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Founders, Inc. — Pre-Seed & Pre-Seed+ VC Firm ($100K–$250K Checks)

VC

Founders, Inc. is a Pre-Seed, Pre-Seed+, Seed venture capital firm investing in AI / ML, Other, Fintech. The firm typically writes $100K–$250K checks and has 11 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$100K–$250K
Portfolio
11 companies on record
Partners
5 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Pre-Seed+, Seed
Sectors
AI / ML, Other, Fintech, Deep Tech, Developer Tools, SaaS, Consumer, Enterprise, EdTech
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-05-21

Stage

Pre-Seed, Pre-Seed+, Seed

Check Size

$100K – $250K

Portfolio

11+ companies

Team

5 partners

Investor activity
Last known investment: 2021Investments in last 12 months: 0

How Founders, Inc. invests

Founders, Inc. is a vc firm. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Pre-Seed+, Seed stages, with a focus on AI / ML, Other, Fintech, Deep Tech, Developer Tools.

Founders, Inc. typically writes checks of $100K–$250K per investment.

Investing since at least 2021, Founders, Inc. has backed 11 companies in our records, including Figma, Room, Garage Magical Toys. Its most recent recorded investment was in 2021.

Partners & Team

SA

Shafaq Ahmed

Director of Operations

SP

Stavan Patel

Creative Director

HT

Hubert Thieblot

General Partner

AB

Aiden Blumenstein

Director of Programs

AL

Adrianna Lakatos

Marketing Manager

Industry Focus

Invests In

AI / ML
Other
Fintech
Deep Tech
Developer Tools
SaaS
Consumer
Enterprise
EdTech

Portfolio Companies (11)

2021

FI

Figma

Design Software·Growth

Other

RO

Room

Music Tech·Pre-seed

AI that generates fully editable DAW projects instead of finished audio files.

GA

Garage Magical Toys

AI/ML·Consumer Hardware

AI Toys for kids

LI

LiveKit

B2B·DevTools

The open source platform for real-time communication.

TH

thirdweb

Web3·DevTools

Full-stack, open-source web3 development platform.

TR

Trass Labs

AR/VR·Gaming

VR game studio.

SY

Sync Labs

AI/ML·DevTools

API for real-time lip sync.

SH

Shapes

AI/ML·Consumer

General Purpose Social Agents.

AU

Aurelius Systems

Hardware

Advancing C-UAS through Directed Energy.

IN

Inference

AI/ML·DevTools

Distributed AI inference network.

How to pitch Founders, Inc.
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Pre-Seed+, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in AI / ML, Other, Fintech — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $100K – $250K check.
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Shafaq Ahmed, Director of Operations.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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