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Foundation Partners Fund — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($500K–$2.0M Checks)

VC
San Francisco, CAWebsite

Foundation Partners Fund is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in San Francisco, CA investing in Real Estate, Other. The firm typically writes $500K–$2.0M checks and has 6 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$500K–$2.0M
Portfolio
6 companies on record
Partners
6 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Real Estate, Other
HQ
San Francisco, CA
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-05-17

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$500K – $2.0M

Portfolio

6+ companies

Team

6 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Supports deep tech and material innovation in structural engineering solutions for large-scale infrastructure projects.

How Foundation Partners Fund invests

Foundation Partners Fund is a vc firm based in San Francisco, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Real Estate, Other. It does not invest in Media.

Foundation Partners Fund typically writes checks of $500K–$2.0M per investment.

Foundation Partners Fund has backed 6 companies in our records, including NextGen Structures, BuildBlock Tech, EValuate Diagnostics.

Partners & Team

JP

Joe Paulsen

Partner

GO

Gavin Owston

Partner

NM

Nick Marsh

Partner

LR

Laura Redinger

Principal

AF

Amy Forsythe

Partner

M&A due diligence
Accounting & Finance
Private Equity
AP

Anna Patel

Founder

Construction Innovations
Material Science

Industry Focus

Invests In

Real Estate
Other

Does Not Invest In

Media

Portfolio Companies (6)

Other

NE

NextGen Structures

Advanced Construction Materials
BU

BuildBlock Tech

Modular Construction Systems
EV

EValuate Diagnostics

KA

KayoThera

NE

NemaGen

VI

Visikol

How to pitch Foundation Partners Fund
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Real Estate, Other — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $2.0M check.
  • •cold outreach ok
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Joe Paulsen, Partner.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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