Fjor Founders
Venture capitalLos Angeles · Pre-Seed–Seed · 2 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Fjor is a seed and pre-seed venture firm rooted in Los Angeles and San Francisco. It backs outlier founders working on AI, enterprise software, and fintech who aim to dismantle legacy systems and define new categories. The firm's partners are operators and founders themselves, having raised over $1B for their own startups, and they position operator-founders as valuable early cap-table members. Beyond capital, Fjor often acts as one of the first enterprise customers of its portfolio companies, providing product feedback, customer references, and early revenue at critical early stages.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 2 people
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What they invest in
from 45 of 52 portfolio companiesEnterprise Software ×30AI & Machine Learning ×29SaaS ×29Developer Tools ×11Fintech ×11Future of Work ×8Data & Infrastructure ×7Cloud Computing ×4
HQs:United States×30Canada×2United Kingdom×2France×1Kenya×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 36 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×52 founders×213 founders×74+ founders×3
Where their founders studiedfrom 63 founders with education data
University of Cambridge ×4Stanford University ×3UCLA ×3University of California, Berkeley ×3University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign ×3ETH Zürich ×2Georgetown University McDonough School of Business ×2McGill University ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 60 founders with field-of-study data
Computer Science ×27Engineering ×12Economics ×9Business & Management ×8Finance & Accounting ×5Mathematics & Statistics ×3Humanities ×2Law ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 72 founders with career history
Facebook ×4Airbnb ×3Apple ×2Citi ×2Docker ×2Goldman Sachs ×2Google ×2Harvard University ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
3 founders hold a PhD · 5 hold an MBA (of 64 with degree data)
Investments · 52 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 12025 · 12024 · 12023 · 22022 · 12014 · 17 dated
Adentris builds AI agents that automate healthcare revenue cycle management, specifically addressing unpaid claims and billing denials for mid-market healthcare providers.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Dmitry Karpov(Founder)inAlex Odin(Founder / CTO)inSergey Yudovskiy(Founder / CPO)inYudovskiyinOdin AlexinGerald Maccioli(Chief Medical Officer)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorDVC
Airbase was a spend management platform that has been acquired by Paylocity.
Enterprise SoftwareFintech
Thejo Kote(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsAngel Collective Opportunity FundBoxGroupGaruda VenturesMenlo VenturesVillage GlobalWebb Investment Network+3 more
Assembly provides software and management services for homeowners associations (HOAs), addressing operational inefficiencies through transparency and accountability.
AI & Machine LearningFintechPropTechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Allen Liou(Founder)inShreyas Bharadwaj(Founder)in
Co-investorsY Combinator
Atmos provides an online platform for managing the complete homebuilding workflow from start to finish.
PropTechSan Francisco, US
Nicholas Donahue(Founder)inTrent Hedge(Founder)inMatthew Rastovac(Founder)inAustin Kahn(Founder)in
Co-investorsDuke Capital PartnersSilicon VenturesVibe CapitalWayfinder VenturesY CombinatorBedrock+3 more
Bronco AI develops AI tools for semiconductor verification engineers to detect design flaws, increase test coverage, and accelerate chip production timelines at major chipmakers.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
David Zhi LuoZhang(Founder)inJeffrey Pan(Founder)in
Co-investorsGlasswing VenturesY Combinator
Browser Use provides AI-powered browser automation infrastructure with anti-detection capabilities, CAPTCHA solving, and custom LLMs designed for web-based agent tasks at scale.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Magnus Müller(Co-Founder, CEO)inGregor Zunic(Co-founder, CTO)inGregor Žunič(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsA.Capital VenturesFelicis VenturesOrange CollectiveSterling RoadSV AngelTranspose Platform Management+5 more
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareOakland, US
George Fraser(Co-founder)inTaylor Brown(Co-founder)
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzCoalition OperatorsEarl Grey CapitalRecall CapitalSequoia CapitalGarage Capital+1 more
CoLab provides AI-powered design review and collaboration software for engineering teams, automating design quality checks and organizing engineering knowledge within PLM and CAD systems.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareHardwareSaaSSt. John's, CA
Jeremy Andrews(Founder)inAdam Keating(Founder)in
Co-investorsCreative Destruction Lab (CDL)FundersClubInsight PartnersIntrepid Growth PartnersKillick CapitalMemorial Centre for Entrepreneurship+3 more
A team communication and collaboration platform that provides monitoring of communication performance through call logs and messaging statistics, along with built-in messaging features for workplace teams.
Cloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSLondon, GB
Nick Browne(Founder)inEdward Clayton(Founder)inLeo Bartle(Founder)in
Co-investorsAmino CapitalGarage CapitalSterling RoadY Combinator
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Dock provides a white-label customer portal platform that enables companies to manage projects, share files, track engagement, and handle renewals in a single collaborative workspace.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales Tech
Co-investorsOperator CollectiveRecall CapitalHearst VenturesLightbankLinse CapitalMatter Venture Partners+3 more
AbstractOps offers software that automates and manages multi-state compliance for companies, backed by a team of compliance experts who process submissions.
Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkLegalTechSaaS
Co-investorsFlucas VenturesHustle FundLoup VenturesOutsidersOyster VenturesThe MBA Fund+3 more
Embrace is a user-focused observability platform built on OpenTelemetry that provides real user monitoring (RUM) for mobile and web applications.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSLos Angeles, US
Eric Futoran(Founder and CEO)inFredric Newberg(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorAV8 VenturesBaroda VenturesBonfire VenturesDuke Capital PartnersEniac Ventures+6 more
ether.fi offers non-custodial crypto financial products, including staking, DeFi strategy vaults for ETH, BTC, and stablecoins, and a cashback debit card usable at over 100 million locations with no credit checks.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Rok Kopp(Founder)inMike Silagadze(Founder)in
Co-investorsArrington CapitalChapter OneCoinFundCollider VenturesDraper DragonFourth Revolution Capital (4RC)+15 more
EvenUp provides an AI-powered claims intelligence platform for personal injury law firms to draft, review, and strengthen cases.
AI & Machine LearningLegalTech
Rami Karabibar(Chief Executive Officer)inRaymond Mieszaniec(Chief Operating Officer)inSaam Mashhad(Chief of Product & Legal Operations)in
Co-investors137 VenturesAllison Pickens VenturesB Capital GroupB4 CapitalBain Capital VenturesBessemer Venture Partners+11 more
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Featherless.ai provides a single API for accessing over 40,000 open-source AI models, including DeepSeek, Kimi, and GLM, without requiring setup or self-hosting.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper Tools
Eugene Cheah(Founder)in
Co-investorsKickstart VenturesOakseed VenturesPanache VenturesTranspose Platform ManagementWavemaker PartnersHack VC
FinalLayer is an AI-powered LinkedIn post generator that helps creators, founders, and professionals create personalized viral content in minutes.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyMarketing TechSaaS
Vidya(Co-founder)Lakshminath(Co-founder)
Co-investorsBeyond Next Ventures
Fingo is a digital bank offering mobile banking services to young Africans, enabling account opening in under 5 minutes with free peer-to-peer transactions, savings, and financial education.
FintechNairobi, KE
Kiiru Muhoya(Co-Founder & CEO)inIan Njuguna(Co-Founder & CTO)inGitari Tirima(Co-founder & Co-CPO)inJames da Costa(Co-founder & COO)inJudith BogonkoinPol Masin
Co-investorsY CombinatorMyAsiaVCNairobi Business Angel NetworkOUTBOUND CAPITALSprint VcVelocity Digital+1 more
Gigacatalyst is an AI-powered platform that automates the setup of product demos, POCs, and implementation environments by generating real configurations through a company's product APIs based on customer requirements.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Namanyay Goel(Founder/CEO)inNamanya Yog
Co-investorsY Combinator
Hyperspell builds a context platform that connects to enterprise data sources (Slack, email, documents, CRMs, ticketing systems) and synthesizes them into a unified, permission-aware knowledge graph accessible to AI agents.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Conor Brennan-Burke(Founder)inManu Ebert(Founder)in
Co-investorsDraper B1Imagination CapitalMento vcOlive Tree CapitalPerceptive Ventures Management Company, LlcScribble Ventures+3 more
Jestor is a no-code workflow automation platform that routes approvals, purchases, reimbursements, and back-office processes for companies.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSSan Francisco, US
Bruno Bannach(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorFundersClub
JumpWire provides data access control software that sits between applications and databases to identify and restrict access to sensitive fields based on organizational policies.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareNew York City, US
Ryan Cooke(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorFin Capital
Lyra is an AI-native meeting platform that runs video calls in the browser, transcribes each participant individually, prepares pre-meeting research, and automatically takes post-call actions such as updating CRMs, sending follow-up emails, and notifying teammates.
AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkSaaSSan Francisco, US
Courtne Marland(Co-Founder & CEO)inHenry Kwon(Co-Founder & CTO)in
Co-investorsLobster CapitalTranspose Platform Management468 CapitalCoatue ManagementRebel FundSalesforce Ventures+1 more
Matidor provides location-intelligent project management software that combines GIS mapping with field operations coordination for environmental consulting and oil and gas teams.
Construction TechEnergyEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSVancouver, CA
Vincent Lam(Founder)inSean Huang(Founder)in
Co-investorsCathexis VenturesSprint VcY CombinatorEqual Opportunity VenturesSpace Capital
Mercury is an investor database listing venture capital investors and their sector focus areas.
Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSector Agnostic
Immad Akhund(Founder & CEO)inJason Zhang(Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer)inMax Tagher(Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer)in
Co-investors500 GlobalAndreessen HorowitzAngel Collective Opportunity FundBetter Tomorrow VenturesBuilders + BackersChapter One+39 more
Merlin Mobility develops autonomous driving technology aimed at reducing vehicular collisions and enabling safe driving for teenagers and adults.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareMobility & TransportationAtlanta, US
Bogdan Butoi(Co-founder & CEO)inRic Fleisher(Co-founder, COO & President)inMargaret A. Martin(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardLeland Strange(Director)
Co-investorsThe Fund
Co-investorsOyster Ventures
ODF is a one-week in-person program in San Francisco that connects early-stage founders and builders to explore ideas, find co-founders, and build support networks.
Future of WorkSan Francisco, US
Co-investorsAdapt VenturesAngel Collective Opportunity FundBase Venture Management, Inc.Canaan PartnersCoinbase VenturesCrunchFund+5 more
OutPoint provides automated media mix modeling (MMM) software that uses machine learning to help advertisers decide how to allocate ad spend across online and offline channels.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS
Co-investorsMGV.VCEntrepreneur FirstMGVMistral Venture PartnersTuesday Capital
Panta is an insurance broker that specializes in placing commercial insurance for construction, logistics, and manufacturing firms, including high-hazard work that traditional brokers decline.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechInsurTechSan Francisco, US
Vincent Chen(Founder)inFrank Wang(Founder)in
Co-investorsLeonis CapitalLobster CapitalY Combinator
Paragon provides integration infrastructure that enables B2B and AI product companies to quickly ship customer-facing integrations, including data ingestion, API connectors, and agent actions.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSLos Angeles, US
Brandon Foo(Founder)inIshmael Samuel(Founder)in
Co-investorsFundersClubGaruda VenturesInspired CapitalJovonoVillage GlobalY Combinator+1 more
Pipe provides working capital and financial tools to small and medium-sized businesses through integrations with software platforms they use daily.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Claurelle Rakipovic(Chief Executive Officer)inVijay Vachani(Chief Operating Officer)inJin Han(Chief Administrative Officer)inNate Wiger(Chief Product & Technology Officer)inAnna Moghaddam(VP, Head of People)in
Co-investors1/1 CapitalAltra VentureAngel Collective Opportunity FundAnthemis VentureBeyond CapitalBlue Lion Global+29 more
PushPress is gym management software offering memberships, billing, scheduling, check-ins, CRM, marketing, workout tracking, and a member app in one platform.
SaaSSports TechWellness & FitnessClaymont, US
Brian Aung(Co-founder)Dan Uyemura(Co-founder)inChris McConachie(Co-founder)in
BoardTae Yoon(Director)
Co-investorsAltos VenturesMucker Capital
Puzzle builds a modern accounting system for startups and small-to-medium businesses, delivering real-time financial intelligence by reconstructing core ledger and data infrastructure.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Sasha Orloff(Founder)inJohn Cwiklain
BoardHEMANT TANEJA(Director)in
Co-investorsFelicis VenturesKapor CapitalOn DeckSterling RoadTwo Culture CapitalVillage Global+3 more
Routine builds an AI-powered work platform that integrates and centralizes data from third-party services like GitHub, Salesforce, Slack, and Dropbox into a unified workspace for project tracking and team collaboration.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSParis, FR
Julien Quintard(CEO)inQuentin Hocquet(Founder)in
Co-investorsFailup VenturesMarket One CapitalTarget GlobalY Combinator
Rutter provides a Unified API that enables B2B SaaS companies to integrate business data and financial system connections into their products.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSNew York City, US
Eric Yu(Founder)inPeter Zhou(Founder)in
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzHaystackY Combinator
Sieve creates high-quality multimodal datasets and training environments for frontier AI labs developing generative media, robotics, and agentic systems.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeep TechDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Mokshith Voodarla(Founder)inAbhinav Ayalur(Founder)in
Co-investorsMatrixSwift VenturesY Combinator
Slope provides a B2B payments platform that enables businesses to accept payments and offer financing, with a focus on digitizing the order-to-cash process for online commerce.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Lawrence Lin Murata(Founder)inAlice Deng(Founder)in
Co-investorsAcross Capital PartnersNotable CapitalY CombinatorBasis Set VenturesNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Rainfall Ventures+1 more
Solidroad provides quality assurance and training software for enterprise customer experience teams, using AI to unify and continuously improve performance across human and automated agents across multiple communication channels.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Mark Hughes(Founder)inPatrick Finlay(Founder)inAndrew Smyth(Director)
Co-investorsFirst Round CapitalSony Ventures CorporationY CombinatorHedosophia
Spokn is a short-form video platform for internal communications, HR, and leadership teams to create and share videos for employee engagement, including leadership updates, onboarding, and change management.
