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    Founder Collective

    Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesFounded 2009

    Founder Collective is a seed-stage venture capital fund built by a collection of successful entrepreneurs, providing the first professional round of capital to promising founders. The firm is sector-agnostic and intentionally keeps fund sizes below $100M to stay aligned with founders.

    Deal activity increased 50% year-over-year (6 deals in the last 12 months). Their most common stage is seed (48% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $9.5M (across 157 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    148

    Fund Size

    $95M

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    6

    Team

    Amanda Herson

    Amanda Herson

    General Partner

    David Frankel

    David Frankel

    General Partner

    Micah Rosenbloom

    Micah Rosenbloom

    General Partner

    Dave Bisceglia

    Dave Bisceglia

    Venture Partner

    Eric Paley

    Eric Paley

    Partner Emeritus

    Joe DeFilippi

    Joe DeFilippi

    Partner & CFO

    JF

    Joe Flaherty

    Director,Content & Community

    Jack Arenas

    Jack Arenas

    Principal

    Jessica Morandi

    Jessica Morandi

    Content & Community Associate

    Katherine Ognibene

    Katherine Ognibene

    Operations Associate

    Molly Robertson

    Molly Robertson

    Operations Associate

    Emily Jenkins

    Emily Jenkins

    Operations Manager

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    168 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Shellworks logoShellworksSeries A$15MMar 2026
    Reservoir logoReservoirSeed$8MJan 2026
    RRadial Health IncubationSeries A$50MDec 2025
    RRadialUnknown$50MDec 2025
    Pagaleve logoPagaleveUnknown$30MOct 2025
    IRIS logoIRISSeed$6.2MSep 2025
    Coverflow logoCoverflowSeed$4.8MJul 2025
    General Medicine logoGeneral MedicineUnknown$32MMay 2025
    Thanks logoThanksSeed$2.6MMar 2025
    Rynse logoRynseSeed$5MJan 2025
    RRadialSeries A$50MJan 2025
    Appy Ai logoAppy AiSeed$5MJan 2025
    Thanks Co logoThanks CoSeed$2.6MJan 2025
    AirOps logoAirOpsSeries A$15.5MOct 2024
    UserEvidence logoUserEvidenceSeries A$9MSep 2023
    Akooda logoAkoodaSeed$11MJul 2023
    Odyssey Energy Solutions logoOdyssey Energy SolutionsSeries A$15MMay 2023
    IIPXUnknown$3MMay 2023
    Integrated Projects logoIntegrated ProjectsSeed$3MMay 2023
    Netbox Labs logoNetbox LabsSeries A$20MApr 2023
    Smalls logoSmallsSeries B$19MMar 2023
    Videowise logoVideowiseSeed$3MMar 2023
    Elaborate logoElaborateSeed$10MJan 2023
    IIPXSeed$3MJan 2023
    National Cycling League logoNational Cycling LeagueSeed$7.5MDec 2022
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    Last updated: 9 September 2026