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Founder Collective

Founder Collective

Founder Collective's mission is to build the most aligned VC fund for Founders at the seed stage.

  • Use: Go2Market;
  • Date closing: -
  • Amount: 1M € - 2.0M €
  • Industry focus: All
  • Total budget: 85M €
  • Entity type: Venture Capital
  • Vertical focus: All
  • Website: http://www.foundercollective.com/
  • Status:
    Open
  • Funding type: Equity investment;
  • Geographic focus: United States of America;
  • Public/Private: Private
  • Stage focus: Seed;
  • Applicant target: Startup;

Overview

Founder Collective is a seed-stage venture capital fund that helps entrepreneurs build their businesses.

Founder Collective has raised a total of $270M across 4 funds, their latest being Founder Collective IV. This fund was announced on May 21, 2020 and raised a total of $85M.

From the beginning of Founder Collective, they’ve done two kinds of investing, $1 million to $2 million checks, where they lead and take a board seat, and around $400,000 investments. There has been an average valuation rise over the last five years, but they’ve tried to stay disciplined.

Founder Collective invests primarily in four geographies: New York, Boston, the Bay Area and Southern California. That said, they’ve invested in startups as far afield as Nigeria, South Korea and Israel, and genuinely unusual places like Wisconsin, Winnipeg and Boise.

 

Portfolio: Agni, Alyce, Brella, Burner.

Last updated on 2022-12-19 11:58

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