Foundation Capital

Foundation Capital

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Investment Firm

Overview

Foundation Capital is a venture capital firm dedicated to the proposition that one entrepreneur's idea, with the right support, can become a business that changes the world. The company is made up of former entrepreneurs who set out to create the firm they wanted as founders. This forward-thinking team of VCs has helped companies like Lending Club change the way money is lent and borrowed, Sunrun reinvent the residential clean energy market, and Netflix revolutionizes media distribution and consumption, among many others.

Foundation Capital is currently invested in more than 60 high-growth ventures in the areas of consumer, information technology, software, digital energy, financial technology, and marketing technology. These investments include AdRoll, Beepi, Bolt Threads, DogVacay, Kik, ForgeRock, Lending Home, Localytics, and Visier. The firm's twenty-six IPOs include Lending Club, OnDeck, Chegg, Sunrun, MobileIron, Control4, TubeMogul, Envestnet, Financial Engines, Netflix, NetZero, Responsys and Silver Spring Networks.

Highlights

Founded

1995

Industry

Financial Services

Employees

11-50

Investment

743

Lead Investment

199

Exits

170

Stages

Late Stage Venture, Early Stage Venture, Seed, Private Equity

Investor Type

Venture Capital

Location

United States, North America

Contact Information

Social

Profile Resume

Foundation Capital, established in 1995 and headquartered in United States, North America., specializes in Late Stage Venture, Early Stage Venture, Seed, Private Equity investments across Software, Search Engine, Recruiting, Employment, Human Resources, Information Services, News, Advertising, Digital Media, Internet. The organization boasts a portfolio of 738 investments, with an average round size of $31.6M and 170 successful exits. Their recent investments include Simply Hired, Fox Interactive Media, Guardian Analytics, Deem, Oak Investment Partners. The highest investment round they participated in was $1606.8B. Among their most notable exits are Simply Hired and Fox Interactive Media. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

imagePlace Zach Noorani

Zach Noorani

Partner

imagePlace Jonathan Ehrlich

Jonathan Ehrlich

Founding Partner

imagePlace Steve Vassallo

Steve Vassallo

General Partner

imagePlace Charles Moldow

Charles Moldow

General Partner

imagePlace Bill Elmore

Bill Elmore

General Partner and Founder

imagePlace Sid Trivedi

Sid Trivedi

Partner

Investment portfolio

Foundation Capital has made 743 investments. Their most recent investment was on Jul 25, 2024, when Docket raised $15.0M.

Foundation Capital has made 93 diversity investments. Their most recent diversity investment was on Jan 16, 2024, when Infield raised $3.0M.

investments

743

Diversity investments

93

Lead investments

199

Number of exits

170

Investments

743

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Jun 04, 2024
AirMDR AirMDR
Cyber Security5.0M
Jul 10, 2024--20.0M
Jul 25, 2024
Docket Docket
Artificial Intelligence (AI)15.0M
Aug 05, 2024--2.0M

Exits

170

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

743

Investors

0

Funds

11

Funding Rounds

743

Foundation Capital has raised 743 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Aug 05, 2024 from a Pre Seed Round - Elmnts round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Jun 04, 2024
Seed Round - AirMDR Seed Round - AirMDR
-5.0M-
Jul 10, 2024
Series C - Mantle Series C - Mantle
-20.0M-
Jul 25, 2024
Series A - Docket Series A - Docket
-15.0M-
Aug 05, 2024
Pre Seed Round - Elmnts Pre Seed Round - Elmnts
-2.0M-

Investors

0

There is no funding round available on this profile

Fund raised

2

Susa Ventures has raised a total of $590M across 6 funds, their latest being Susa Ventures Opportunities II. This fund was announced on Aug 30, 2021 and raised a total of $250M.

Annouced DateFund NameMoney Raised
May 10, 2013
fund image OTPPLESS
1.0M
May 11, 2013
fund image OTPPLESS
1.0M

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