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    Founder Collective

    Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesFounded 2009

    Founder Collective is a venture capital firm that focuses on seed and pre-seed stage investments in early-stage technology startups across various sectors. Their strategy emphasizes "founder alignment" by maintaining intentionally small fund sizes, not participating in later funding rounds, and supporting efficient entrepreneurship to maximize founder outcomes.

    Deal activity increased 150% year-over-year (5 deals in the last 12 months). Their most common stage is seed (55% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $10.4M (across 80 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    82

    Fund Size

    $365.1M

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    5

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    82 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Shellworks logoShellworksSeries A$15MMar 2026
    Radial logoRadialSeries A$50MDec 2025
    Iris Finance logoIris FinanceSeed$6.2MSep 2025
    CCoverflowSeed$4.8MJul 2025
    GGeneral MedicineUnknown$32MMay 2025
    Rynse logoRynseSeed$5MJan 2025
    AirOps logoAirOpsSeries A$15.5MOct 2024
    Akooda logoAkoodaSeed$11MJul 2023
    Odyssey logoOdysseySeries A$15MMay 2023
    NetBox Labs logoNetBox LabsSeries A$20MApr 2023
    Smalls logoSmallsSeries B$19MMar 2023
    Videowise logoVideowiseSeed$3MMar 2023
    EElaborateSeed$10MJan 2023
    National Cycling League logoNational Cycling LeagueSeed$7.5MDec 2022
    KKapuSeed$8MDec 2022
    CCybera GlobalSeed$5MSep 2022
    Regal.io logoRegal.ioSeries A$38.5MSep 2022
    GGigasheetSeries A$7MJun 2022
    Shellworks logoShellworksSeed$6.2MMay 2022
    GGetHenrySeed$17.4MMay 2022
    Waitroom logoWaitroomUnknownMar 2022
    DDecipadSeed$5MMar 2022
    OOttaSeries A$20MJan 2022
    ianacare logoianacareSeries A$12.1MJan 2022
    TToolioSeries A$8MOct 2021
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    Top Co-Investors

    SV Angel9 shared
    LocalGlobe6 shared
    Accomplice5 shared
    BoxGroup4 shared
    Venrock3 shared
    Betaworks3 shared
    RRE Ventures3 shared
    NextView Ventures3 shared
    Twelve Below3 shared

    Last updated: 24 April 2026