# Founders First: portfolio, investments and team

> Founders First is a vc firm based in United States. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-first-3 (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Founders First

No observed cheques in the sources we track. That is a limit of our coverage, not a finding about this organisation.

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VC firm Unknown Last fund $60K, May 2024

Seed Series A Venture Capital & Private Equity

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Cheques on record

**No rounds observed yet** A limit of the sources we read, not a finding about the firm.

Cheque size, as they say **$25K – $100K**

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## What they do

> NYC Early-Stage Venture Capital Fund From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $25K – $100K as they say
- **Stages:** Seed Series 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](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=founders-first-3).

## The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **4 named**

JL **Jeremy Levine** Member i Form ADV

JN **Jeremy Neilson** Managing Director of the General Partner's Manager i Filing they signed

JF **Jordan Fliegel** Member i Form ADV

RT **Richard Thoms** Officer of the General Partner's Manager i Filing 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

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture 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 Foundation** 1 fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wells-fargo-foundation) Fund Vintage Committed Founders First Change Catalyst Fund - -
- [**Community Reinvestment Fund, USA** 1 fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/community-reinvestment-fund-usa) Fund Vintage Committed Founders First Change Catalyst Fund - -
- [**Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation** 1 fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/deutsche-bank-americas-foundation) Fund Vintage Committed Founders First Change Catalyst Fund - -
- [**Sunrise Banks** 1 fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sunrise-banks) Fund Vintage Committed Founders First Change Catalyst Fund - -
- [**Surdna Foundation** 1 fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/surdna-foundation) Fund Vintage Committed Founders First Change Catalyst Fund - -
- [**Marguerite Casey Foundation** 1 fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/marguerite-casey-foundation) Fund Vintage Committed Founders First Change Catalyst Fund - -
- [**Barra Foundation** 1 fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/barra-foundation) Fund Vintage Committed Founders First Change Catalyst Fund - -
- [**Philadelphia Foundation** 1 fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/philadelphia-foundation) Fund 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.

Latest fund on file

**$60K**

raised in May 2024

From its SEC filing. Nothing newer is on file yet.

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## Quick answers about Founders First

### What does Founders First invest in?

Founders First says it invests in Venture Capital & Private Equity.

### How big are Founders First's cheques?

It says it writes cheques of $25K to $100K.

### Is Founders First investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months.

### What kind of investor is Founders First?

Founders First is a VC firm based in New York, United States.

### Has Founders First raised a new fund?

Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in May 2024, reporting $60K raised.

### Where does this information on Founders First come from?

From public registers and its own website, checked and rebuilt every night.

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