Exponent Founders Capital is a New York-based early-stage venture capital firm co-founded in 2021 by Charley Ma and Mahdi Raza, both former operators at high-growth fintech companies like Plaid, Robinhood, and Ramp. The firm takes a thematic-driven approach to investing in enterprise software, fintech & payments, infrastructure, and applied AI at the seed and Series A stages.
Their most common stage is series-a (55% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $25.2M (across 11 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
10
Fund Size
$75M
Top Stage
Series A
Last 12 Mo
0
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
11 investments
Top Co-Investors
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Last updated: 27 September 2026