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FounderPartners

Venture studio

Silicon Valley · Seed–Growth · 13 people tracked

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Investment thesis

Founder Partners works closely with technical founders from pre-revenue through profitability and exit, leveraging the team's experience as serial entrepreneurs and M&A advisors. The firm invests its own capital as principal investors, ensuring alignment with founders and portfolio companies. They claim an 85%+ success rate (profitable exits or ongoing viable concerns) versus an estimated 10% baseline for startups, and have closed over 150 transactions worth $100+ billion combined.

Source: firm website, verified Aug 6, 2026.

Stage
Seed–Growth
Check
$50K – $1M
HQ
Silicon Valley, CA, US
Leads rounds
Follows
Instruments
Equity
Founded
1999
Tracked investments
36

Team · 13 people

from the firm's website & public directories

Founder mafia

2 people who came through FounderPartners went on to found or lead other companies.

What they invest in

from 14 of 36 portfolio companies

SaaS ×7AI & Machine Learning ×6E-commerce ×4Marketing Tech ×4Consumer ×2Developer Tools ×2Direct to Consumer ×2Marketplaces ×2

HQs:United States×7Poland×1Taiwan×1

Investments · 36 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path
RobloxNYSE: RBLX
Acrodea
Addeventaddevent.comin𝕏

AddEvent provides "Add to Calendar" buttons and links, event RSVP forms, subscription calendars, and embeddable calendar widgets that businesses add to their websites and email campaigns.

Marketing TechSaaS

AdMovate
Braintrust
CFO Planscfoplans.comin

CFO Plans is an outsourced finance partner providing accounting, tax, and CFO services to businesses.

FintechSaaS

Chairishchairish.com𝕏

Chairish operates an online marketplace for vintage, antique, and pre-owned furniture, home décor, and art, alongside new products from brands and small makers.

Circular EconomyE-commerceMarketplacesSan Francisco, US

Anna Brockway(Executive Officer, Director)inGregg Brockway(Executive Officer, Director)inLyle Poindexter(Executive Officer)Andrew Denmark(Executive Officer)Kris Miller(Director)

BoardMike Kwatinetz(Director)in

Co-investorsBonnier CapitalEscalate Capital PartnersAltos VenturesAzure Capital PartnersOATVTritium Partners

Cleanshelf
Dealix
Facepayfacepay.io

Mountain View, US

Mark Hale(Executive Officer, Director)

Fotolog
GlobalEnglish
Identalsoftidentalsoft.comin

iDentalSoft is a cloud-based, all-in-one dental practice management software that unifies scheduling, patient communication, clinical charting, imaging, billing, and insurance workflows, with built-in AI tools for documentation, X-ray review, and EOB processing.

AI & Machine LearningHealthtechSaaS

Co-investorsFCA Venture Partners

IMsecure
Knowledge Revolution
Landingilandingi.com

Landingi is a landing page builder that lets marketers and entrepreneurs create pages using an AI-powered composer, goal-specific templates, or programmatic CSV-based generation, with features for personalization and multilingual content.

AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaSGliwice, PL

Błażej Abel(Founder)

Co-investorsbValue Venture CapitalKnowledgeHub

MARKABLEmarkable.ai

Markable.ai is an all-in-one platform for affiliate creators to monetize content through Amazon, Target, and Walmart deeplinks, featuring automated tools for link management, content boosting, and performance optimization.

AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyMarketing TechMadison, US

Joy Tang(Executive Officer, Director)inFiona Wang(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardSheng Fu(Director)

Co-investorsArbor VenturesNOEMIS VenturesPlum Alley InvestmentsHeadline

Meltwater
Microticamicrotica.comin

Microtica offers an AI-powered DevOps platform that generates, deploys, and monitors cloud infrastructure from natural-language descriptions, including a built-in code editor, real-time monitoring with AI-assisted root cause analysis, and cost breakdowns.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper Tools

Mindflash
Mixbookmixbook.com𝕏

Mixbook is an online platform for creating personalized photo books and other custom photo products, using its Mixbook Studio design tools with AI-powered features.

ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerce

Co-investorsCentral Texas Angel Network

My Home Parkmyhomepark.com

My Home Park sells regionally-native plant gardens direct to homeowners, shipping curated plant sets with free yard mock-ups so customers can convert lawns into pollinator-supporting native gardens.

Climate TechDirect to ConsumerE-commerceChagrin Falls, US

David Levine(Co-founder)Wyatt(Co-founder)

Oursongoursong.com
P10Y
Pinkoipinkoi.com𝕏

Pinkoi is an online marketplace for design goods, connecting independent brands and designers with shoppers across categories such as fashion, stationery, home and kitchen, and gourmet food.

