Founders — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($250K–$2.5M Checks)
Founders is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in San Francisco, California investing in Other, Consumer, SaaS. The firm typically writes $250K–$2.5M checks and has 59 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $250K–$2.5M
- Portfolio
- 59 companies on record
- Partners
- 10 listed
- AUM
- $1B
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Other, Consumer, SaaS, Fintech, Healthcare, Climate / Energy, Marketplace, AI / ML
- HQ
- San Francisco, California
Pre-Seed, Seed
$250K – $2.5M
$1.0B
59+ companies
10 partners
Investment Thesis
Early-stage investor backing founders building consumer internet and creator-economy businesses, often at very early stages with conviction-led checks.
How Founders invests
Founders is a vc firm based in San Francisco, California. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, Consumer, SaaS, Fintech, Healthcare.
Founders typically writes checks of $250K–$2.5M per investment, backed by approximately $1B in assets under management. Our records include 10 funds raised by the firm.
Founders has backed 59 companies in our records, including Credit Karma, Netic, Monaco.
Partners & Team
Industry Focus
Invests In
Funds
Founders Fund X
Founders Fund IX
Founders Fund VIII
Founders Fund VII
Founders Fund VI
Founders Fund V
Founders Fund IV
Founders Fund III
Founders Fund II
Founders Fund I
Portfolio Companies (59)
Other
Credit Karma
Personal finance platform
Netic
Software company
Monaco
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Oscar
Health insurance company
Solugen
Chemical manufacturing company using biology/enzymatic processes
Wave
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Kavak
Used-car marketplace
Flexport
Freight forwarding and logistics software company
Workrise
Workforce and labor marketplace for skilled trades
Aven
Consumer lending / financial technology company
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, Consumer, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $2.5M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Richie Holden, Assistant Vice President, Security.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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