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    Friends & Family Capital

    Menlo Park, California, United StatesFounded 2019

    Friends & Family Capital is a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm founded by former Palantir CFO Colin Anderson and John Fogelsong. The firm backs entrepreneurs transforming big markets, providing operational expertise across finance, team-building, and capital strategy, with a focus on defense, national security, and critical infrastructure.

    Deal activity increased 133% year-over-year (7 deals in the last 12 months). Average disclosed round size is $69.9M (across 39 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    38

    Fund Size

    $118M

    Top Stage

    Unknown

    Last 12 Mo

    11

    Team

    John Fogelsong

    John Fogelsong

    Founding Partner

    Edward Mulder

    Edward Mulder

    Principal

    Maggie McKenna

    Maggie McKenna

    Associate

    Amber Harrison

    Amber Harrison

    Bibin Mathew

    Bibin Mathew

    Chad Metzger

    Chad Metzger

    Colin Anderson

    Colin Anderson

    Gina Bauman

    Gina Bauman

    John Leli

    John Leli

    Olivia Tait

    Olivia Tait

    Ryan Denny

    Ryan Denny

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    42 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    HHeaviside IndustriesSeries B$60MAug 2026
    Paraito logoParaitoPre-SeedJul 2026
    MediElaj logoMediElajPre-Seed$100KJun 2026
    AAstranis Space TechnologiesSeries E$300MMay 2026
    Northslope logoNorthslopeSeries AJan 2026
    Valinor logoValinorSeries A$54MJan 2026
    VValinor EnterprisesSeries A$54MJan 2026
    Twenty logoTwentySeries B$38MJan 2026
    EEridu AIUnknown$200MJan 2026
    Radiant Nuclear logoRadiant NuclearGrowth$300MDec 2025
    Alembic logoAlembicSeries B$145MNov 2025
    Ditto logoDittoSeries C$82MMar 2025
    PPeregrine.ioSeries C$190MMar 2025
    Radiant logoRadiantUnknown$300MJan 2025
    Cargado logoCargadoSeries A$12MJan 2025
    Peregrine Technologies logoPeregrine TechnologiesSeries C$190MJan 2025
    Ditto logoDittoSeries B$82MJan 2025
    Numeric logoNumericSeries A$28MOct 2024
    Numeric logoNumericSeed$10MMay 2024
    Peregrine Technologies logoPeregrine TechnologiesSeries B$30MMay 2024
    SStarfire EnergySeries B$24MOct 2022
    Bonjout logoBonjoutUnknown$3MJan 2022
    EsoBiotec logoEsoBiotecUnknown$250KJan 2021
    KKonaRedUnknown$3.5MJan 2019
    Bandier logoBandierUnknown$4.5MJan 2016
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    Top Co-Investors

    8VC2 shared
    Boost VC2 shared
    Internet Initiative Japan2 shared
    Fundrise2 shared

    Last updated: 8 September 2026