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Founders.ai
Venture studioMountain View · Pre-Seed–Series A · 1 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Founders.ai positions itself as a co-founder rather than a passive investor, assembling teams of entrepreneurs and engineers to build disruptive enterprise B2B SaaS products from proven ideas. The firm invests primarily in pre-seed and seed rounds, often writing the first check, and selectively participates in early-stage rounds as a follower. It emphasizes hands-on operational support drawing on more than a decade of B2B SaaS building experience, industry expertise, fast decision-making, a Silicon Valley network, and access to offshore talent. It looks for tenacious, fast-learning, hardworking founders who persevere.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 1 people
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What they invest in
from 4 of 4 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×4Data & Infrastructure ×3Enterprise Software ×3Developer Tools ×2SaaS ×2Fintech ×1
HQs:United States×4
Investments · 4 tracked
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Activeloop provides a data infrastructure platform that indexes, searches, and organizes multimodal data (documents, images, videos) for AI applications through its Deep Lake database and search capabilities.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Davit Buniatyan(Founder)inJason Ge(Founder)Sergiy Popovych(Founder)Shashank Agarwal(CTO)Dan Walker(CRO)Ilya Perlov(Ops)
Co-investorsAiSprouts VCAlumni VenturesBasecamp FundCM VenturesSamsung NextSmartGateVC+17 more
Gappify automates accrual estimation and journal entry generation for accounting teams, integrating with ERP and P2P systems to produce SOX-compliant audit trails and reduce month-end close time.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSan Francisco, US
Jotham Ty(Executive Officer, Director)inCharlene Garland(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsFINTOP CapitalManila Angel Investors NetworkRally Ventures Management, LlcStage 2 CapitalBessemer Venture Partners
Narrative BI built an analytics platform that surfaces insights automatically through natural language and agentic workflows, without requiring dashboards or manual queries.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureSaaSSan Francisco, US
Mikhail Rumiantsau(Executive Officer)Michael Rumiantsau(Founder)in
Co-investorsAdventures LabDigital Future Investments LtdElysium Venture CapitalFinSight Ventures
Nylas provides unified communication data infrastructure that integrates email, calendar, contacts, and meetings across fragmented providers into structured, AI-ready data for SaaS applications and automated workflows.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Christine Spang(Founder)inJeff Koets(CEO)inGleb Polyakov(Founder)Michael Grinich(Founder)
Co-investors8VCBeaconsfield CapitalBroom VenturesDCVC (Data Collective)Great Oaks Venture CapitalRound13 Capital+6 more
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesActiveloop · ycombinator.com · Jun 8, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Founders.ai invest at?
- Founders.ai invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does Founders.ai focus on?
- Founders.ai focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Future of Work, SaaS.
- Where is Founders.ai located?
- Founders.ai is headquartered in Mountain View, US.
- Does Founders.ai lead rounds?
- Yes, Founders.ai leads investment rounds.
- Who does Founders.ai co-invest with?
- Founders.ai most often shares deals with 8VC, DCVC (Data Collective), Rally Ventures Management, Llc, among 23 tracked co-investors.
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