Founders Circle Capital
Growth equityActively deployingSan Francisco · Growth–Late Stage · 26 people tracked
Also known as FOUNDERS CIRCLE CAPITAL AFFILIATES · FOUNDERS CIRCLE CAPITAL, LLC · NowFounders Circle Capital
Investment thesis
Founders Circle Capital backs growth-stage companies that are closer to going public than to their early prototyping phase. The firm differentiates itself by providing two forms of capital: flexible financing that packages both primary and secondary transactions for a company, and a community of peer leaders and teams that it considers an equally valuable resource. The emphasis is on supporting the founders, executives, and people building fast-growing businesses.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 26 people
from the firm's website & public directories
What they invest in
from 89 of 101 portfolio companiesEnterprise Software ×44AI & Machine Learning ×38SaaS ×23Data & Infrastructure ×16Cloud Computing ×15Consumer ×13Developer Tools ×13Fintech ×13
HQs:United States×62United Kingdom×1Ireland×1Sweden×1
Investments · 101 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathDocuSign provides AI-powered agreement management, electronic signature, and contract lifecycle management solutions for enterprises.
Enterprise SoftwareLegalTechSaaSSan Francisco, US
John Hinshaw(Director)Pete Solvik(Director)Mike Dinsdale(Executive Officer)Louis Lavigne(Director)Tom Gonser(Director)Neil Hudspith(Executive Officer)
DoorDash operates a restaurant delivery platform that connects customers with dining establishments across hundreds of cities in North America through a logistics network.
ConsumerE-commerceFoodTechMarketplacesSan Francisco, US
Tony Xu(Founder/CEO)inAndy Fang(Founder)inStanley Tang(Founder)in
GitLab is an intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps that enables teams and AI agents to collaborate on the full software development lifecycle, from planning through deployment, with integrated security and compliance capabilities.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Sid Sijbrandij(Founder/CEO)inDmytro Zaporozhets(Founder/CTO)inPaul Machle(Executive Officer)Dmitriy Zaporozhets(Cofounder)
BoardBruce Armstrong(Director)
San Francisco, US
Evan Sharp(Executive Officer)Mike Yang(Executive Officer)Benjamin Silbermann(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Natalie Fair(Executive Officer)
BoardJeremy Levine(Director)Jeff Jordan(Director)
Twilio provides a cloud-based communications platform that enables businesses to integrate voice, messaging, and video into applications using APIs.
Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Jeff Lawson(Founder)inEvan Cooke(Director)Scott Raney(Director)Lee Kirkpatrick(Executive Officer)Roy Ng(Executive Officer)Karyn Smith(Executive Officer)
Workday Adaptive Planning is an enterprise performance management (EPM) software platform that uses AI to automate financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and workforce planning for large organizations.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Thomas Bogan(Executive Officer, Director)Terry Opdendyk(Director)Robert Hull(Executive Officer, Director)Byron Deeter(Director)Robert Antoniades(Director)Jim Kelliher(Director)
Algolia provides an API platform that enables developers to integrate search and discovery functionality into websites and mobile applications, serving thousands of companies across e-commerce, media, and SaaS.
Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Nicolas Dessaigne(Founder/Board Member)inJulien Lemoine(Founder/CTO)in
BoardPhilippe Botteri(Director)
AT&T provides cybersecurity services and network security solutions for businesses, including threat detection and protection against AI and quantum computing-related threats.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Ambience is an AI platform that captures clinical encounters in real time, generates documentation, and suggests coding for healthcare providers across 200+ specialties.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechSan Francisco, US
Vignesh Chandramouli(Director)Michael Ng(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Nikhil Buduma(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
BoardMamoon Hamid(Director)
Anaplan is an AI-driven scenario planning and analysis platform that helps enterprises optimize decision-making by transforming data into actionable insights and enabling dynamic scenario planning.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Charlie Gottdiener(Chief Executive Officer, Member of the Board)Michael Gould(Director)Randall Glein(Director)Frederic Laluyaux(Executive Officer, Director)Standish O'Grady(Director)James Budge(Executive Officer)
AppDynamics (now part of Splunk Observability) provides full-stack observability and application performance monitoring for hybrid, on-premises, and multi-tier applications, helping enterprise teams troubleshoot performance and security issues linked to business impact.
Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
David Wadhwani(Executive Officer, Director)Charles J. Robel(Director)Randy S. Gottfried(Executive Officer)Ravi Mhatre(Director)Dev C. Ittycheria(Director)Jyoti Bansal(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
Applied Intuition develops physical AI software for autonomous and intelligent machines, including vehicles, robots, ships, and satellites across industries like automotive, defense, logistics, and manufacturing.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareRoboticsSunnyvale, US
Qasar Younis(Co-founder and CEO)Peter Ludwig(Co-founder and CTO)
Armada develops edge computing and AI solutions for industrial applications.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeep Tech
Attentive provides a mobile-first customer engagement platform that enables brands to orchestrate email, SMS, RCS, push, and AI-powered campaigns.
AI & Machine LearningDirect to ConsumerMarketing TechHoboken, US
Amit Jhawar(Chief Executive Officer)Andrew Jones(Director)Brian Culbertson Long(Executive Officer, Director)Scott Friend(Director)
Auth0 is an authentication and authorization platform that secures applications, AI agents, and internal tools by providing identity management, single sign-on, multi-factor authentication, and fine-grained access control capabilities.
CybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareBellevue, US
Monica Enand(Director)Carlos Eugenio Pace(Executive Officer, Director)Sunil Nagaraj(Director)Jonathan I. Gelsey(Executive Officer, Director)Peter van Hardenberg(Director)Karan Mehandru(Director)
Baseten provides AI inference and infrastructure services that optimize model deployment, serving, and orchestration across the full stack.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper Tools
Tuhin Srivastava(CEO and Co-Founder)inAmir Haghighat(CTO and Co-Founder)inPhil Howes(Co-Founder & Chief Scientist)inPankaj Gupta(Co-Founder)in
Carbon designs and manufactures 3D-printed products using advanced photopolymer resins, computational design tools, and proprietary hardware.
Advanced ManufacturingHardwareNew MaterialsRedwood City, US
James J. Goetz(Director)Joseph M. DeSimone(Executive Officer, Director)Andy Wheeler(Director)Adam Grosser(Director)Lars Steven Nelson(Director)Alan S. Mulally(Director)
Waltham, US
Patrick Morley(Executive Officer, Director)Anthony Zingale(Director)Eric Pyenson(Executive Officer)Ronald Nordin(Director)Jeff Fagnan(Director)Paul Maeder(Director)
ClickHouse develops a column-oriented database management system that enables real-time analytical reporting via SQL queries.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Aaron Katz(Co-Founder & CEO)Alexey Milovidov(Co-Founder & CTO)Yury Izrailevsky(Co-Founder & President)
UiPath provides enterprise automation software that uses AI agents and robots to automate business processes across departments like procurement, finance, and ERP systems.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareRoboticsSaaSDenver, US
Mark Geene(Founder & CEO)Jim Franklin(Director)Joseph R. Zell(Director)Jeffrey Hinck(Director)
Cohesity provides cyber resilience software that helps organizations identify and protect the minimal critical datasets and systems needed to restart operations after ransomware attacks or disasters.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Jose, US
Sanjay Poonen(CEO & President)WILLIAM COUGHRAN(Director)TIMOTHY ROBBINS(Executive Officer)LORENZO MONTESI(Executive Officer)DANIEL WARMENHOVEN(Director)ROB SALMON(Executive Officer)
Confluent provides a cloud-native platform for real-time data streaming and movement, enabling organizations to connect applications and respond to business events as they occur.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareMountain View, US
Neha Narkhede(Founder)
Contrast Security provides an Application and API Security platform that detects and stops live application-layer attacks using patented in-app sensors.
CybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Jeff Williams(Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer)Rick Fitz(Chief Executive Officer)
ServiceTitan provides software to home and commercial services contractors (plumbers, electricians, HVAC, etc.) to manage their operations, customer relationships, and business growth.
Construction TechEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaS
Ara(Co-founder)Vahe(Co-founder)Vahe Kuzoyan(Executive Officer, Director)William Hsu(Director)Michael Brown(Director)Byron Deeter(Director)
Cribl builds a vendor-agnostic telemetry platform for IT and Security teams at large enterprises to manage, route, and analyze data for investigations and AI-powered operations.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Clint Sharp(Executive Officer, Director)Dritan Bitincka(Executive Officer)Ledion Bitincka(Executive Officer, Director)Zachary Johnson(Executive Officer)Matthew Kelly(Executive Officer)
BoardMax Gazor(Director)
Databricks provides a unified platform for data engineering, analytics, and artificial intelligence, enabling organizations to build and deploy data and AI applications on cloud infrastructure.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Ali Ghodsi(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Ion Stoica(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Matei Zaharia(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)David Conte(Executive Officer)Tram Phi(Executive Officer)
BoardPeter Sonsini(Director)
Degreed provides an enterprise learning experience platform that helps organizations collect, understand, and develop workforce skills through AI-driven learning experiences.
EdTechEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
David Blake(CEO)Chris McCarthy(Director)
BoardBrandon Tidwell(Director)
Dollar Shave Club offers razors and grooming products through a subscription model, delivering sharp stainless steel blades and shaving essentials directly to consumers at lower price points.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerceLos Angeles, US
Michael Dubin(Founder)inMichael Jones(Director)David Pakman(Director)Christopher Marshall(Director)Daniel Murray(Executive Officer)Kevin Datoo(Executive Officer)
Druva provides a cloud-native data backup and security platform that protects data and workloads across multiple environments.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityData & InfrastructureSunnyvale, US
Shailendra Jit Singh(Director)Jishnu Bhattacharjee(Director)Milind Borate(Director)Michael Brock Gustafson(Director)Harish Prabhakara Belur(Director)Susan Lori Bostrom(Director)
Firstup provides an AI-powered enterprise communication platform that delivers targeted messages to dispersed workforces across shifts and locations to improve employee engagement, retention, and business outcomes.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHR Tech
Gian Fulgoni(Director)Scott Irwin(Director)Karen Francis(Director)Bong Suh(Executive Officer)Russell Fradin(Executive Officer, Director)Ajay Chopra(Director)
AWS Elemental provides cloud-based and on-premises media services for video processing, encoding, and delivery at scale.
Cloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareMedia & EntertainmentShelby Township, US
Susanne Wroblewski(Member and Manager)Emily Austin(Member and Manager)Haley Rusicka(Member and Manager)
EliseAI applies artificial intelligence to streamline operations in housing and healthcare, two industries historically resistant to technological transformation.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechPropTechSaaSNew York, US
Minna Song(Co-founder and CEO)Stoyan Stoyanov(Executive Officer, Director)Andrew Korn(Executive Officer)Kamil Sindi(Director)
BoardLouis Schotsky(Director)Jo Ann Corkran(Director)
FabFitFun is a subscription box service that delivers curated full-size products to customers on a seasonal basis, with customization options.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerWellness & FitnessBeverly Hills, US
Michael Broukhim(Executive Officer, Director)Daniel Broukhim(Executive Officer, Director)
FalconX is a digital assets prime brokerage providing institutional clients with 24/7 access to liquidity and capital solutions through proprietary technology designed for risk management in volatile markets.
Crypto & Web3Fintech<UNKNOWN>, US
Raghu YarlagaddainAustin ReidinSuzy WaltherinBrian CristinVanessa ZhanginShekhar Kirani(Executive Officer, Director)
Forescout provides cyber-physical systems security and network access control solutions for IoT, OT, and medical device environments.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareIoTMedical DevicesPlano, US
Barry Mainz(Chief Executive Officer)Rob Gillespie(Chief Financial Officer)Rob Amezcua(Chief Revenue Officer)J.P. Asta(Chief Customer Officer)Edward Brown(Chief Legal Officer)Justin Foster(Chief Technology Officer)
Function Health provides routine whole-body lab testing, advanced imaging, and access to top doctors to help individuals achieve preventive health awareness and disease avoidance.
Digital HealthHealthtechWellness & Fitness
Mark Hyman, M.D.(CMO)Mark Hyman(CMO)
Fundbox provides fast, flexible capital access to small businesses through technology-driven lending solutions.
Fintech
Prashant Fuloria(Chief Executive Officer)inRina Jariwala(Chief Operations Officer)inAnchit Singh(Chief Business Officer)inRenuka Nayani(Chief Financial Officer)inTodd Hamblet(Chief Legal Officer)inOfer Karp(Chief Technology Officer)in
Gainsight provides a customer intelligence platform for revenue and sales teams that helps identify and prevent revenue leakage, optimize renewal processes, and identify expansion opportunities within existing customer bases.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales Tech
Hammerspace offers a data platform that unifies unstructured data across disparate storage silos, on-premises data centers, and public clouds (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI) into a single global file system to make data available for AI workflows and GPU clusters.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & Infrastructure
San Francisco, US
Scott Raney(Director)Robin Vasan(Director)Mitchell Hashimoto(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Armon Dadgar(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)David McJannet(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardGlenn Solomon(Director)
Hidden Level develops advanced RF (radio frequency) sensing technology for defense, aviation, and intelligence applications.
