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Founder Collective

Venture Capital · Founded 2009 · Cambridge, United States

#24 Investor Ranking 2026 Top 0.5% of investors worldwide

Massachusetts-based seed-stage venture capital fund that helps entrepreneurs build their businesses

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327 Portfolio companies+20% in 5 years
27 Unicorns
5 Decacorns
498 Investments
Apr 2026 Last investment
01 · Knowledge graph
News Verascient raises $1.2M pre-seed to build enterprise AI infrastructure Aug 24, 2026 News Reservoir raises $8M seed round for smart heat pump water heaters Aug 12, 2026
02 · Biggest holdings

Founder Collective’s biggest current holdings.

The most valuable companies Founder Collective still holds, ordered by Dealroom’s latest valuation. Companies that have been acquired or gone public are in Exits instead. Dealroom has no parsed shareholder register for Founder Collective, so the size of each stake isn’t shown.

#CompanyValuation
  1. 1 Shield AIDecacorn · Robotics · USA $12.7B
  2. 2 WhoopDecacorn · Health · USA $10.1B
  3. 3 VerkadaUnicorn · Security · USA $5.8B
  4. 4 SunoUnicorn · Music · USA $5.4B
  5. 5 SocureUnicorn · Security · USA $4.5B
  6. 6 AndelaUnicorn · Education · USA $1.5B
  7. 7 TalosUnicorn · Fintech · USA $1.5B
  8. 8 Tulip InterfacesUnicorn · Enterprise Software · USA $1.3B
  9. 9 KaratUnicorn · Jobs Recruitment · USA $1.1B
  10. 10 SeatGeekUnicorn · Media · USA $1.0B
  11. 11 MotorwayUnicorn · Transportation · UK $1.0B
  12. 12 PantheonUnicorn · Hosting · USA $1.0B

Unicorns and thoroughbreds Founder Collective has backed and still holds, at Dealroom’s latest valuation. Founder Collective also appears inside investor groups in Airtable, Socure, where a standalone stake isn’t disclosed. See the underlying shareholder registers on Dealroom →

03 · Exits

Founder Collective’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 Founder Collective’s transaction record.

Uber
$82B IPO · 2019
Entered SeedNow $163BFood
Coupang
$60B IPO · 2021
Entered SeedNow $29BFashion
McAfee
$8.6B IPO · 2020
Entered Series ANow $14BSecurity
The Trade Desk
$1.1B IPO · 2016
Entered SeedNow $5.4BMarketing
OLO
$3.5B IPO · 2021
Entered Series ANow $1.4BFood
Integral Ad Science
$3.3B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $1.6BMedia
Riskified
$3.3B IPO · 2021
Entered SeedNow $463MSecurity
OpenGov
$1.8B acquisition · 2024
Entered Series AFintech
Stack Overflow
$1.8B acquisition · 2021
Entered Series AMedia
Nazara Technologies
IPO · 2021
Now $1.8BGaming
BuzzFeed
$1.5B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $130MMedia
Airtable
$1.3B acquisition · 2026
Entered SeedEnterprise Software
04 · Portfolio analysis

Where Founder Collective’s portfolio is concentrated.

Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 327 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.

By countryCount
  1. USA336
  2. UK12
  3. India8
  4. Canada7
  5. Israel7
  6. South Africa2
  7. Australia1
  8. Brazil1
  9. China1
  10. Finland1
  11. Germany1
  12. Ireland1
By sectorCount
  1. Enterprise Software82
  2. Fintech52
  3. Media49
  4. Marketing40
  5. Health32
  6. Education24
  7. Food21
  8. Fashion19
  9. Telecom19
  10. Security18
  11. Real Estate16
  12. Transportation16
By stage enteredCount
  1. Seed228
  2. Series A87
  3. Series B+13
By growth stageCount
  1. Early Growth189
  2. Breakout Stage130
  3. Late Growth62
  4. Mature3
05 · Portfolio market map

Inside Founder Collective’s portfolio.

The 60 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 327 tracked.

