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Investor profile

Foundation Capital

Venture Capital · Founded 1995 · Palo Alto, United States

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Early-stage venture capital for transformative technology startups

378 portfolio companies Venture Capital · $15B invested · 717 investments · Investor rank #171 · Last investment 7/2026
Portfolio companies ↑ 23% 5y
378
Decacorns
5
Thoroughbreds
21
Exits

Foundation Capital’s biggest exits.

Portfolio companies that IPO’d or were acquired at $1B+, with the valuation recorded at exit and — for those still public — their value today. Exit events come from each company’s funding-round history; entry stage from Foundation Capital’s transaction record.

Netflix
$309M IPO · 2002
Entered Series B+Now $296BMedia
Uber
$82B IPO · 2019
Entered Series B+Now $154BFood
Cerebras Systems
$40B IPO · 2026
Entered Series ANow $38BSemiconductors
Sunrun
$1.4B IPO · 2015
Entered Series ANow $17BReal Estate
LendingClub
$5.4B IPO · 2014
Entered Series B+Now $1.5BFintech
Engage
IPO · 1999
Entered SeedNow $3.4BMedia
Financial Engines
$470M IPO · 2010
Entered Series ANow $3.0BFintech
ForgeRock
$2.0B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $1.8BSecurity
Azure Power
$14M IPO · 2016
Entered Series ANow $1.7BEnergy
Venafi
$1.5B acquisition · 2024
Entered Series B+Security
Responsys
$492M IPO · 2011
Entered Series ANow $1.5BMarketing
OnDeck
$1.3B IPO · 2014
Entered Series B+Now $90MFintech
Portfolio analysis

Where Foundation Capital's portfolio is concentrated.

Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 378 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.

By countryCount
  1. USA326
  2. UK9
  3. Mexico8
  4. Israel7
  5. Canada6
  6. India4
  7. Cuba3
  8. Germany3
  9. Australia2
  10. Brazil2
  11. Colombia2
  12. Netherlands2
By sectorCount
  1. Enterprise Software96
  2. Fintech90
  3. Security37
  4. Media35
  5. Marketing32
  6. Health23
  7. Energy15
  8. Semiconductors14
  9. Telecom14
  10. Food13
  11. Transportation13
  12. Education12
By stage enteredCount
  1. Seed162
  2. Series A122
  3. Series B+91
By growth stageCount
  1. Breakout Stage169
  2. Early Growth127
  3. Late Growth77
  4. Mature5
Portfolio market map

Inside Foundation Capital's portfolio.

The 60 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 378 tracked.

Uber
Food · Centicorn
$154B
Cerebras Systems
Semiconductors · Decacorn
$38B
Rappi
Food · Unicorn
$5.2B
Cohesity
Security · Unicorn
$7.0B
Graphcore
Semiconductors · Unicorn
$2.4B
Deem
Travel · Unicorn
$1.6B
Doma
Fintech
$89M
Current
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.5B
Bolt Threads
Fashion
$250M
Fair
Transportation
$19M
OpenSea
Fintech · Decacorn
$13B
Eightfold
Education · Unicorn
$2.1B
Solana
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.3B
Loft Orbital
Space · Unicorn
$1.1B
Addi
Fintech
$340M
LendingClub
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.5B
Internet Brands | CarsDirect.com
Health · Unicorn
$1.1B
Silver Spring Networks
Energy
$830M
Sunrun
Real Estate · Decacorn
$17B
Jüsto
Food
$760M
Transphorm
Energy
$323M
Visier
Jobs Recruitment · Unicorn
$1.0B
Anyscale
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$1.0B
Genies
Media · Unicorn
$1.0B
Branch International
Fintech
$700M
D2iQ
Hosting
$500M
Turing
Jobs Recruitment · Unicorn
$2.2B
Aquion Energy
Energy
$132M
Kiavi
Fintech
$717M
Nowports
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.1B
Rival
Jobs Recruitment
$56M
ForgeRock
Security · Unicorn
$1.8B
Branch Financial
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.1B
OnDeck
Fintech
$90M
Auxmoney
Fintech
$825M
VidMob
Media
$500M
Binance US
Fintech · Unicorn
$4.5B
Solarflare Communications
Security
$20M
Lyric
Travel
$640M
League
Health
$380M
Venafi
Security · Unicorn
$1.5B
MobileIron
Security
$872M
Framer
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$2.0B
Autogrid
Energy
$340M
Tennr
Health
$605M
Beepi
Telecom
$280M
Health IQ
Health
Serious Energy
Energy
$12M
Arize AI
Enterprise Software
$280M
Vertos Medical
Health
$140M
Motif Investing
Fintech
$160M
Jasper AI
Media · Unicorn
$1.5B
Fortanix
Security
$360M
Kik
Media · Unicorn
$1.0B
SiBEAM
Semiconductors
$26M
Control4
Home Living
$680M
XMOS
Semiconductors
$76M
ACCO Semiconductor
Telecom
$140M
SafelyYou
Health
$172M
Corsha
Security
$72M
Portfolio founders

