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Founder's Co-op

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Founder’s Co-op, based in Seattle, Washington, is a venture fund launched in March 2008 which focuses on seed funding to startup companies in software and web-based services. It offers financing as well as business advice and other opportunities to 2-4 person companies looking to take a great idea to a product. The initial fund size was $2 million.

Founder’s Co-op provides seed investments ranging from $10,000 to $250,000, depending on the needs of the company receiving funding. In addition to simply receiving seed funding, every founder (or founding team) is asked to contribute 5% of the equity in their company to the Founders Pool. In exchange, the founders receive an ownership stake in every other company funded by the Co-op in that calendar year. This pooled equity interest among Founders creates a tangible incentive to share ideas, information and support with other Founders Co-op companies.

The entity was founded by Andy Sack and Chris DeVore.

Milestones

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  Founder's Co-op invested in Unbounce. (12/1/11)
  Posted 12/1/11 at 7:14pm via finsmes.com
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  Founder's Co-op invested in Clipboard. (11/7/11)
  Posted 11/8/11 at 11:00am via techcrunch.com
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  Founder's Co-op invested in Apsalar. (9/13/11)
  Posted 9/13/11 at 4:16am via techcrunch.com
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  Founder's Co-op invested in Giant Thinkwell. (4/15/11)
  Posted 8/17/11 at 12:04pm via geekwire.com
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  Founder's Co-op invested in AppFog. (8/10/11)
  Posted 8/11/11 at 5:19am via gigaom.com
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  Founder's Co-op invested in Deal Co-op. (2/1/11)
  Posted 5/11/11 at 4:14pm
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  Founder's Co-op invested in Zipline Games. (12/1/10)
  Posted 4/3/11 at 10:25pm via founderscoop.com
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  Founder's Co-op invested in Thinkfuse. (3/24/11)
  Posted 3/24/11 at 9:47pm via techcrunch.com
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  Founder's Co-op invested in Apsalar. (11/1/10)
  Posted 2/7/11 at 4:38pm
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  Founder's Co-op invested in AppFog. (1/1/11)
  Posted 1/10/11 at 9:43pm via techcrunch.com
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  Founder's Co-op invested in Appature. (12/7/09)
  Posted 12/15/10 at 1:07am via xconomy.com
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  Founder's Co-op invested in Urban Airship. (11/2/10)
  Posted 11/3/10 at 1:20am via techcrunch.com
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  Founder's Co-op invested in Lighter Capital. (6/1/10)
  Posted 6/7/10 at 11:07am
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  Founder's Co-op invested in Untitled Startup. (3/2/10)
  Posted 3/2/10 at 11:56am via untitledstartup.com
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  Founder's Co-op invested in Urban Airship. (2/16/10)
  Posted 2/16/10 at 5:52am via venturebeat.com
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  Founder's Co-op invested in BigDoor Gamification Company. (10/14/09)
  Posted 10/14/09 at 4:54am via techcrunch.com

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1. Founder’s Co-Op Closes $8M Second Fund (xconomy.com) [edit]
2. http://techcrunch.com/2008/10/07/seattles-top-entrepreneurs-band-together-to-invest/ (techcrunch.com) [edit]
3. Unbounce Raises $850K in Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
4. ‘Web Clipping 2.0′ Startup Clipboard Backed By Andreessen Horowitz, Index, CrunchFund, Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
5. Apsalar Raises $5 Million For Mobile Analytics And Behavioral Targeting Platform (techcrunch.com) [edit]
6. AppFog lands $8M for PHP Cloud (gigaom.com) [edit]
7. Posse on Facebook? Sir Mix-A-Lot debuts social media game with Seattle’s Giant Thinkwell (geekwire.com) [edit]
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10. PHP Fog Raises $1.8 Million To Be The Heroku Of PHP (techcrunch.com) [edit]
11. Founders Co-op (founderscoop.com) [edit]
12. Urban Airship Closes $5.4 Million Funding Round To Help Power Mobile Apps (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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15. Untitled Startup (untitledstartup.com) [edit]
16. Urban Airship raises $1.1M to provide infrastructure for mobile apps (mobile.venturebeat.com) [edit]
17. Appature Raises $3.5M, Led by Ignition and Madrona, to Expand Healthcare Customer Base (xconomy.com) [edit]
18. BigDoor Opens Doors To Public Beta Of Website And iPhone App Monetization Tool (techcrunch.com) [edit]
19. http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/23/lookstat-raises-500k-for-microstock-photography-analytics/ [edit]
20. FrugalMechanic Gets A Tune-Up With A New Round Of Funding (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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