Founders First Capital
Founders First Capital is a Seed, Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in San Diego, CA investing in Other, SaaS. 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
- 3 listed
- Stage
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Sectors
- Other, SaaS
- HQ
- San Diego, CA
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-05-25
Seed, Pre-Seed
$250K – $3.0M
2+ companies
3 partners
Investment Thesis
Invests in underrepresented founders building scalable solutions within niche B2B SaaS markets including HR Tech and Immigration Tech.
How Founders First Capital invests
Founders First Capital is a vc firm based in San Diego, CA. The firm invests at the Seed, Pre-Seed stages, with a focus on Other, SaaS. It does not invest in Consumer Tech, Media.
Founders First Capital typically writes checks of $250K–$3.0M per investment.
Founders First Capital has backed 2 companies in our records, including Workable, HireRight.
Partners & Team
Kim Folsom
Managing Partner
Casey Estrada
Partner
Kim T. Folsom
General Partner
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (2)
Other
Workable
HireRight
- •Raising at Seed, Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $3.0M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Kim Folsom, Managing Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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