Data & InfrastructureDeep TechDefense TechGovTechHardwareSyracuse, US
Brad Garber(Executive Officer)Suzanne Spaulding(Director)Gary Dominicos(Executive Officer)Tim Graham(Executive Officer)Randy Glein(Director)Buddy Arnheim(Director)
Higgsfield is a platform for creating and generating visual content, including images, videos, and cinematic scenes using AI models.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyMedia & EntertainmentLos Gatos, US
Alex Mashrabov(Founder & CEO)inAleksandr Mashrabov(Executive Officer, Director)Yerzat Dulat(Executive Officer, Director)
Hippocratic AI develops generative AI agents designed for healthcare delivery, working with hospital systems, health plans, and life sciences companies to support clinical decision-making and patient care.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtech
Munjal Shah(Chief Executive Officer, Co-founder)inDr. Meenesh Bhimani(Chief Medical Officer, co-founder)inVishal Parikh(Chief Product Officer, Co-founder)inSubho Mukherjee(Chief Science Officer, Co-founder)in
Hologram provides global IoT connectivity solutions that simplify device management and reduce costs for businesses deploying internet-connected devices across multiple countries.
HardwareIoTSaaSChicago, US
Benjamin Forgan(Executive Officer, Director)Patrick Wilbur(Executive Officer, Director)Anne Rosen(Executive Officer)
BoardNick Solaro(Director)
HotelTonight is an online marketplace offering discounted last-minute hotel bookings across thousands of properties in major cities and destinations worldwide.
ConsumerMarketplacesTravel & HospitalitySan Francisco, US
Roger Lee(Director)Brian O'Malley(Director)Jared Simon(Director)Sam Shank(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Amy Bohutinsky(Director)Howard Love(Director)
Huntress provides enterprise-grade cybersecurity solutions designed for businesses of all sizes, focusing on threat detection and response to protect organizations against hackers.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareColumbia, US
Ernie Bio(Director)Kyle R. Hanslovan(Executive Officer, Director)Christopher D. Bisnett(Executive Officer, Director)Suken Vakil(Director)Marcos E. Torres(Executive Officer)
Imperfect Produce is a grocery delivery service that sources surplus, cosmetically imperfect, and overstocked food items directly from farmers and producers, then delivers them at discounted prices to consumers.
Circular EconomyFoodTech
Fin (formerly Intercom) is an AI-powered customer agent platform that handles customer service, sales, and ecommerce interactions for over 30,000 companies.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSDublin, IE
Eoghan McCabe(Co-founder & CEO)Des Traynor(Co-founder & Chief Strategy Officer)Ciaran Lee(Chief Engineer & Co-founder)David Barrett(Co-founder)
Jasper provides an AI-powered platform for marketers and creators to generate and refine content.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSAustin, US
Chris Hull(Founder/Vice President of Customer Success)inJP Morgan(Founder/CTO)inDave Rogenmoser(Founder)inJohn Philip Morgan(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Shane Orlick(Executive Officer)Jeffrey Horing(Director)
Kong builds an API and AI connectivity platform that manages the complete lifecycle of APIs across any cloud environment.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Augusto Marietti(Chief Executive Officer & Co-founder)Marco Palladino(Chief Technology Officer & Co-founder)Chirag Shah(Executive Officer)
BoardDevdutt Yellurkar(Director)Mike Volpi(Director)Martin Casado(Director)
Looker is an AI-powered business intelligence platform that combines conversational analytics, semantic modeling, and Google Cloud integration to transform raw data into governed, actionable insights for enterprises.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSanta Cruz, US
William Trenchard(Director)Frank Bien(Executive Officer, Director)Tomasz Tunguz(Director)Lloyd Tabb(Executive Officer, Director)Joseph Moran(Executive Officer)Marc Randolph(Director)
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Founders Circle Capital invest at?
- Founders Circle Capital invests at the Growth, Late Stage stages.
- What sectors does Founders Circle Capital focus on?
- Founders Circle Capital focuses on Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Founders Circle Capital located?
- Founders Circle Capital is headquartered in San Francisco, US.
- Does Founders Circle Capital lead rounds?
- Founders Circle Capital typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
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Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm that partners with founders to build technology companies, with a strong current focus on artificial intelligence.
Redpoint Ventures is a venture capital firm established in 1999 by former partners from leading venture firms, focusing on early-stage technology companies across multiple sectors. The firm leverages its partners' technology investment experience and an extensive network of entrepreneurs and industry contacts to support portfolio company growth.
CRV (Charles River Ventures) is an early-stage venture capital firm that backs founders at the seed and Series A stages, with a long history of investing since 1970.
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