ConsumerE-commerceMarketplacesTaipei, TW

Peter Yen(Founder)

Pixoart Design
Qpod
Relevad
Saleshoodsaleshood.comin𝕏

SalesHood is a sales enablement platform that helps revenue teams increase win rates, shorten sales cycles, and improve customer engagement.

Enterprise SoftwareSaaSSales TechSan Francisco, US

Elay Cohen(Founder)

Stonksstonks.com

PilotGPT is an AI copilot for pilots that uses official FAA sources, aircraft POHs, and approved manuals to provide sourced answers on airport data, VFR/IFR maps, route planning, weather briefs, and cockpit checklists.

AI & Machine LearningMobility & TransportationPalo Alto, US

Ali Moiz(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)in

Co-investorsDraper AssociatesFlori VenturesKube VCRoot and Shoot VenturesVibe Capital

SupplyEdge
Testerytestery.ioin𝕏

Testery is a cloud platform that runs automated test suites in parallel, gates deployments, and provides an audit trail verifying that AI-generated code passes tests.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaS

Tribefytribefy.com
Ultris
Wheelhousewheelhouse.comin

Wheelhouse (TopAdvisor) operates an online platform with interactive comparison tools for evaluating software vendors, covering pricing, features, ratings, and user reviews.

B2B MarketplacesMarketing TechSaaS

Exits · 1

IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolio

RobloxNYSE: RBLX

Portfolio news

latest coverage across their companies

Frequently asked questions

How many investments has FounderPartners made?
FounderPartners has 36 tracked investments.
What stage does FounderPartners invest at?
FounderPartners invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth stages.
What is FounderPartners's typical check size?
FounderPartners typically writes checks of $50K – $1M.
What sectors does FounderPartners focus on?
FounderPartners focuses on Crypto & Web3, SaaS.
Where is FounderPartners located?
FounderPartners is headquartered in Silicon Valley, US.
Does FounderPartners lead rounds?
FounderPartners typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
Who does FounderPartners co-invest with?
FounderPartners most often shares deals with Arbor Ventures, Baseline Ventures, Draper Associates, among 17 tracked co-investors.

Co-investors · 15

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Founders Fund

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$500K – $5M
Union Square Ventures (USV)

Union Square Ventures is a venture capital firm based in New York City that invests at the edge of large markets undergoing transformation from technological and societal pressures.

$1M – $8M
75 & Sunny

75 & Sunny operates as both a venture fund and startup studio where Zillow co-founder Spencer Rascoff directly incubates companies like Queue while leveraging his media presence as a CNBC contributor and podcast host to give portfolio companies exposure that few small funds can match. The LA-based fund concentrates heavily on proptech and "future of living" investments while co-creating companies with unconventional capital structures like SPACs and fractional home-ownership models, drawing on Rascoff's experience navigating public markets.

$100K – $5M
Awesome People Ventures

Awesome People Ventures operates as a decentralized VC fund using a network of deal partners and contributors to source and vet investments, while giving carry to core contributors beyond just the GP to mirror web3's community ownership ethos. The fund focuses on investing in awesome people building awesome things in web3 with a world-positive mandate, and is backed by iconic crypto investors including Chris Dixon, Marc Andreessen/a16z, and Multicoin.

$50K – $250K
Decibel Partners

Decibel Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies, established through a partnership with Cisco.

$100K – $10M
Multicoin Capital

Multicoin Capital is a thesis-driven investment firm focused on cryptoassets, tokens, and blockchain companies, managing a hedge fund and several venture funds across public and private markets.

$1M – $50M
Seed Club Ventures

Seed Club Ventures is a venture DAO that backs early-stage founders building at the intersection of web3 and community, launched in partnership with Seed Club.

Canary

Canary is a Brazilian venture capital fund founded and led by repeat tech founders that uses a systematic 40+ criteria framework to evaluate startups, positioning itself as the early-stage entry point for top global funds wanting access to Latin American deals. The firm runs JetPack, a program that provides $50k, office space, and operational support to first-time founders living abroad who want to start companies targeting inefficient Brazilian sectors like real estate, healthcare, and financial services.

$250K – $15M
Divergence

Divergence is a crypto-focused investment firm that describes itself as backing every radical form of capital, investing across DeFi, NFTs, DAOs, and blockchain infrastructure.

Ambush Capital

Ambush Capital is an early-stage angel fund based in New York that supports entrepreneurs during the early phases of building their companies.

SID Venture Partners

SID Venture Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm backing founders by combining capital with the engineering expertise and business-development resources of a group of leading software companies.

$200K
3 more co-investors

Variant FundGnosis DAOLevel Ventures

Firms observed investing alongside FounderPartners, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with FounderPartners's recorded portfolio.

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