund
Fund Vintage Committed Founders First Change Catalyst Fund - - 
Sunrise Banks1 fundFund Vintage Committed Founders First Change Catalyst Fund - - 
Surdna Foundation1 fundFund Vintage Committed Founders First Change Catalyst Fund - - 
Marguerite Casey Foundation1 fundFund Vintage Committed Founders First Change Catalyst Fund - - 
Barra Foundation1 fundFund Vintage Committed Founders First Change Catalyst Fund - - 
Philadelphia Foundation1 fundFund Vintage Committed Founders First Change Catalyst Fund - -
What they claim to have backed
From their own portfolio page (on their website)
32 of 60 we have independently watched raise
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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.