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Founders, Inc.
Accelerator · San Francisco, CA, United States · North America
Founders, Inc. writes $150k checks to early-stage founders and provides them with a campus in San Francisco including desks, a hardware lab, media resources, office hours and community. It also runs multi-week programs for builders who are not yet ready for funding.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
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Or find every investor that fitsFounders, Inc. lists 153 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (27%), Enterprise Software (14%) and Healthcare & Biotech (11%). 81% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Y Combinator, Soma Capital and Transpose Platform.
No funding round on record names Founders, Inc. yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Round figures show recent activity, not Founders, Inc.'s whole history. Rounds on record name 0 companies; its own site lists 153. 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.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 27% | 18% |
| Enterprise Software | 14% | 8% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 11% | 15% |
| Fintech | 7% | 12% |
| Media & Entertainment | 6% | 4% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 5% | 7% |
| Robotics & Hardware | 5% | 1% |
| Education | 4% | 7% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Y Combinator | 28 |
| Soma Capital | 5 |
| Transpose Platform | 5 |
| Multimodal Ventures | 4 |
| Boost VC | 3 |
| Consensys Mesh | 3 |
| Draper Associates | 3 |
| Eight Capital | 3 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 98th | 153 companies |
| Recent activity | 46th | 0 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 43th | 27% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 98th | 15 countries |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers14393%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company107%
- 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 Founders, Inc. head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
153 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ad Auris transforms written work into audio for writers, bloggers, and publishers. | Media & EntertainmentAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Adaptyv provides automated lab services for protein validation and design | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| AgentSpark provides AI content tools for real estate agents | Real Estate & ConstructionAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| PieLine provides AI phone ordering services for restaurants | Food & AgricultureAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Alakazam creates a platform where users can generate and play games in their browser without needing to code | Enterprise SoftwareGaming | Portfolio page | ||
| Anara develops an AI research assistant that searches scientific papers, extracts insights, and provides citations. | AI & Machine LearningEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Astral builds high-performance developer tools for the Python ecosystem, starting with Ruff, a fast Python linter written in Rust. | Healthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Atelier Missor sells bronze busts and monuments | E-commerce & MarketplacesConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Atlas provides a geographic information system (GIS) that connects data and builds live maps for organizations | AI & Machine LearningReal Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | |||
| Audioread converts articles, PDFs, and emails into natural AI audio. | AI & Machine LearningMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Aurelius Systems builds autonomous directed energy systems to stop drone threats | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| BenchFlow builds the environments AI agents learn in | AI & Machine LearningRobotics & Hardware | Portfolio page | ||
| Betterbrain offers a system for improving brain health, including coaching and personalized action plans | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a compliance platform for anti-money laundering (AML) for regulated businesses in Europe. | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Blueberry uses AI agents to turn social interactions into revenue, email list growth, first-party data, and customer loyalty for B2C brands | AI & Machine LearningE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Blueprint turns ideas into wiring diagrams, parts lists, and purchase information | AI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Boondoggle is a creative agency that produces content for various clients across different mediums and platforms. | Media & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Buoyant helps businesses stay resilient and perform at their best with AI services | AI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- f.inc
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 153
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