Investors / byFounders
byFounders
Venture capital
byFounders is a community-powered venture capital firm built by founders to back the next generation of ambitious founders from the New Nordics. It acts as a first investor, supporting portfolio companies with hands-on help such as hiring, strategy and fundraising.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsgeneralisttechnologyfounder communitynew nordicsearly stage
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Or find every investor that fitsbyFounders lists 58 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 25 funding rounds, 12 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 55% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (20%), Fintech (9%) and Healthcare & Biotech (9%). It invests most often alongside Y Combinator, Antler and Wave Ventures.
Counts come from funding rounds that name byFounders, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not byFounders' whole history. Rounds on record name 20 companies; its own site lists 58. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundbyFounders does not state its stages on its site, so only what it does is shown.
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 20% |
| Seed | 55% |
| Series A | 20% |
| Series B | 5% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 1 | 1 |
| '22 | 2 | 1 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 1 | 1 |
| '25 | 7 | 2 |
| '26 | 14 | 7 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 87th | 58 companies |
| Recent activity | 97th | 14 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 82th | 75% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 93th | 22% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 14th | 20% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 97th | 12 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 20% | 18% |
| Fintech | 9% | 12% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 9% | 15% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 8% | 6% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 7% | 7% |
| Cybersecurity | 6% | 4% |
| Education | 6% | 7% |
| Enterprise Software | 5% | 8% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Y Combinator | 5 |
| Antler | 4 |
| Wave Ventures | 4 |
| Acequia Capital | 3 |
| Luminar Ventures | 3 |
| Partech | 3 |
| Tesi | 3 |
| The Nordic Web Ventures | 3 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers5798%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company12%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare byFounders head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Funds
from public registers and its siteRecent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with byFounders| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 10 Nov 2026 | Seed | |
| 4 Nov 2026 | Pre-Seed | |
| 22 Sept 2026 | Series B | |
| 7 Sept 2026 | Pre-Seed Led | |
| 27 Aug 2026 | Pre-Seed Led | |
| 25 Aug 2026 | Series A | |
| 29 May 2026 | Seed | |
| 30 Apr 2026 | Pre-Seed Led |
Round details for byFounders
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in byFounders' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
58 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adaptyv provides automated lab services for protein validation and design | Healthcare & Biotech | Aug 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| AeroGuest creates and provides digital solutions for hotel operations, including check-in, check-out, and guest communication | Legal & ComplianceReal Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| Aiko Monitor builds checks from an app's live requests and responses to provide application security monitoring | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Apylon helps healthcare providers increase revenue, reduce costs and streamline billing operations. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Arsenale Bioyards is building Industrial Biological AI, the intelligence layer that makes industrial biology scalable, and the factory it learns from. | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Feb 2025Seed | Page + round | |
| Aumio Health develops scientifically based apps for a healthier life | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Bob W offers accommodations that combine the features of hotels and apartments for short or long-term stays. | Real Estate & ConstructionLegal & Compliance | Apr 2021Seed · 2 rounds | Page + round | |
| Cello is the AI-powered referral platform for building and automating User Referral and Partner programs. | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Cloudgeni develops and provides AI agents that automate compliance, cost, and drift workflows for cloud resources | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | May 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| Cobalt provides a platform for continuous offensive security testing and offers various security services, including pentesting and vulnerability assessment. | Cybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Cota Robotics helps retail chains automate their stores with robots that handle repetitive tasks | Robotics & HardwareE-commerce & Marketplaces | Aug 2026Pre-Seed | Page + round | |
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Oct 2024Seed · 4 rounds | Funding round | ||
| Nov 2025Series B | Funding round | |||
| Ento provides AI energy management solutions for building portfolios | Real Estate & ConstructionSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Figurement creates photorealistic renders and allows collaborative review of 3D models with various materials and colorways. | Media & EntertainmentIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Flare provides community notes and evidence for information found on various websites | EducationMedia & Entertainment | Apr 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Fload helps app marketing agencies automate ASO, keyword research, localization, Apple Search Ads and ongoing app growth, all powered by AI agents. | AI & Machine LearningMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Fluencify runs creator marketing programs for brands and agencies, handling tasks such as briefing, matching, quality control, distribution, and payouts. | E-commerce & MarketplacesMedia & Entertainment | Sept 2026Pre-Seed | Page + round | |
| FocalX provides AI-powered vehicle inspection technology to empower inspections and digitize vehicle condition tracking for businesses worldwide. | AI & Machine LearningMobility & Logistics | Portfolio page | ||
| FR8 provides a space and resources for young people to work on their ambitious ideas and projects | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 13 Nov 2026- Site
- byfounders.vc
- Last read
- 13 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 1 Apr 2021
- Companies checked
- 58
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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