Uber
Food · Centicorn
$163B
Cruise
Robotics
$850M
Coupang
Fashion · Decacorn
$29B
Shield AI
Robotics · Decacorn
$13B
Airtable
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$1.3B
Whoop
Health · Decacorn
$10B
Suno
Music · Unicorn
$5.4B
Socure
Security · Unicorn
$4.5B
BuzzFeed
Media
$130M
Verkada
Security · Unicorn
$5.8B
Omada Health
Health · Unicorn
$1.2B
Desktop Metal
Media
$275M
SeatGeek
Media · Unicorn
$1.0B
Andela
Education · Unicorn
$1.5B
Foodsmart
Health
$144M
Motorway
Transportation · Unicorn
$1.0B
Tulip Interfaces
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$1.3B
Transfix
Transportation
$250M
thredUP
Fashion
$420M
Riskified
Security
$463M
Trusted Health
Jobs Recruitment
$376M
OpenGov
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.8B
Stack Overflow
Media · Unicorn
$1.8B
Skillshare
Education
$264M
Pantheon
Hosting · Unicorn
$1.0B
Optimizely
Marketing
$200M
Talos
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.5B
OLO
Food · Unicorn
$1.4B
Higharc
Real Estate
$380M
True Fit Corporation
Fashion
$275M
Karat
Jobs Recruitment · Unicorn
$1.1B
WorkJam
Enterprise Software
$200M
Kasa Living
Travel
$280M
Sift
Security · Unicorn
$1.0B
Drift
Marketing
$240M
Simply
Music · Unicorn
$1.0B
Lovevery
Education
$800M
Dia&Co
Fashion
$280M
Truework
Fintech
$250M
Twill
Health
$292M
NS1
Hosting
$160M
HotelTonight
Travel
$463M
TetraScience
Health
$320M
Plated
Food
$200M
Rebag
Fashion
$132M
JuliaHub
Enterprise Software
$260M
Adentro
Food
$51M
Zolve
Fintech
$204M
Factual
Marketing
$168M
Artsy
Media
$225M
Revolution Space
Space
$84M
CompStak
Real Estate
$200M
Spring
Fashion
$260M
Flatfile
Transportation
$200M
PillPack
Health · Unicorn
$1.0B
Uptycs
Legal
$200M
Embark Veterinary
Health
$700M
Codecademy
Education
$160M
Replicated
Enterprise Software
$200M
Levels
Health
$300M
06 · Portfolio founders

Where Founder Collective’s portfolio founders come from.

186 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 States144
  2. United Kingdom9
  3. Israel5
  4. India3
  5. Australia2
  6. Canada2
  7. France2
  8. Argentina1
  9. China1
  10. Peru1
UniversityCount
  1. Harvard University22
  2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology21
  3. Harvard Business School12
  4. Stanford University7
  5. Columbia University6
  6. Cornell University5
  7. Duke University5
  8. Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania5
  9. Babson College4
  10. Princeton University4
Previous companyCount
  1. Microsoft8
  2. Alphabet | Google7
  3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology7
  4. IBM5
  5. Harvard University4
  6. Bain & Company3
  7. Chegg3
  8. Cheggindia3
  9. Goldman Sachs3
  10. Kensho Technologies3
07 · Similar investors

Similar investors.

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

500 Global
Venture Capital · Palo Alto
#431 rank 2,321 companies $284B portfolio
SV Angel
Venture Capital · San Francisco
#109 rank 986 companies $3.7T portfolio
Sequoia
Venture Capital · Menlo Park
#3 rank 1,921 companies $23T portfolio
Techstars
Accelerator · New York City
#855 rank 2,278 companies $249B portfolio
Y Combinator
Accelerator · San Francisco
#62 rank 7,127 companies $1.9T portfolio
Accel
Venture Capital · Palo Alto
#32 rank 1,156 companies $2.9T portfolio
NEA
Venture Capital · Menlo Park
#36 rank 1,186 companies $2.5T portfolio
Plug and Play
Venture Capital · Sunnyvale
#410 rank 1,576 companies $290B portfolio
08 · Key people

Key people at Founder Collective.

Jack Groetzinger
Jack Groetzinger
Founder
 Noah Glass
Noah Glass
Founder
 Raj De Datta
Raj De Datta
Founder
 David Frankel
David Frankel
Managing Partner
 Eric Paley
Eric Paley
Managing Partner
 Micah Rosenbloom
Micah Rosenbloom
Managing Partner
 Chris Dixon
Chris Dixon
Founder
 Nadia Boujarwah
Nadia Boujarwah
Founder
Source: Dealroom next-gen API — investor team endpoint.