Foundation Equity — Seed VC Firm ($250K–$3.0M Checks)
Foundation Equity is a Seed venture capital firm based in Nashville, TN investing in Fintech, Marketplace. The firm typically writes $250K–$3.0M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $250K–$3.0M
- Portfolio
- 2 companies on record
- Partners
- 7 listed
- Stage
- Seed
- Sectors
- Fintech, Marketplace
- HQ
- Nashville, TN
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-05-27
Seed
$250K – $3.0M
2+ companies
7 partners
Investment Thesis
Foundation Equity is a seed-stage VC fund backing emerging startups creating innovative financial and marketplace platforms.
How Foundation Equity invests
Foundation Equity is a vc firm based in Nashville, TN. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Fintech, Marketplace. It does not invest in Biotech, Crypto.
Foundation Equity typically writes checks of $250K–$3.0M per investment.
Foundation Equity has backed 2 companies in our records, including Credity, BoomMarket.
Partners & Team
Dani Bernstein
Principal
Acting Executive Director of Equity Foundation
Katie Carter
Partner
Director of Strategic Partnerships of Pride Foundation
Katie Keenan
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Caryn Brooks
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Jim Vegher
Board member
Equity Foundation board member
Joy Wallace
Oregon Safe Schools and Communities Coalition
Oregon Safe Schools and Communities Coalition
Emily Hargrove
Managing Partner
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (2)
Other
Credity
BoomMarket
- •Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Fintech, Marketplace — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $3.0M check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Dani Bernstein, Principal.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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