Register | Login or

General Information

Websitefoundercollective...
Twitter@fcollective
Email
Employees7
Founded5/09
DescriptionSeed Stage Fund

Funds

Unknown, 11/09 $40M

Offices

New York Office
54 W. 21st
St #1001
New York, NY, 10010
USA
Cambridge Office
1 Mifflin Place
Cambridge, MA, 02138
USA

People

Founder Partner
Founder Partner
Founder Investor
Founder Partner
Managing Partner
Founder Partner
Founder Partner
Founder Partner
Show All People

Tags

Founder Collective

Founder Collective is a seed-stage venture capital fund, built by a collection of successful entrepreneurs. They are headquartered in New York City and Cambridge, but make investments all over the world.

Milestones

Investments

Company Date Round Size Participants
Paddle8 2/12Series A$4M1
Ridejoy 1/12Seed$1.3M6
Hackruiter 1/12Unattributed$200k2
Custora 1/12Angel$850k7
ifttt 1/12Seed$1.5M13
Tutorspree 12/11Unattributed$1M5
CustomMade.com 11/11Series A$2.1M8
HALL.com 10/11Seed$580k2
Top10 9/11Series A$3.5M4
AI Exchange 9/11Unattributed$1.5M4
Moat 8/11Angel$1.5M7
Read It Later 7/11Series A$2.5M4
Contently 7/11Debt$335k2
Coursekit 6/11Seed$1M8
Gobble 5/11Unattributed$1.2M13
Gigwalk 5/11Seed$1.7M6
COLOURlovers 5/11Unattributed$1M7
Skillshare 5/11Angel$550k9
Extension Entertainment 4/11Seed$750k4
Listia 4/11Unattributed$1.75M8
Zencoder 4/11Series A$2M13
Chirply 4/11Seed$1.1M18
A Bit Lucky 3/11Unattributed$5M5
BoostCTR 3/11Seed$1.64M6
BackType 3/11Seed$1M8
Breezy 3/11Angel$750k7
Uber 2/11Unattributed$11M6
Ignighter 2/11Series A$3M8
GraphEffect 2/11Series A$2M8
Pose.com 1/11Unattributed$1.6M3
GroupMe 1/11Series B$10.6M7
Art.sy 11/10Angel$1.25M14
Svpply 11/10Seed$550k5
Shareable Ink 11/10Series A$4.5M3
BaubleBar 11/10Series A$1.1M7
FanBridge 11/10Series A$2M8
Uber 10/10Angel$1.25M15
SeatGeek 10/10Series A$550k6
ADstruc 9/10Seed$1.1M8
Harvest Automation 9/10Series A$1.3M1
Votizen 9/10Unattributed$1.5M13
Chartbeat 9/10Seed$3M12
Pantheon 9/10Seed$1.3M7
Greplin 8/10Seed$700k9
SavingStar 8/10Series A$2.3M7
SeatGeek 7/10Series A$1M2
Ze Frank Games 7/10Seed$500k11
thredUP 7/10Unattributed$1.4M3
AdSafe Media 7/10Series B$7.25M3
Tello 6/10Seed$1M11
Metamarkets 6/10Seed$2.5M14
Giiv 6/10Series A$3.35M4
BillGuard 5/10Series A$3M6
Blockboard 5/10Seed$1M8
Extension Entertainment 5/10Seed$500k4
Canvas Networks 5/10Seed$625k5
BuzzFeed 5/10Series B$8M7
Venmo 5/10Seed$1.2M8
Contagious Media 5/10Series B$8M5
ReadyForce 3/10Series A$12.2M4
The Trade Desk 3/10Series A$2.5M3
A Bit Lucky 3/10Debt$2.6M6
betaworks 3/10Series B$20M13
Posterous 3/10Series A$4.4M8
Vook 2/10Seed$2.5M5
Factual 2/10Seed$1M14
About.me 12/09Seed$425k8
DealBase Corporation 5/09Seed$1M2
Vaultive 1/09Angel$1M3
2bkco 1/00Angel6