Where Foundation Capital's portfolio founders come from.

159 founders across the 100 highest-funded portfolio companies — by current location, university attended, and the companies they worked at before founding. Sourced from the founder records the API links to each portfolio company.

LocationCount
  1. United States120
  2. Canada5
  3. United Kingdom5
  4. Colombia3
  5. Germany3
  6. Mexico2
  7. Netherlands2
  8. Argentina1
  9. Australia1
  10. Brazil1
UniversityCount
  1. Stanford University13
  2. University of California, Berkeley12
  3. Stanford University Graduate School of Business9
  4. Harvard Business School6
  5. Dartmouth College5
  6. Harvard University5
  7. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay4
  8. The University of the Andes4
  9. Cornell University3
  10. Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi3
Previous companyCount
  1. Alphabet | Google8
  2. Microsoft7
  3. Meta5
  4. Y Combinator5
  5. Modesat4
  6. Apple3
  7. Boston Consulting Group3
  8. Bridgewater Associates3
  9. IBM3
  10. Procter & Gamble3
How Foundation Capital stacks up

Similar investors.

Peers the API surfaces as most similar by portfolio shape, with Dealroom investor rank and portfolio scale.

Sequoia
Venture Capital · Menlo Park
#3 rank 1,918 companies $23T portfolio
Andreessen Horowitz
Venture Capital · Menlo Park
#2 rank 1,186 companies $4.6T portfolio
Y Combinator
Accelerator · San Francisco
#64 rank 7,063 companies $1.9T portfolio
SV Angel
Venture Capital · San Francisco
#120 rank 983 companies $3.9T portfolio
Bessemer Venture Partners
Venture Capital · San Francisco
#54 rank 847 companies $1.9T portfolio
Accel
Venture Capital · Palo Alto
#32 rank 1,156 companies $3.1T portfolio
Kleiner Perkins
Venture Capital · Menlo Park
#51 rank 775 companies $8.4T portfolio
500 Global
Venture Capital · Palo Alto
#433 rank 2,321 companies $292B portfolio
Key people

Key people at Foundation Capital.

Bill Elmore
Bill Elmore
Founder
 Paul Holland
Paul Holland
General Partner
 Warren Weiss
Warren Weiss
General Partner
 Charles Moldow
Charles Moldow
General Partner
 Aditya Singh
Aditya Singh
Partner
 Ashu Garg
Ashu Garg
General Partner
 Joanne Chen
Joanne Chen
General Partner
 Zach Noorani
Zach Noorani
Partner
 Sid Trivedi
Sid Trivedi
Partner
 Jaya Gupta
Jaya Gupta
Director
 Gracie Zaro
Gracie Zaro
Partner
 Matthew Nay
Matthew Nay
Partner
Source: Dealroom next-gen API — investor team endpoint.
Every figure on this page is sourced live from the Dealroom next-gen API. Sections v1 shows that the API does not yet expose — shareholding-based holdings, Power-Law rankings & vintage time-series, entity-filtered news, and market sentiment — are omitted here rather than sourced elsewhere.