# Founders: portfolio, investments and team

> Founders is an accelerator based in Denmark. 25 investments on record, 5 in the last 12 months, latest Aug 2026. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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

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# Founders

Last cheque observed Aug 2026; 25 cheques on record.

Deploying now New fund $48M, Oct 2026 Accelerator Website unconfirmed

Pre-seed Seed Series A Software

Deploying now

**100%** of best year **5** **cheques in 12 months**, 25 on record

Since the last cheque **68** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$3.3M** Cheque size, as they say **$57K – $570K** Rounds led **0 of 25** Sole investor **13 rounds** Mostly in **Denmark, 48%**

Pitch Founders

## Founders highlights

- 01 5 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Seed and Venture: 81% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 13 rounds, median $617K

## What they do

- **Type:** Accelerator (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $57K – $570K as they say
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B Growth
- **Sectors:** Software
- **Based in:** Kobenhavn, Denmark
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

A website was listed for this organisation, but we could not confirm it belongs to the firm that wrote these cheques. Either the site never mentions them, or it turned out to be a different company sharing the name. We show neither it nor anything read from it. [Tell us the right one](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=founders).

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **25 appearances**

- **2026** 4 rounds
- **Aug** **[Blueprint](https://millionrounds.com/company/blueprint)** Pre-seed · CA · BetaKit **$1.0M** With 1 other
- **Jul** **[Vytal](https://millionrounds.com/company/vytal)** Venture · DE **$16M** With 3 others
- **Mar** **[Lucid Bots](https://millionrounds.com/company/lucid-bots)** Venture · US **$745K** With 2 others
- **Jan** **[Moonwatt](https://millionrounds.com/company/moonwatt)** Grant · NL **$1.4M** With 4 others
- **2025** 1 round
- **Nov** **[Upway](https://millionrounds.com/company/upway)** Series C · FR · A.P. Moller Holding **$45M** With 5 others
- **2023** 2 rounds
- **Nov** **[Upway](https://millionrounds.com/company/upway)** Series B · FR **$30M** With 2 others
- **Apr** **[Primo](https://millionrounds.com/company/primo)** Seed · FR **$3.4M** With 2 others
- **2020** 1 round
- **Oct** **[SON OF A TAILOR](https://millionrounds.com/company/son-of-a-tailor)** Debt **$2.7M** With 1 other
- **2019** 1 round
- **May** **[Pleo](https://millionrounds.com/company/pleo)** Series B · DK · Tech.eu **$56M** With 3 others
- **2018** 2 rounds
- **Sept** **[Headlight](https://millionrounds.com/company/headlight)** DK · Tech.eu **$1.2M** Sole investor
- **May** **[Cobalt.io](https://millionrounds.com/company/cobalt-io)** US · FinSMEs **$5.0M** With 4 others
- **2017** 1 round
- **Feb** **[Pleo](https://millionrounds.com/company/pleo)** Seed · GB · TechCrunch **$3.3M** With 1 other
- **2015** 6 rounds
- **Sept** **[Reveal](https://millionrounds.com/company/reveal)** Seed **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **Sept** **[Pipetop](https://millionrounds.com/company/pipetop)** Venture · DK **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **Aug** **[Pleo](https://millionrounds.com/company/pleo)** Seed · GB **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **Jun** **[Figure](https://millionrounds.com/company/figure)** Seed **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **Jun** **[GoBox](https://millionrounds.com/company/gobox)** Venture · DK **$900K** Sole investor
- **Apr** **[Dixie](https://millionrounds.com/company/dixie)** Seed **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **2014** 6 rounds
- **Dec** **[Maguru.dk](https://millionrounds.com/company/maguru-dk)** Venture · DK **$1.5M** Sole investor
- **Dec** **[SON OF A TAILOR](https://millionrounds.com/company/son-of-a-tailor)** Seed · DK **$300K** Sole investor
- **Sept** **[GoBox](https://millionrounds.com/company/gobox)** Seed · DK **$640K** Sole investor
- **Sept** **[Pipetop](https://millionrounds.com/company/pipetop)** Seed · DK **$450K** Sole investor
- **Jun** **[Whizztek S.A.](https://millionrounds.com/company/whizztek-s-a)** Seed · PT **$1.0M** With 1 other
- **Apr** **[Maguru.dk](https://millionrounds.com/company/maguru-dk)** Seed · DK **$450K** Sole investor
- **2011** 1 round
- **May** **[Clearhaus](https://millionrounds.com/company/clearhaus)** Seed · DK **$594K** Sole investor

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 registration **12 named**

BS **Brian Singerman** Managing Member of the General Partner i Filing they signed

BG **Bruce Gibney** Promoter i Filing they signed

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

KR **Keith Rabois** Managing Member i Filing they signed

KH **Ken Howery** A Managing Member of The Founders Fund Alpha Management, LLC, which serves as the sole general partner of The Founders Fund SpaceX Fund, LP i Filing they signed

LN **Luke Nosek** A Managing Member of The Founders Fund Alpha Management, LLC, which serves as the sole general partner of The Founders Fund SpaceX Fund, LP i Filing they signed

NT **Napoleon Ta** Managing Member i Filing they signed

PT **Peter Thiel** A Managing Member of The Founders Fund Alpha Management, LLC, which serves as the sole general partner of The Founders Fund SpaceX Fund, LP i Filing they signed

RT **Richard Thoms** Officer of the Issuer's Manager i Filing they signed

SP **Sean Parker** A Managing Member of The Founders Fund Alpha Management, LLC, which serves as the sole general partner of The Founders Fund SpaceX Fund, LP i Filing they signed

TS **Trae Stephens** Managing Member i Filing they signed

WL **Wade Lau** President and Treasurer i Filing they signed

We also hold **4** 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.

New fund on file

**$48M**

raised in Oct 2026

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$3.3M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$617K**

Led 0 of 25 rounds **0%**

- **Said size:** $57K – $570K
- **Sole investor:** 13 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Aug 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *12*
- Venture *5*
- Series B said *2*
- Pre-seed said *1*
- Grant *1*
- Series A said *-*
- Growth said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

Often in the room with

- [Global Founders Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-founders-capital) 3
- [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Founders. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Global Founders Capital** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-founders-capital)[**Sequoia Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Founders put money into.

[**Blueprint** $1.0M · Aug 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/blueprint)[**Lucid Bots** $745K · Mar 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/lucid-bots)[**Moonwatt** $1.4M · Jan 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/moonwatt)[**SON OF A TAILOR** $2.7M · Oct 2020](https://millionrounds.com/company/son-of-a-tailor)[**Headlight** $1.2M · Sept 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/headlight)

## Quick answers about Founders

### What does Founders invest in?

Founders invests most often at Seed and Venture (81% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Software.

### How active is Founders?

25 investments on record, 5 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Aug 2026.

### What has Founders invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Blueprint (Pre-seed, Aug 2026), Vytal (Venture, Jul 2026) and Lucid Bots (Venture, Mar 2026).

### How big are Founders's cheques?

The median round it joins is $3.3M. It says it writes cheques of $57K to $570K.

### Does Founders lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 25 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does Founders invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in Denmark (48%), France (14%) and the United States (10%).

### Is Founders investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 5 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does Founders invest alongside?

Most often Global Founders Capital (3 rounds together) and Sequoia Capital (2 rounds together).

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