Videos

Sources

  1. Mass High Tech (masshightech.com) [edit]
  2. Founder Collective Makes A $4 Million Bet On Paddle8′s Online Marketplace For Fine Art (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  3. Social Ridesharing Startup Ridejoy Raises $1.3M From Freestyle Capital, Lerer Ventures And Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  4. SV Angel And Founder Collective Give Hackruiter $200K For Its Hacker School (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  5. SV Angel, Founder Collective And Others Put $850K In Customer Retention SaaS Custora (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  6. IFTTT, A Glue Gun For Sticking The Web Together, Raises $1.5M Seed Round From Top Investors (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  7. Tutorspree Raises $1 Million Round Led By Sequoia Capital (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  8. Google Ventures And First Round Drop $2.1 Million Into Custom Marketplace CustomMade (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  9. HALL.com Raises $580K From Founder’s Collective And Others To Transform Realtime Collaboration (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  10. Social Recommendation Platform Top10 Raises $3.5M From Accel Partners, Idealab, Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  11. AI Exchange Raises $1.5M in Venture Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
  12. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  13. Read It Later Raises $2.5 Million, Wants To Become The Dropbox Of Content (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  14. Contently Raises Seed Capital To Give Writers And Publishers An Alternative To Content Farms (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  15. Penn Students Leave School to Launch CourseKit With $1 Million Seed Round (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  16. Marketplace For Home-Cooked Food Gobble Raises $1.2M From Founder Collective, Greylock And Other Angels (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  17. Gigwalk Launches the First On-Demand Mobile Workforce; Receives $1.7M in Seed Funding From Harrison Metal, SoftTech VC and Greylock Discovery Fund (gigwalk.com) [edit]
  18. COLOURlovers Raises $1 Million To Make Everyone An Artist (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  19. SEC (sec.gov) [edit]
  20. Social Jukebox exfm Raises $750,000 For Its Music Discovery And Sharing Extension (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  21. Andreessen Horowitz Leads $1.75M Round In Freebie Marketplace Listia (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  22. Updated: Zencoder Raises $2M for Video Encoding in the Cloud (gigaom.com) [edit]
  23. Crowd-Sourced Design Startup Chirply Raises $1.1 Million, Launches Redesign (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  24. Social Game Developer A Bit Lucky Scores $5M From Nexon (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  25. The Demand Media of Search Engine Marketing, BoostCTR, Raises $1.6 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  26. Social Analytics Platform BackType Raises a Cool Million in Funding (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  27. Breezy Gets $750K From Accel And Others, To Advance Its Mobile Printing Platform (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  28. Huge Vote Of Confidence: Uber Raises $11 million From Benchmark Capital (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  29. Group Dating Startup Ignighter Raises $3 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  30. GraphEffect Raises $2 Million To Increase Brand “Likes” On Facebook (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  31. Pose: A Photo Sharing App For Fashion And Shopping That Just Raised $1.6 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  32. techcrunch.com [edit]
  33. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  34. Svpply is a Social Shopping Site With a Funny Name, Good Buzz and a New Funding Round (mediamemo.allthingsd.com) [edit]
  35. Shareable Ink Closes $4.5M Series A Financing Round (finsmes.com) [edit]
  36. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  37. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  38. UberCab raises $1.25M to end your futile search for taxis (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  39. SeatGeek Secures A Deal With The Wall Street Journal And $550k In Funding (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  40. ADstruc, A Marketplace For Outdoor Advertising, Closes $1.1 Million Series A Round (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  41. Harvest Automation Secures Additional Funding and Adds Prominent CEOs of iRobot and Kiva Systems to Advisory Board (harvestautomation.com) [edit]
  42. Votizen Raises $1.5 Million To Make Sure Government Representatives Hear Your Voice (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  43. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  44. Backed With $1.3 Million, Pantheon Launches Drupal-Based Web Development Platform (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  45. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  46. Digital Couponing Startup SaveWave Scores $2.3M From Leading Investors (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  47. TC50 Finalist SeatGeek Closes $1 Million Series A Round, Partners With Nielsen (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  48. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  49. Kids Clothing Swap ThredUP Raises $1.4M From Trinity Ventures, Founder Collective And Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  50. AdSafe Media Raises $7.25 Million For Brand Verification Platform (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  51. Photographic Evidence Of Stealth Startup Tello Raising $100k (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  52. TechCrunch: Metamarkets Funding (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  53. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  54. BillGuard Raises $3M To Track Hidden Fees, Billing Errors On Credit Card Bills (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  55. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  56. Extension Entertainment Inc. Launches ExtensionFM: A Chrome Extension That Turns The Entire Web Into Your Personal Music Library (blog.extension.fm) [edit]
  57. SEC D (sec.gov) [edit]
  58. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  59. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  60. Cap Funding Report [edit]
  61. ReadyForce Raises $12.2M For On-Demand Workers (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
  62. The Trade Desk CEO Green Announces Funding And Investors (adexchanger.com) [edit]
  63. SEC D (sec.gov) [edit]
  64. Investors listed on company site (betaworks.com) [edit]
  65. Citation Needed [add]
  66. Vook Announces $2.5 Million in Seed Financing (marketwire.com) [edit]
  67. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  68. techcrunch.com [edit]
  69. DealBase Raises $1 Million In Angel Funding (paidcontent.org) [edit]
  70. Citation Needed [add]
  71. Citation Needed [add]
Edit This Page
Last Edited 2/8/12

Revision History RSS Picture

Sharing

Share this page on Twitter or Facebook:
Or copy this code to embed a widget: customize »

TechCrunch Posts TechCrunch Logo Small Picture

Techmeme Posts Techmeme Logo Small Picture

External Links

CrunchBase API

Sponsors



Become a Sponsor
Terms of Service | Privacy Policy | Licensing Policy