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Foundation Capital
Venture capital · Palo Alto, CA, United States · North America
Foundation Capital is a venture capital firm that has backed founders from day zero for thirty years. It runs an enterprise practice focused on high-conviction, high-ownership, high-touch seed-stage investing, and most of its enterprise investments since 2015 were made before the companies had revenue.
Invests inFintechAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsenterprise softwareapplied aidata infrastructurecybersecuritydeveloper toolsseed stage
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Or find every investor that fitsFoundation Capital lists 35 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 30 funding rounds, 8 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 48% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Fintech (25%), AI & Machine Learning (23%) and Enterprise Software (12%). 87% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Andreessen Horowitz, Y Combinator and Accel.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Foundation Capital, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 48% |
| Series A | 37% |
| Series B | 4% |
| Growth | 11% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 1 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 1 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 12 | 4 |
| '26 | 15 | 4 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 73th | 35 companies |
| Recent activity | 98th | 16 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 68th | 48% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 80th | 11% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 36th | 25% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 78th | 5 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
Show as a table
| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Fintech | 25% | 12% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 23% | 18% |
| Enterprise Software | 12% | 8% |
| Cybersecurity | 8% | 4% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 7% | 6% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 7% | 15% |
| Education | 3% | 7% |
| Human Resources | 3% | 1% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Andreessen Horowitz | 8 |
| Y Combinator | 5 |
| Accel | 4 |
| Lightspeed Venture Partners | 4 |
| Tiger Global Management | 3 |
| 1kx | 2 |
| Altimeter | 2 |
| BoldCap | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers3497%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company13%
- 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 togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Andreessen Horowitz
Compare Foundation Capital head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Foundation Capital| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Oct 2026 | Series A | |
| 27 Oct 2026 | Series A | |
| 24 Sept 2026 | Seed | |
| 24 Sept 2026 | Series A Led | |
| 21 Sept 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 14 Sept 2026 | Series A | |
| 1 Sept 2026 | Seed | |
| 20 Aug 2026 | Series A Led |
Round details for Foundation Capital
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Foundation Capital's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
35 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Addi provides a payment method that allows customers to buy now and pay later in installments without using credit cards or paperwork | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| AegisAI provides email security for Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Sept 2025Seed · 2 rounds | Page + round | |
| Agentero provides independent insurance agencies with access to carriers and technology to manage their business | FintechHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Agora Brands Group develops technology products in proptech, medtech, and fintech sectors. | FintechMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| AirMDR provides managed detection and response services using AI-powered 24/7 SOC monitoring | Cybersecurity | Jul 2025Seed | Page + round | |
| Algorand is a company that provides blockchain solutions for various applications, including commerce, data verification, and asset tokenization. | FintechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Alto enables investments in private equity, startups, and real estate through self-directed IRAs. | FintechReal Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| Brale provides stablecoin infrastructure for issuance and payments | FintechCrypto & Web3 | Sept 2025Series A | Funding round | |
| Campfire provides an AI-native enterprise resource planning system for accounting and financial management | FintechEnterprise Software | Oct 2025Series B | Funding round | |
| CatchBack creates customized mystery packs and allows trading on collectibles. | Enterprise SoftwareE-commerce & Marketplaces | Sept 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| Cerebras develops and provides artificial intelligence technology and infrastructure | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| The company offers a banking app that provides features such as paycheck advance and early direct deposit. | FintechFintech | Jun 2026Series C+ | Funding round | |
| Dextr AI uses artificial intelligence to provide workforce solutions for the hospitality industry | AI & Machine LearningLegal & Compliance | Sept 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| The company provides an AI platform for experience businesses to manage their operations, including website design, bookings, sales, payments, marketing, and customer support. | Enterprise SoftwareE-commerce & Marketplaces | Oct 2026Series A | Funding round | |
| Eightfold Ai develops and provides artificial intelligence-based talent intelligence and acquisition platforms for hiring and workforce management | AI & Machine LearningHuman Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| Eloquent AI executes regulated workflows end to end in existing financial systems with automation and audit trails | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Sept 2025Seed | Funding round | |
| The company provides an AI platform for post-acute care operations, centralizing referrals, analyzing admissions packets, and handling reimbursement workflows. | Healthcare & Biotech | Oct 2025Series A | Funding round | |
| Hyphenate develops and provides an autonomous finance platform for companies | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Oct 2026Series A | Funding round | |
| The company provides payee verification and other related services for payments and financial transactions. | FintechCybersecurity | Aug 2026Series A · 2 rounds | Funding round | |
| Loft Orbital launches and operates satellites for various missions and customers | Space & DefenseAI & Machine Learning | Jan 2025Series C+ | Funding round |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- foundationcapital.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 1 Jul 2016
- Companies checked
- 35
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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