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                Our mission is to build the most aligned VC fund for Founders at the seed stage.

                As we've pursued this goal we've been fortunate to back hundreds of startups.

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          Here’s What We Believe

          1

          Founder Collective is a partner from idea to IPO

          The partners at Founder Collective have all built and sold technology companies. Our goal is to make Founder Collective the firm we wish had existed when we were starting out. Venture capital is a dangerous commodity – we provide an instruction manual.

          2

          Great startups practice efficient entrepreneurship

          We believe entrepreneurs should try to raise as little money as possible to accelerate their businesses, while preserving ownership. Startups don’t have to raise billions to be worth billions—a point proven by The Trade Desk which raised just $22.5M in VC before earning a billion dollar IPO.

          3

          The future belongs to the weird & wonderful

          Founder Collective is deliberately anti-thematic. We don’t have a thesis, but when Embark showed us the future of doggy DNA, we couldn’t resist. Visionary founders have shown us that the weird use cases of today can become the hot themes of tomorrow.

          4

          Organic venture capital is rare – and valuable

          We invest for the seed-stage which means when it comes time to raising the next round we are fully-aligned with the founding team. We have structured the firm to be as aligned with the entrepreneur's financial interests as possible – at our short-term expense. We’re founders first, financiers second.

          We’re our own biggest investors

          Our mission is to be the most aligned fund for founders at the seed stage. Everyone on the investment team has started a company and understands the ups and downs of entrepreneurship.

              David Frankel

              General Partner

              Eric Paley

              General Partner

              Micah Rosenbloom

              General Partner

              Amanda Herson

              General Partner

              Brent Willess

              Principal

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          News

          Boston Globe: Tech Power Players 50

          Greg Huang | Boston Globe

          The Seed 100: The best early-stage investors of 2024

          Melia Russell | Insider

          2024 Forbes Midas List: FC General Partner David Frankel Ranked #15

          Alex Konrad | Forbes

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