# James Tamplin at Founder Collective

> James Tamplin, Board Member at Founder Collective. 3 investments on record. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/james-tamplin (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

San Francisco, US · Angel

# James Tamplin

Board Member at [Founder Collective](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founder-collective)

Latest rounds

- **Human.org** Pre-seed · $7.3M Feb 2025
- **Fairy** Round · $4.1M Jun 2017
- **SendMeHome.com** Seed · $50k Jul 2008

Backs *Internet* *Cybersecurity* *B2B* *AI*

Profile summary

- **Rounds named:** 3 last Feb 2025
- **Filings:** 1 with regulators

What this record rests on

- ✓ **Named in rounds** 3 rounds name them
- ✓ **On filings** 1 filing with a regulator
- ✓ **Linked to a firm** At Founder Collective
- **Claimed** Not claimed yet

Titles come from filings their firm signed.

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## The firm

[**Founder Collective** VC firm · US **31** cheques in 12 months **502** all time **2** led deploying](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founder-collective)

## Rounds they were named in

- **Rounds:** 3
- **Led:** 0
- **Disclosed:** $11.4M
- **Active:** 2008–25

2025

- [Human.org](https://millionrounds.com/company/human-org) *Pre-seed* **$7.3M** *US* Feb 2025 Joined · +7 investors

2017

- [Fairy](https://millionrounds.com/company/fairy) *Round* **$4.1M** *US* Jun 2017 Joined · +7 investors

2008

- [SendMeHome.com](https://millionrounds.com/company/sendmehome-com) *Seed* **$50k** *US* Jul 2008 Joined · +1 investor · historical

By stage

- Round **1**
- Pre-seed **1**
- Seed **1**

What they backed

Internet **1** Cybersecurity **1** B2B **1** AI **1** Web3 & Crypto **1**

Alongside

- [Andrew Lee *2*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andrew-lee)
- [Charles Songhurst *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/charles-songhurst)
- [CrunchFund *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crunchfund-3)
- [Cyan *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cyan)
- [Gil Penchina *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gil-penchina)
- [HF0 *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hf0)
- [Hummingbird Ventures *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hummingbird-ventures)
- [Naval Ravikant *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/naval-ravikant)

Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names.

## Companies they are listed as backing

Portfolio

- [Aside](https://millionrounds.com/startup/aside-inc)
- [Darkstore](https://millionrounds.com/company/darkstore)
- [Fairy](https://millionrounds.com/company/fairy)
- [Golden](https://millionrounds.com/startup/golden-3)
- [Hasura](https://millionrounds.com/startup/hasura)
- [Roboflow](https://millionrounds.com/startup/roboflow)
- SendMeHome.com
- Terminal 49

## Where they are named on record

Filings

- SEC Form D · Company raising **Envolve Inc.** Executive Officer, Director since 2012

Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date.

## Also at Founder Collective

- [**Andy Palmer** Partner *13 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/andy-palmer-2)
- [**David Frankel** CEO *5 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/david-frankel-3)
- [**Zach Klein** Venture Partner *3 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/zach-klein)
- [**Aashi Shukla** Operations Associate *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/aashi-shukla)
- [**Amanda Herson** General Partner *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/amanda-herson)
- [**Brent Willess** Early Stage AI Investor *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/brent-willess)
- [**Brittany Brody** President *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/brittany-brody)
- [**Dan Sommer** Founder Partner *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/dan-sommer)

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