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Founder Collective

Founder Collective

Cambridge, Massachusettsfoundercollective.com

Overview

Founder Collective is a seed-stage venture capital firm that invests in technology-driven companies across a broad range of industries.

Year Founded

2009

Portfolio Companies

216

Investments

Founder Collective investments
CompanyDateStageLead
cruiseJun 2015Series ACo-investor
Shield AIFeb 2021Series CCo-investor
AirtableJun 2015Series ACo-investor
WhoopNov 2022Celebrity InvestmentCo-investor
CoupangJul 2010SeedLead
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Key People

Dan Sommer

Founder Partner

Jack Groetzinger

Founder Partner

Nadia Boujarwah

Founder Partner

Noah Glass

Founder Partner

Novel Khan

Associate Founder

Raj De Datta

Founder Partner

Eric Paley

Founding Partner

David Frankel

Managing Partner

Micah Rosenbloom

Managing Partner

James Tamplin

Venture Partner

Zach Klein

Venture Partner

Jack Arenas

Principal

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Sector & Stage Mix

Industry, funding stage, and valuation band breakdowns.

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SeedSeries ASeries BGrowth

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Investment Activity

Yearly cadence, pace, and funding raised over time.

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FAQ

Where is Founder Collective based?

Founder Collective is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.

When was Founder Collective founded?

Founder Collective was founded in 2009.

How many portfolio companies does Founder Collective have?

Founder Collective has 216 portfolio companies in Caplight's dataset.

What are some companies in Founder Collective's portfolio?

Portfolio companies visible on Caplight include cruise, Shield AI, Airtable, Whoop, Coupang.

What was Founder Collective's most recent investment shown here?

Founder Collective's most recent investment in this portfolio sample was in Whoop in 2022.

What sectors does Founder Collective focus on?

Founder Collective focuses on Consumer & Commerce, Consumer & Commerce, Consumer & Commerce, Enterprise Software, FinTech, Consumer & Commerce, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Consumer & Commerce, FinTech, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Enterprise Software, Consumer & Commerce, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Consumer & Commerce, Consumer & Commerce, Enterprise Software, Consumer & Commerce, Consumer & Commerce, Consumer & Commerce, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Enterprise Software, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Enterprise Software, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, FinTech, Crypto & Web3, Consumer & Commerce, Enterprise Software, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Consumer & Commerce, Consumer & Commerce, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Enterprise Software, FinTech, Real Estate & PropTech, FinTech, Cybersecurity, Consumer & Commerce, Consumer & Commerce, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Enterprise Software, Consumer & Commerce, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Consumer & Commerce, Consumer & Commerce, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Consumer & Commerce, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Enterprise Software, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Consumer & Commerce, Crypto & Web3, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Enterprise Software, Consumer & Commerce, Consumer & Commerce, Enterprise Software, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Cybersecurity, Consumer & Commerce, FinTech, Enterprise Software, FinTech, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Real Estate & PropTech, FinTech, Enterprise Software, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Enterprise Software, Consumer & Commerce, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Enterprise Software, Energy & Sustainability, Energy & Sustainability, Consumer & Commerce, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Consumer & Commerce, Crypto & Web3, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Crypto & Web3, Telecommunications & Networking, Enterprise Software, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Consumer & Commerce, Enterprise Software, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Real Estate & PropTech, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Enterprise Software, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Real Estate & PropTech, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Cybersecurity, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Healthcare & Life Sciences, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Consumer & Commerce, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Healthcare & Life Sciences, FinTech, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, FinTech, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Real Estate & PropTech, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Consumer & Commerce, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Cybersecurity, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Frontier & Industrial Tech, FinTech, Enterprise Software, Energy & Sustainability, Cybersecurity, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Consumer & Commerce, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Consumer & Commerce, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Consumer & Commerce, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Consumer & Commerce, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Crypto & Web3, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Frontier & Industrial Tech, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Consumer & Commerce, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Consumer & Commerce, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Enterprise Software, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Enterprise Software, Energy & Sustainability, Enterprise Software, Real Estate & PropTech, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Telecommunications & Networking, Consumer & Commerce, Enterprise Software, Cybersecurity, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Healthcare & Life Sciences, FinTech, Enterprise Software, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Consumer & Commerce, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Consumer & Commerce, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Consumer & Commerce, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Cybersecurity, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, FinTech, Enterprise Software, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Consumer & Commerce, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Cybersecurity, FinTech, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, FinTech, Consumer & Commerce, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, FinTech, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Consumer & Commerce, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Enterprise Software, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Enterprise Software, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Enterprise Software, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Telecommunications & Networking, Telecommunications & Networking, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Consumer & Commerce, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Enterprise Software, Real Estate & PropTech, FinTech, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Crypto & Web3, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Crypto & Web3, Enterprise Software, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, FinTech, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Real Estate & PropTech, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, FinTech, Healthcare & Life Sciences, FinTech, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Crypto & Web3, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Frontier & Industrial Tech, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Healthcare & Life Sciences, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Consumer & Commerce, FinTech, FinTech, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Enterprise Software, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Frontier & Industrial Tech, FinTech, Consumer & Commerce, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Consumer & Commerce, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Consumer & Commerce, Frontier & Industrial Tech, FinTech, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, FinTech, Consumer & Commerce, Consumer & Commerce, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Consumer & Commerce, Consumer & Commerce, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Consumer & Commerce, Enterprise Software, Consumer & Commerce, Real Estate & PropTech, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Consumer & Commerce, Consumer & Commerce, Consumer & Commerce, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Frontier & Industrial Tech, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Consumer & Commerce, Consumer & Commerce, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Energy & Sustainability, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Enterprise Software, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Enterprise Software, Consumer & Commerce, Enterprise Software, AI, Data & Cloud Infrastructure, Media, Entertainment & Gaming, FinTech, Consumer & Commerce, Enterprise Software, Frontier & Industrial Tech, Mobility, Transportation & Logistics, Consumer & Commerce, Consumer & Commerce, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Healthcare & Life Sciences, FinTech, FinTech.

What company stages does Founder Collective focus on?

Stage focus information for Founder Collective is not publicly available.

What is Founder Collective's AUM?

Founder Collective's assets under management are estimated between $100.0M and $250.0M.

Firmographic Details

HeadquartersCambridge, Massachusetts
Year Founded2009

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