Founder Collective
Founder Collective
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Stage
Seed
Type
Micro VC
Description
Each Founder Collective partner has founded and sold a technology company. The company we wish had existed when we first started out is what we hope to create with Founder Collective. We offer a user guide for managing the risky commodity known as venture capital. The company believes that in order to advance their firms and maintain control, entrepreneurs should aim to raise the least amount of money possible.
Founder Collective was established on May 22, 2009 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Mission
Our mission is to build the most aligned VC fund for Founders at the seed stage. Founder Collective is focused on helping the next generation of great entrepreneurs build important and lasting businesses. Founder Collective focuses on technology-driven companies across a broad range of industries.
Beauty Investments #
1
Primary Sector
Beauty Exits #
- 0
Last Beauty Invest
Aug, 2019-Hawthorne-$22.2M
BEAUTY PORTFOLIO
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At Founder Collective, we live and die by our seed investments. We invest in your company because we think you’re going to build something important. We don’t invest to buy ourselves optionality for a later round. As seed investors, we’re conviction driven and avoid protracted decision-making and unnecessary diligence. We dilute alongside our founders over time. So we have the same incentives as our founders to increase the value of the company in future financings. |
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IMPERATIVE: CULTURE & VALUES
willingness
respect
empathy
TBD
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BEAUTY FUNDER FIT SCORE
Resources
Education
Accelerator
Network
1:1
2.55/10
*This score calculates the likelihood of any beauty brand getting funded by the investor. The score gives weights to number of beauty investments, recency of beauty investment, number of beauty exits, inclusivity inclination, resources offered, etc.
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LEAD DETAILS
JUMP CONCLUSION
Founder Collective targets early-stage technology companies, focusing on innovative solutions across industries from seed to series A stages. They invest mainly in U.S. tech hubs like New York, California, and Massachusetts, as well as internationally. Ideal candidates are early-stage startups in software, AI, and IT infrastructure, with strong scalability potential and situated in vibrant tech ecosystems.