Creator EconomyEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHR TechMarketing TechSaaSNew York City, US
Fawzy Abu Seif(Founder)inMariel Davis(Founder)in
Co-investors500 GlobalFundersClubNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Scribble VenturesY Combinator
Stand uses physics-based simulation, satellite imagery, and field inspection to model per-property natural-peril risk (wildfire, wind, hail, water, and earthquake) and translates it into insurance coverage.
AI & Machine LearningClimate TechInsurTech
Dan Preston(Founder)in
Co-investorsConvective CapitalEqual VenturesFinancial Venture StudioInspired CapitalLOWERCARBONLowercarbon Capital+4 more
Supermove provides software products for moving companies, including lead capture, estimates, scheduling, and job management tools designed to streamline operations and improve customer experience.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSCalifornia, US
Wonjun Jeong(CEO)in
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzVentura CapitalFounders FundMana Ventures
Upsolve AI is a platform that enables data teams to build and deploy AI agents that answer business questions by querying connected databases through conversational interfaces.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareLondon, GB
Ka Ling Wu(Co-Founder & CEO)inSerguei Balanovich(Founder & CTO)in
Co-investorsTRAC (Third Round Analytics Capital)Y Combinator
Vybe builds AI coworkers and custom applications that automate repetitive operations tasks and integrate with existing team workflows through Slack and 3,000+ business integrations.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Quang Hoang(Cofounder/CEO)inFabien Devos(Cofounder/CTO)in
Co-investorsHAWKTAILOrange CollectiveY CombinatorFirst Round CapitalPelion Ventures
Zaymo provides interactive email blocks that enable customers to complete transactions, write reviews, and manage subscriptions directly within emails without leaving the email client.
E-commerceEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSLehi, US
Brice Douglas(Founder)inDaniel Jones(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorAlbum VC
Zip is an AI platform for enterprise procurement that automates and optimizes the B2B purchasing process from intake to payment.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Rujul Zaparde(Founder)inLu Cheng(Founder)inLarry Diamond(Executive Officer, Director)inMartin Brooke(Executive Officer)Peter Gray(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardPhilip Crutchfield(Director)
Co-investorsY CombinatorTiger Global ManagementAlkeon InnovationCRV (Charles River Ventures)Night CapitalStandard Capital+5 more
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
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Exits · 5
5 acquisitions · showing 2Airbaseacq. by PaylocityCensusacq. by Fivetran
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesStand · streetinsider.com · Aug 5, 2026
Atmos · simplywall.st · Jul 18, 2026
Mercury · marketbeat.com · Jul 18, 2026
Paragon · thequantuminsider.com · Jul 17, 2026
Pipe · thesaasnews.com · Jul 16, 2026
Puzzle · mobilegamer.biz · Jul 15, 2026
Browser Use · startupintros.com · Jul 13, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Fjor Founders made?
- Fjor Founders has 52 tracked investments, 5 of which have exited, including 2 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Fjor Founders invest at?
- Fjor Founders invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What sectors does Fjor Founders focus on?
- Fjor Founders focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Enterprise Software, Fintech, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Fjor Founders located?
- Fjor Founders is headquartered in Los Angeles, US.
- Who does Fjor Founders co-invest with?
- Fjor Founders most often shares deals with Y Combinator, Transpose Platform Management, Andreessen Horowitz, among 191 tracked co-investors.
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